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Tiverton
Town of Tiverton Zoning Ordinance
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§ VI-8

Unaccepted streets

  • a. A platted unimproved street or road, also known as a "paper street", is an unaccepted street or road and shall remain such until improved to current town street standards, as specified in the Tiverton Land Development and Subdivision Regulations, and formally accepted by the town.

  • b. Building permits shall not be issued for lots fronting on a platted, unaccepted street unless the unaccepted street or road serving the house lot is constructed in accordance with the following "standards for unaccepted streets" and completed along the entire length of the physical lot frontage as well as the length of the street, which is used to access the lot, to a stage of completion that is satisfactory to the director of public works.

  • c. Prior to the start of any construction of an unaccepted street or road however, building permit applications along with plans detailing the location, design, and construction details of such street or road shall be submitted to the building official. The plans shall be prepared in accordance with the checklist for an administrative subdivision of the Tiverton Land Development and Subdivision Regulations. The building official shall transmit these plans with recommendations within five working days to the planning board and to the director of public works. The planning board shall review and approve/disapprove the plans within 40 working days. If approved, the planning board shall also require and set the surety for guarantee of completion of construction. All construction shall be inspected and approved by the director of public works.

  • d. Each landowner served by such an unaccepted street or road shall be equally liable and responsible for maintenance and repair of that street or road. In addition, since it does not meet town standards, such an unaccepted street or road shall remain an unaccepted street or road.

  • e. The town shall provide no services, such as trash pickup, road sanding or plowing, or road maintenance on unaccepted streets or roads.

  • f. The following "standards for unaccepted streets" shall apply to streets or roads constructed after the date of the adoption of this ordinance.

Standards for unaccepted streets. Unimproved/unaccepted streets shall be constructed in accordance with the Tiverton Land Development and Subdivision Regulations and shall conform to all design, stormwater management and erosion and sediment control requirements with the exception of paving. If unpaved, such streets or roads shall comply additionally as follows:

    • 1. Minimum travel width: Two ten feet lanes, 20 feet total plus a minimum cleared shoulder width of five feet on both sides of the 20-foot street.

    • 2. Minimum curvature (centerline radius): 90 feet.

    • 3. Construction of a 20-foot "T shape turnaround," 25 feet in length, for the purpose of providing fire and emergency vehicle turn around and a place to deposit removed snow.

    • 4. The lot owner shall provide all easements that may be required for construction of the "T-shaped turnaround" as well as road construction.

    • 5. Construction standards:

      • a. Top shall consist of three inches of compacted processed permeable material with aggregate no greater than three-fourths inch that is suitable for road travel, maintenance, plowing, etc.

      • b. Base shall consist of 15 inches of compacted bank run or processed gravel, per the construction specifications appendix of the Tiverton Land Development and Subdivision Regulations.

(Ord. of 4-23-01(3); Ord. of 3-24-08(4))