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Home My WebLink About0000 OLD POST ROAD (2) /� o� � o P i �,a 4 G I I' 1 1 �pINE Tp� Town of Barnstable $ BARNSTABLE, ; Department of Public Works 9� MASS' Engineering Division 'OlE1 39. 0. 367 Main Street,Hyannis MA 02601 Office:'508-862-4086 Thomas J.Mullen,Director Fax: 508-862-4711 Robert A.Burgmann Town Engineer DATE: August 15, 2002 ' TO: Tom Perry, Building Commissioner FROM: Stephen Seymour, PE, Project Engineer SUBJECT: Old'Post Road Improvements to assessors map 37 parcel 4 0'oTui I have reviewed the paper road for suitability for access to construct a house on the subject lot and have the following comments and make the following recommendations: 1. The lot only has frontage on Old Post Road. First it is recommended that the applicant provide verification that they have rights to construct a road and use Old Post Road as access to this lot. Secondly Old Post Road needs to be constructed to provide adequate physical access to the property. 2. Presently Old Post Road is a dirt road that is only one car lane wide. The lot in question is the only lot on this section of Old Post Road that is not accessible from another street. In order to provide adequate access to this single family residential lot I recommend that Old Post Road from Putnam Avenue to the lot be paved and otherwise properly constructed to the standards contained in the Planning Board Rules and Regulations. This is a distance of approximately 1500 feet including paving the 150 of frontage along the front of the lot on Old Post Road. Due to the steep grade (greater than 5%) of the existing topography the road will need to be paved in order to prevent erosion of the road. 3. The road construction needs to be properly designed by the developers engineer to include adequate drainage to handle runoff from a 10 year frequency storm, a sound road base consisting of 12 inches of gravel meeting Town Specifications placed and compacted on top of compacted non frost susceptible material that has also been compacted, and a three inch thick, 12 foot wide bituminous concrete pavement mat placed in two courses. The binder course needs to be placed 12 feet wide and the top course placed with a 10 foot wide traveled way with 1 foot wide "Cape Cod" style berms on each side of the traveled way. Pavement courses shall consist of a 2" thick binder course and a 1" thick top course. Gravel and sub grade shall be compacted to at least 95% of standard procter density. Road shoulders shall be graded, loamed, seeded and maintained until an acceptable stand of grass is established. e 4. Utilities including water, electric, telephone, and cable need to be designed and installed in accordance with utility company requirements. 5. The developer's engineer needs to submit a plan of the proposed road improvements for acceptance by the Town. 6. Once the plans are approved, the Town's Engineering office needs to be contacted at least 48 hours before beginning work on the road to allow time . for the Town to schedule inspections of the work within the road layout. 7. 1 note that the construction of a 12 foot wide paved access to this lot will be adequate for only the one lot. Old Post Road will need to be widened in the future If other land is developed that will be accessed from Old Post Road. 8. 1 would further recommend that Old Post Road be considered a driveway for house numbering purposes and that the lot be given a Putnam Avenue address. Copy to: Robert Burgmann, Town Engineer Frank Schlegel, Records Manager SGS: Fi1e:J;b1dg_rds/o1dpost/b1dg_1 I OF THE Tp� Town of Barnstable 3 snaxsTns[e, : Department of Public Works v� 639. ,0� Engineering Division AlE p►mot° 367 Main Street,Hyannis MA 02601 Office: 508-862-4086 Thomas J.Mullen,Director Fax: 508-862-4711 Robert A.Burgmann Town Engineer } DATE: September 19, 2002 TO: Tom Perry, Building Commissioner FROM: Stephen Seymour, PE, Project Engineer SUBJECT: Old Post Road Improvements to assessors map 37 parcel 4 I have attached a copy of my letter dated December 13, 1999 regarding accessing the subject lot using East Road and then approximately 350 feet of Old Post Road. The owner of the property has asked if the width of Old Post Road could be 12 feet rather then the 16 feet requested in my letter. I have no objection to the width of Old Post road being 12 feet providing this reduced width is adequate for the Fire Department and the property owner records a document in the registry of deeds relieving the Town of Barnstable from any responsibility to maintain or plow snow from this road. The form of this document should be similar to the attached "S" form used by the Planning board on sub-standard roads. If a reduced width is approved for Old Post Road then Old Post Road should be considered a driveway for house numbering purposes and that the lot be given a East Road address until such time as Old Post road is improved to subdivision road standards at which time the address of the property will need change to Old Post Road. Old Post Road may never be improved to Subdivision Road Standards because there does not appear to be any existing undeveloped lots that need to take access from Old Post Road. Copy to: Robert Burgmann, Town Engineer Frank Schlegel, Records Manager r SGS: File:J;b1dg_rds/oldpost/b1dg_2 CF 1ME Tp� BARNSTABLE. Town of Barnstable 9� MASS. 1639. Department of Public Works �0 AlFDMO�p Engineering Division 367 Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601 Office: 508-862-4088 Thomas J. Mullen, Director Fax: 508-862-4711 Robert A. Burgmann Town Engineer December 13, 1999 Mrs. Ann Harmon 622 Main Street Osterville, MA 02655 Subject: Old Post Road Property Dear Mrs. Harmon: I have looked into the issues regarding access to your lot on Old Post Road, Cotuit (assessors map 37 parcel 4) and have found the following: Road improvements. In order to access your lot, the minimum requirement from the Building Department is to widen the access road to your lot to a minimum of 16 feet wide plus room to install ditches on both sides of the road for stormwater runoff from the road. Access shall be widened up to your lot and for at least a distance of 50 feet along the frontage of your lot. At a minimum the road should be constructed of a 12" thick layer of processed gravel conforming to Mass. DPW Specification Number M1.03.1 (compacted to 95% of standard proctor density) and topped with a two inche thick layer of3i4 inch crushed stone. Old Post Road. According to our records for Mosswood Cemetery the Town owns to the centerline of the 8 foot wide traveled way. If it is necessary to widen the road on the north side of Old Post Road then you will need to obtain permission in the form of an easement from the Town. You or your attorney may contact the Town's attorney Bob Smith at 862-4620 to determine the procedure for acquiring an easement from the Town. If you do need to obtian an easement to widen the road layout beyond the 8' wide traveled way, and I think you will, then you may need the approval of the Planning Board under the subdivision control law. To arrange to determine if they have jurisdictiin you should talk to Jackie Etsten, in the Planning Department, at 862-4676 and she can arrange to place you on a meeting agenda. If you need approval of the planning board to widen the road layout then the requirements for the construction of the road will be determined by the Planning Board and not the Building Department. East Lane. East lane is a town owned road over only a portion of it's length. The northern end of the road is privately owned. You may need to obtain rights in this private way from the owners of the road. Your attorney is the best one to advise you on this matter. Scenic Road. Old Post Road is a scenic road. In order to remove any trees over 4" in diameter you will need to obtain the permission of the Planning Board. You should contact the Planning Board at 862-4787 to find out the procedure for filing with them for approval. I hope this answers some of your questions regarding accessing your property. Sincerely, Stephen Seymour, P.E. Project Engineer cc: Ralph Crossen, Building Commissioner Robert Burgmann, Town Engineer Robert Smith, Town Attorney Jackie Etsten, Planning Board I THE FOLLOWING IS/ARE THE BEST IMAGES FROM POOR QUALITY ORIGINALS) I A I m / �C(LJ L DATA DQC 4 :ST4:64U i38--,7-L22E •d a Town of Barnstable o . ,. 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