9-12-9 ROADS

A. Road Layout And Geometry: 1. The design arrangement and construction of all roads, public and private (unless otherwise provided), shall be in conformance with the Town’s Public Works Standards, the provisions of this title, and the Town’s Design Standards. 2. Road systems shall provide efficient internal circulation and reasonable access to public highways, minimize congestion and unsafe conditions, and be in conformance with the Town’s General Plan. 3. The arrangement of roads shall provide for the continuation of roads between adjacent properties when the continuation is necessary for the convenient movement of traffic, pedestrians, emergency or maintenance vehicles, or the efficient provision of utilities. Proposed streets shall be continuous and in alignment with existing planned or platted streets with which they are to connect. 4. Subdivision roads: roads shall be designed in compliance with applicable codes to provide emergency access and egress for residents and occupants, which shall include two (2) or more points of access to a development or neighborhood. (amd. ord. 24-014, 10-8-24) 5. Where the potential traffic impacts on the existing street systems are considered to be great, or in the case of unique circumstances concerning topography or street layout, the subdivider may be required to prepare a detailed engineering study of the road system. 6. Proposed streets shall intersect one another as nearly at right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design permit. No intersection may be closer than one hundred fifty feet (150') to any other intersection as measured from the centerlines of the intersections. 7. Where a road does not extend to the boundary of the development and its continuation is not required, its terminus shall provide for a cul-de-sac or turnaround as required by the Town’s Public Works Standards or applicable building codes. 8. Protection strips reserved to control or restrict access to a property shall be utilized only where the reserve strip is deeded to and accepted by the Town. 9. Public or private roads must provide legal access to each building lot within the subdivision. 10. Curbs, gutters, and sidewalks shall be of a type approved by the Town’s Public Works Standards on any existing or proposed street adjoining a lot on which a building is to be constructed or remodeled, or on which a new use is to be established. All materials and workmanship shall be sensitive to appearance and durability, due to a harsh weather climate. Such curbs, gutters and sidewalks may be required as a condition of building or use permit approval. 11. Excessively long and straight streets which are conducive to high-speed traffic shall be prohibited. 12. Every cul-de-sac and permanent dead-end street shall comply with the following requirements: a. End at a turnaround area having a radius no less than fifty feet (50') and be of hard surface material. b. Not exceed eight hundred feet (800') in total length unless additional turnaround areas (each having at least a fifty-foot (50’) radius are also provided at intervals of no less than eight hundred feet (800') throughout the length of such cul-desac or permanent dead-end street. c. Hammerhead turnaround areas may be allowed in special circumstances when recommended by the Public Safety Department and approved by the Land Use Authority. 13. Temporary dead-end streets, intended as access to future development parcels, shall be a minimum of one (1) lot depth in length, and shall meet all of the other requirements for permanent dead-end streets set forth in subsection A-12 of this section. 14. Driveways, mailboxes, fire hydrants, and all other obstructions at such turnaround areas shall be designed in such a way as to provide an area for snow storage. 15. Road edges shall be: a. Finished and landscaped to eliminate raw cuts in the land. b. Cuts shall be graded to provide for vegetation, without damaging existing vegetation and trees. c. Re-vegetated on road edges and cuts. d. Constructed to support a vehicle. e. Riprapped and graded to reduce erosion in drainage ways. f. Constructed to provide driveway and road swales or culverts to protect intersections. 16. Retaining soils on roadways shall comply with section 9-12-11 of this chapter. B. Road Grades: 1. Road grades shall be in compliance with the Town’s Public Works Standards, the adopted building codes, and this code. (amd. ord. 24-014, 10-8-24) 2. All road grades greater than twelve percent (12%) (6.8 degrees) shall be submitted for approval to the Land Use Authority with the recommendation of the Town Staff. 3. Intersections, switchbacks, hammerheads, and cul-de-sacs shall not exceed a four percent (4%) grade. Roadway sections extending from these areas shall not exceed ten percent (10%) for a distance of at least two hundred feet (200'). 4. Roadway sections exceeding ten percent (10%) (5.7 degrees) shall be no longer than four hundred feet (400') in length and at the bottom of such section shall be provided a straight "braking section" less than ten percent (10%). The length of the braking section must be at least one-half (1/2) of the length of the roadway that exceeds the ten percent (10%) (5.7 degrees) grade. C. Private Road Maintenance: A maintenance plan must be established to the satisfaction of the Land Use Authority upon the recommendation of Town Staff before a private road may be approved. The plan shall define private road construction, surface material, and schedule of maintenance, and ensure that sufficient funds will be available to maintain the road. (amd. ord. 24-014, 10-8-24) D. Street Names: 1. Street names shall be proposed by the applicant and approved by the Land Use Authority, with the recommendation of Town Staff. (ord. 08-016, 8-12-2008, amd ord. 15-018, 12-8-2015, amd. ord. 24-014, 10-8-24) 2. Applicants are encouraged to do an investigation of local history regarding the names and references to geological and historical features located in the subdivision and, wherever possible, to incorporate the historical names and references into the names and designations of streets. (ord. 08-016, 8-12-2008) 3. The Town may change the name of a street without petition or after petition by a property owner under the following conditions: a. A notice of the hearing is published: i. In a newspaper of general circulation in the county once per week for four (4) consecutive weeks before the hearing; and ii. On the Utah Public Notice Website created in UCA §63A-12-114, for four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing; and b. Posted in three (3) places for four (4)consecutive weeks prior to the hearing; and, c. Mailed to all owners of property abutting the road. 4. All street names must be coordinated with the appropriate county official. (amd. ord. 15-018, 12-8-2015, amd. ord. 24-014, 10-8-24)