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Section 1: The cost of purchasing the initial or
first driveway culvert will be the responsibility of the
homeowner/taxpayer. Driveway culverts may be purchased
at cost through the Town of Holden by any homeowner or
taxpayer for use in the Town. More than one driveway
culvert is permissible, however the homeowner or
tax-payer will be responsible for the cost of
installation, maintenance and replacement of each
additional culvert.
Section 2: The cost of installing, replacing, or
resetting a driveway culvert will be the responsibility
of the Town of Holden, if the work is to be performed by
the Town Highway Department. The Highway Foreman shall
determine the necessity of installing, replacing, or
resetting a culvert. If it is his determination that a
culvert does not need to be installed, replaced, or
reset, the Town will not be responsible for performing
the work.
Section 3: If a homeowner or taxpayer prefers, he
may install, replace, or reset a culvert at his own
expense under the following conditions:
(a) A homeowner or taxpayer may install, replace or
reset a culvert by himself according to the Town’s
specification; or
(b) A homeowner or taxpayer may employ an individual or
contractor to install, replace or reset a culvert
according to the Town’s specifications.
Section 4: Notwithstanding the other provisions
of this policy, the Town of Holden will not be
responsible for installing, replacing or resetting a
culvert if the homeowner, taxpayer, his agents or
assigns, cause the condition which necessitates that a
culvert be installed, replaced or reset.
The intent of this section is to place responsibility on
the homeowner if he causes his own need for work to be
performed, and to place responsibility on the Town if
environmental or other uncontrollable factors cause the
need for work to be performed. By way of example, and
not limitation, a homeowner would be responsible for
repairing or replacing a culvert if he ran over the end
of it with a vehicle and closed off the end, or if he
paved a large area and directed the run-off toward a
culvert that was too small. The Town would be
responsible in such cases as rusted out culverts, or
culverts that had risen due to frost action.
On the installation of the initial culvert for anew
dwelling, the homeowner or tax-payer is specifically
deemed to be not responsible for causing the need for a
culvert, and therefore, the Town will install the
initial culvert at no charge.
Section 5: All culverts shall have a minimum
length of 24 feet and a maximum length of 36 feet,
unless specific written approval to do otherwise is
obtained from the Highway Foreman. This approval will
not be granted unless there are legitimate extenuating
circumstances that make a different length preferable.
All culverts shall also be a minimum of 15 inches in
diameter; the Highway Foreman may require that a larger
diameter culvert be installed if he deems it necessary.
All culverts, regardless of who they are installed by,
should be set in gravel of good quality, and designed so
as to allow the free flow of water through them. The
area around the mouths of the culvert should be
rocked-up or graded such as to prevent soil erosion.
Section 6: A permit must be obtained from the
Town Office before any new culverts are installed.
Section 7: This policy is effective immediately
upon signing, and replaces any other policies the Town
had in respect to driveway culverts.
September 19, 1983 Board of Selectmen:
s/ George McDonald Sr.
s/ Edgar H. Simpson
s/ Cynthia M. Russell
s/ William N. Perkins
s/ John M. Sweet, Jr.
6/18/90 Selectmen approved amendment to Section 1,
adding the last sentence referring to more than one
culvert.
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