Planning Board Public Hearing March 29, 2016 at 6:00PM-Amend Street Definition

TOWN OF TRURO

PLANNING BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Truro Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Truro Town Hall located at 24 Town Hall Road, Truro to take comments on the following proposed modifications to the Town of Truro Zoning Bylaws to amend the current Definition of “STREET” within the Zoning Bylaw to include the actual requirements of the Town of Truro Subdivision Regulations, Section IV, Design Standards, (b), (c), & (d) as they existed on January 1, 1989. The proposed language follows with new text underlined:

Street. A public or private way which affords access to abutting property. For the purposes of this bylaw, the terms “street”, “road”, “way”, and “road right-of-way” bear the same meaning. When a street(s) is to be used for lot frontage, the street(s) shall conform to the requirements of the Town of Truro Subdivision Regulations, Section IV, Design Standards, (b), (c), & (d) as they existed on January 1, 1989.

            The aforementioned 1989 Design Standards are: b) The minimum width of street right-of-ways shall be 40 feet, c) Property lines at street intersections shall be rounded to provide for a curb radius of not less than 20 feet, and d) Dead-end streets shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having a property line diameter of at least 80 feet. When ways requiring turnarounds may be extended in future subdivision, the Board may require only an area equal to the above requirement to be shown and marked “Reserved For Turning”. Upon extension of the way through this turning area, the portions not included in the way shall revert to their respective lots.

            Street(s) shall have a center line length in excess of 100 feet. For dead-end street(s), this distance shall be measured from the sideline of the layout of the road to be intersected to the opposite end of the layout of the turnaround cul-de-sac. Town of Truro paved street(s) that: (1) have a minimum layout width of 20 feet, (2) were created prior to January 1, 1989 and (3) were accepted by Truro Town Meeting, are exempt from the width requirements of the Town of Truro Subdivision Regulations, Section IV, Design Standards. These accepted public paved ways shall be deemed adequate as lot frontage for the issuance of building permits. The list of accepted Truro public paved ways is available from the Town of Truro Town Clerk upon request.

Lisa Maria Tobia, Chair

Truro Planning Board