HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet 09/20/1990 LEE DAYK
CITY CLERK
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ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
Atascadero Administration Building
6500 Palma Avenue
4th Floor , Club Room
Thursday, September 20, 1990
4:30 P.M.
Call to Order
Roll Call
City Council Comment
1. _STUDY SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ROAD STANDARDS
AND POLICIES
Adjourn
NOTICE: THE COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN TO 6:00 P.M. , TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1990
FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT FIRE DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN
BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR REGULAR SESSION AT 7:00 P.M.
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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL Meeting Date: 9/20/90
CITY OF ATASCADERO Agenda Item:
Through: Ray Windsor, City Manager
From: Greg Luke, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT:
Road Policies and Standards
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution 103-90 establishing a comprehensive policy
for the review of roads in the City of Atascadero for the
conditioning of development projects and the clarification of
responsibility for maintenance.
BACKGROUND:
On July 11, 1990 the City Council held a study session to
establish road policies for the City. The complex issues
associated with roads have necessitated a second study session to
further discuss issues and policies associated with Atascadero's
roads. At the August 14, 1990 Council meeting the Council was
provided a staff report pertaining to the road policy. Staff was
subsequently directed to set a study session to review the road
policy.
DISCUSSION:
The staff report presented at the August 14, 1990 Council
meeting has been included in this agenda unaltered from the
original distribution. However, it should be noted that the
policy is in conflict with some of the Council's recent road
decisions. It contains an enacting resolution as well as the
attendant "Road Policy" . Staff is seeking Council direction as
to the appropriateness of the Policy as well as any changes that
are deemed necessary.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No direct fiscal impact.
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ATASCADERO Agenda Item:
Through: Ray Windsor, City Manager Meeting Date: 8/14/90
From: Gregory Luke, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Road Review Policy
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt resolution 103-90 establishing a comprehensive
policy for the review of roads in the City of
Atascadero for the conditioning of development projects
and the clarification of responsibility for
maintenance.
BACKGROUND:
Since incorporation the City of Atascadero has been struggling
with the unique character of the roads associated with the
Atascadero Colony and the Eaglet Tract. There has been
widespread uncertainty concerning road ownership, road access
rights, maintenance obligations, the assignment of liability and
the assignment of road improvement responsibilities to private
development. Also, the previously subdivided condition of most
of the City denies the City the tools to remedy the situation
that are commonly available elsewhere.
DISCUSSION:
In January of 1990 the City adopted its first set of road
standards unique to the City of Atascadero.. These standards have
had a significant impact on the process of identifying reasonable
road improvements and establishing minimum design and
construction standards. Despite the adopted standards
uncertainty remains concerning how the standards are to be
implemented. One of the purposes of the attached resolution is
to establish a policy of when and how to apply the City's adopted
standards.
Also, uncertainty is prevalent concerning which roads have been
accepted into the City maintained road system, despite relatively
clear State law delineating the appropriate steps necessary to
adopt a road into the system. The guidance provided by State law
has been clouded by uncertainty regarding the transfer of road
maintenance responsibility from the County to the City and the
significance of past City maintenance activity. Underlying the
question of the appropriate allocation of maintenance costs and
responsibility is the assumption of liability associated with the
allocation of responsibility. The attached resolution provides a
means of clearly establishing which streets are to be included in
the City maintained system and identifies the steps necessary to
upgrade a road for consideration of acceptance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
By adopting precise standards for roadway construction the City's
long term maintenance costs should decrease because shoulder and
drainage improvements and the quality of the road construction
will have been improved prior to transfer to the City maintained
system. Ultimately the citizens of Atascadero will benefit
because their roads will be under the authority of the City.
Enclosures: 1. City Council Resolution 103-90
2. Road Policy
. RESOLUTION NO. 103-90
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO
ADOPTING A ROAD POLICY
WHEREAS, a road policy is necessary for the efficient and
consistent administration of roads and road construction within
the City of Atascadero; and
WHEREAS, a road policy is necessary so that private property
may be improved with a clear understanding of City standards,
both for construction and acceptance; and
WHEREAS, a road policy is necessary to guide the City's
staff in the conditioning of development projects for road
improvements; and
WHEREAS, a road policy is necessary to eliminate the
uncertainty concerning which roads are within the City maintained
road system and to clearly allocate maintenance responsibility;
and
WHEREAS, a road policy is necessary for public safety and to
minimize future road maintenance expense; and
WHEREAS, a road policy is a necessary adjunct of sound
fiscal management of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The attached document entitled "Road Policy" shall be
the policy of the City of Atascadero.
