12-1600.13 STREET AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

1. Minimum Standards. Streets and street and roads shall be designed and built to the minimum standards of the Town and the Wildland Urban Interface Code. The designing engineer shall certify in writing that the minimum standards have been met prior to any site work or issuance of any building permits in the subdivision. 2. Lot Frontage. An application to subdivide lands shall not be considered unless all proposed lots and other areas to be subdivided have adequate frontage, either by minimum widths or appropriate accesses as required by this ordinance and the zoning ordinance. All lots in a proposed subdivision shall be accessed on a private or public street and road improved to the minimum standards of this ordinance. 3. Rights of Way. Marysvale Town street and roadways shall have the following minimum right of way widths: STREET AND ROAD TYPE MINIMUM WIDTH Major Collector 100 feet Minor Collector 66 feet Collector Street and road 66 feet Major Street and road 66 feet Minor or Frontage Street and road 66 feet Private Street and road 32 feet 4. Effective 5/3/2023 10-9a-508. Easements. Easements shall follow lot lines whenever practical and shall have a minimum width of 20 feet apportioned equally in abutting properties except where the grade or terrain may require additional space for utilities or maintenance of the easement. 5. Flag Lots. Flag lots shall be prohibited for any new subdivision developments. 6. Intersections. Streets and street and roads shall intersect at 90-degree angles and no more than 4 streets and street and roads shall enter any intersection. 7. Grades. No street and road shall exceed an 8% grade unless specifically approved by the Town and certified by a licensed engineer. 8. Signage. Street and road name signs shall be required and shall be installed by the applicant. Signage shall conform to the minimum standards of the Town and provided where necessary for proper identification of all streets and street and roads. 9. Dedication and Acceptance. A. The applicant shall identify public streets and street and roads and improvements that are to be transferred to public ownership on the subdivision plat or other recordable document. Dedication shall not occur until widths, alignments, location and design features of the proposed rights of way are approved by the Town. B. The applicant shall bring public street and roadways and other improvements to the minimum standards of the Town and maintain them in that condition for a period of 1 year before maintenance as public facility may be requested. Only after inspection and approval shall the Town accept the facilities for public maintenance. C. Town services shall not be provided to the subdivision until maintenance responsibility for the public improvements is accepted, and the facilities are formally dedicated to the Town. D. In the event the Town does not accept maintenance responsibility of the proposed public improvements, the applicant shall be so advised in writing by the Town stating the reason for the rejection or necessary corrective actions. If the needed corrections are not made within a reasonable time, as so stated in the notice, the Town may have the improvements completed and paid for out of the security deposits for the subdivision.