Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 290 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 20 - Government and Utilities › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 4 - State Highway Right of Way Regulations › Section 290-RICR-20-00-4.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Except as otherwise indicated, the
							following definitions shall apply:
1. "AASHTO"
							means American Association of State Highway and Transportation
							Officials.
2. "ADA" means the
							Americans with Disabilities Act.
3.
							"Alteration" means any change of existing conditions within the State Highway
							Right-of-Way (ROW).
4. "Applicant"
							means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or agency, public or
							private that has legal control
5.
							"Application" means Physical Alteration Permit Application.
6. "Circular driveway" means a Residential
							driveway with two (2) access openings on the same frontage.
7. "Clear zone" means the total roadside
							border area, starting at the edge of the traveled way, available for safe use
							by errant vehicles. This area may consist of a shoulder, a recoverable slope, a
							nonrecoverable slope, and/or a clear run out area. The desired width is
							dependent upon the traffic volumes and speeds and on the roadside geometry, as
							defined in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
							Officials "Roadside Design Guide" incorporated below at §
											4.4(H)     of
							this Part.
8. "Commercial" means
							relating to any property use other than for an individual, single-family
							dwelling or multi-unit development.
9. "Construction within the State highway
							right-of-way" means the alteration of any structure, creation of any new
							structure or physical modification to existing conditions within the State
							Right-of-Way.
10. "Cost estimate"
							means an approximation of the cost (value) of the proposed construction
							operations within the State Highway Right-of-Way and of all proposed
							construction operations on private property that, if not done or not done
							correctly in accordance with the Permit, would affect the State Highway
							Right-of-Way. Preferably, the cost estimate should be prepared using the latest
							RIDOT Weighted Average Unit Prices (WAUP), which can be found on
www.dot.ri.gov
.
11. "Curbline" means the edge of highway
							pavement.
12. "Department" means
							the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.
13. "Director" means the Director of the
							Rhode Island Department of Transportation, whose address is Two Capitol Hill,
							Providence, RI 02903.
14.
							"Driveway" means an opening to a highway that permits ingress and/or egress by
							vehicles.
15. "Driveway types"
							means one of the following:
a. Residential: A
							driveway leading to/from an individual, single-family dwelling or multi-unit
							development.
b. Commercial: Any
							driveway that is not a driveway to an individual, single-family dwelling or
							multi-unit development.
16. "Easement" means a right to cross or
							otherwise use for a specific purpose the property of another without possessing
							it. An easement restricts but does not abridge the rights of the property owner
							to the use and enjoyment of his or her land.
17. "FHWA" means Federal Highway
							Administration
18. "Landscaping"
							means the physical alteration of the existing right-of-way (beyond the roadway
							area) through selective clearing or pruning of existing vegetation and/or the
							installation of new plant material (trees, shrubs, perennials or ground cover)
							and new grass areas.
19.
							"Maintenance division" means the Highway & Bridge Maintenance Division of
							the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, located at 360 Lincoln Avenue,
							Warwick, RI 02888.
20. "PAPA
							submittal checklist" means a checklist that must be filled out by the Applicant
							and included with the completed Application. A copy of the checklist can be
							found on
www.dot.ri.gov
.
21. "Permission" means approval by the Rhode
							Island Department of Transportation of a Physical Alteration Permit
							Application.22. "Permit" means Physical alteration permit.
23. "Permittee" means recipient of a Physical
							alteration permit.
24.
							"Professional engineer" means a civil engineer, or firm, currently registered
							in the State of Rhode Island.
25.
							"Professional land surveyor" means a land surveyor currently registered in the
							State of Rhode Island.
26.
							"Residential" means relating to an individual, single-family dwelling or multi
							unit development.
27. "Roadway"
							means of vehicular access to a State Highway Right-of-Way that serves a
							residential or commercial development.
28. "Rural" means all locations not included
							under the Urban definition shall be considered Rural.
29. "Setback" means the lateral distance
							between the State Highway Right-of-Way line and a roadside building, fuel pump
							curb base, display stand or other object, the use of which will result in space
							for vehicles to stop or park between such facilities and the State Highway
							Right-of-Way.
30. "Sidewalk" means
							area beside a roadway available for pedestrian use regardless of the existence
							of pavement.
31. "State highway
							right-of-way (R.O.W.)" means land and space acquired for, or dedicated to,
							State Highway use.
32. "State Road
							(State Highway) drainage system" means the network of culverts, ditches, catch
							basins, manholes, pipes, treatment units, swales, gutters and other man-made
							and natural water courses for draining stormwater runoff from State
							Highways.
33. "Stopping sight
							distance" means the length of roadway ahead that is visible to the driver,
							which includes the brake reaction distance and the braking distance, based on a
							given vehicle speed as defined in the American Association of State Highway and
							Transportation Officials, "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets
							incorporated below at §
											4.4(I)     of
							this Part.
34. "Structure(s)" means
							all buildings, canopies, solar arrays, towers, storage tanks/containers and
							other above ground, permanent assemblies (cumulative total).
35. "TMP" means Transportation Management
							Plan.
36. "Urban" means an area,
							either incorporated or unincorporated, which has been developed primarily for
							residential and/or business purposes. An Urban area is generally characterized
							by: speed limits of 40 miles per hour or less, streets or highways are
							generally curbed, and at least fifty (50) percent of the frontage on one side
							of the highway within one-half mile of the site for which a Permit has been
							requested is developed with residences and/or businesses.