(A) (1) The right-of-way to be dedicated for a public street in the town shall be defined as one of the following.
COMMERCIAL STREET. A street giving direct access to or circulation within business or industrial areas.
LOCAL STREET. A street primarily providing access to abutting residential properties can be a through street or a street ending in a permanent or temporary turnaround (cul-de-sac).
SECONDARY AND MAJOR STREET. As defined in subdivision regulations; a street of considerable existing or potential continuity on which traffic past abutting lots will be dominant and serving as an artery for circulation among areas of the town or serving as a feeder to a neighborhood.
(2) The right-of-way to be dedicated for a public street in the town shall be no less than 50 feet in width between property lines or 20 feet wider than the paved width, whichever is greater, as shown on the final subdivision map, or other road construction maps and profiles, properly signed and filed with the Town Clerk. Upon recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and after the approval of the Board of Selectmen, a street may be accepted by town meeting action. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall designate each street as a local, secondary and major or commercial street no later than the time of final subdivision approval.
(B) Roadway, sidewalk and curb details will conform to typical cross sections as described below.
(1) Pavements shall be designated with a crown at the centerline and a cross slope of three-eighths inch per foot with a minimum width between curbs of 30 feet for secondary and major streets and commercial streets and 24 feet for local streets. The Planning and Zoning Commission reserves the right to require widths greater than the minimums where needed.
(2) A ten-foot sidewalk area (minimum) shall be provided on each side of the pavement and graded from the top of the curb at a rising cross slope of at least one-fourth inch per foot, and a maximum not to exceed one inch per foot.
(3) Curbing shall be constructed of hot bituminous concrete placed by an approved curbing machine, and described in greater detail in § 98.005 of these regulations. It shall be at least six inches high and nine inches in thickness, with sloping face exposed.
(Ord. passed 4-1-1968; Ord. passed 12-13-1976; Ord. passed 8-16-1982)