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Article 8.
Shall an ordinance titled “Amendment of Article 12, Road Acceptance Regulations
section of the Buxton Zoning Ordinance” be enacted?
Amendment of Article 12, Road Acceptance Regulations section of the Buxton
Zoning Ordinance
Amend Article 12, Road Acceptance Regulations section of the Buxton Zoning
Ordinance as follows (Additions are bold and underlined, deletions are
strikethrough)
ARTICLE 12 - ROAD ACCEPTANCE REGULATIONS
Before any way is accepted at any future Town Meeting as a public way, it must be
laid out and constructed to the following specifications:
12.1 The right-of-way of any street shall not be less than fifty (50) feet.
12.2 Before grading is started, the entire right-of-way area Streets shall be cleared
of stumps, roots, brush, all other objectionable material, and all trees not intended
for preservation. Loam and clay shall be removed from the full width of the street,
which shall not be less than twenty four (24) feet in width (gutter to gutter) to a depth
of at least eighteen (18) inches or if necessary, in the opinion of the Public Works
Director, at least twenty four (24) inches below the top of the proposed subgrade.
The street shall then be graded to a subgrade of not less than twelve (12) inches in the
roadbed and the entering driveways. The subgrade shall be carefully shaped and
thoroughly compacted before the gravel is placed.
12.3 The stumps and other organic materials shall be removed to a depth of two
(2) feet below the subgrade. Rocks and boulders when encountered, shall be
removed to subgrade. The roadbed shall be surfaced with gravel of uniform
gradation approved by the Public Works Director. The binding material in the
gravel shall be sufficient to insure satisfactory binding as approved by the Public
Works Director. All gravel shall be thoroughly compacted. The compacted
thickness of the roadbed shall be not less than twelve (12) inches and no less than
twenty-four (24) feet in width. The roadbed shall have a compacted 3-4 inch cover
layer 24’ wide of processed gravel (minimum of ¾”, maximum 1 ½”).
12.3.A. The roadbed shall be surfaced with a minimum of fifteen (15) inches of sub
base gravel that meets the Maine Department of Transportation Standard
Specifications for Type D sub base material, which shall not contain particles of rock
exceeding four (4) inches in any dimension.
12.3.B. The roadbed shall be surfaced with a minimum of three (3) inches of base
gravel that meets the Maine Department of Transportation Standard Specifications
for Type A base material, which shall not pass the one and one half (1 ½”) inch
square stone.
12.3.C. All material shall be compacted in layers not to exceed eight (8) inches.
Compaction of each layer of base and sub base shall continue until a density of not
less than 95% of the maximum density has been achieved for the full width and
depth of the layer in accordance with the Maine Department of Transportation