Subdivision 4-1 IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS: Road Improvements

1. Minimum Standards. Roads shall be designed and built to the minimum standards of the County Public Works Department 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. All lots in a proposed subdivision shall have adequate frontage and shall have legal access from a public or private roadway, improved to the minimum standards of this ordinance. No proposed lot in a subdivision shall be divided by a County road. Existing County road rights of way shall be platted and formally dedicated to the County. 3. Rights of Way. Roadways shall have the following minimum right of way widths: Roadway 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 50 feet 4. 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. Roads shall intersect at 90-degree angles and no more than 4 roads shall enter any intersection. 7. Grades. No street and road shall exceed an 8% grade unless specifically approved by the County Public Works Director 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 County Public Works Department and provided where necessary for proper identification of all streets and street and roads. 9. Dedication and Acceptance. a. The applicant shall identify public 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 County. b. The applicant shall bring public street and roadways and other improvements to the minimum standards of the County 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 County accept the facilities for public maintenance. c. County 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 County. d. In the event the County does not accept maintenance responsibility of the proposed public improvements, the applicant shall be so advised in writing by the County 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 County may have the improvements completed and paid for out of the security deposits for the subdivision.