On motion by Councilperson seconded by •
Councilperson , the foregoing resolution is passed on
the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ADOPTED:
ATTEST:
LEE DAYKA, City Clerk ROBERT B. LILLEY, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
ARTHER R. MONTANDON GREGORY LUKE
City Attorney Director of Public Works
ROAD POLICY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
GOALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SPECIFIC POLICY ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ROAD REVIEW POLICY 6
CLASS I ROADS (City Maintained Roads) . . . . . 7
CLASS II ROADS (Privately Maintained
Improved Roads) 9
CLASS III ROADS (Privately Maintained
Improved Roads With Significant
Deficiencies) 11
CLASS IV ROADS (Privately Maintained,
Partially Improved or Unimproved Roads) . . . 13
CLASS V ROADS (Roads With Unique Problems) . 15
CLASS VI ROADS (Paper Streets) . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CLASS VII ROADS (Internal Roads) . . . . . . . . . . 18
SUMMARY OF ROAD CLASSIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SUMMARY OF ROAD REVIEW POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attached
GLOSSARY
Access Road - Uniform Fire Code
A publically traveled access road is a 20 foot wide "all weather
road. " "All weather" implies that the road will be constructed
following standard compaction procedures and that it will be
topped with a minimum of six inches of class 2 or class 3
aggregate base. When constructed in a public right-of-way an
encroachment permit or a. road construction permit issued by the
Department of Public Works is required prior to construction.
These roads are considered temporary and will eventually be
improved to comply with the City' s Circulation Element and road
standards. Thus, these temporary roads will be designed and
constructed so that the road geometry and quality is consistant
with the final road configuration.
City Maintained Road
A City Maintained Road is a road that has been specifically
designated by City Council Resolution as being included within
the City maintained road system according to Streets and
Highways Code Section 1806.
Conditioning
Conditioning is the process of imposing conditions on development
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Commission and the City staff. In this report conditioning is
not intended to address, include or exclude conditions related to
subjects besides roadway related activities.
Drainage Improvements
Drainage improvements include, but are not necessarily limited
to, asphalt dikes, curbs, gutters, drop inlets, downdrains,
swales, ditches, headwalls, culverts, storm drains, acquiring
drainage easements, riprap, energy dissipators, resurfacing to
provide appropriate cross slope, stream clearing, cleaning of
existing drainage improvements, daylighting, erosion control,
landscaping and surfacing. Drainage improvements generally
include improvements required to prevent erosion and maintain
control of drainage within the roadway environment as well as for
downstream properties.
Driveway
A Driveway is a road providing access to a site or land use from
a street. A driveway serves no more than four separately owned
parcels. In the case of condominiums or other dense development
schemes a driveway may serve more than four lots. Standards for
driveways are derived from City ordinances and the Uniform Fire
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Code. The construction of driveways is monitored through the
issuance of grading permits by the Building Division of the
Community Development Department.
Encroachment Permit
An Encroachment Permit is a permit issued by the Department of
Public Works that authorizes work within a public or privately
owned public right-of-way.
Internal Road
An Internal Road (class VII) is a privately maintained road that
serves a development or developments governed by a homeowners
association, private management or other similar entity.
Internal roads are frequently characterized by; lack of
importance to traffic circulation outside of the development; the
desire of frontage residents to maintain controlled access to the
development or the desire of the property management to control
access. These road are usually internal roads related to mobile
home parks, condominiums, large apartment complexes and planned
unit developments.
Minimum Road Standards
The Minimum Road Standards are the minimum requirements •
pertaining to road geometry, cross section and construction
quality that have been specifically adopted by City Council
resolution for the construction of roads in Atascadero.
Privately Maintained Road
A Privately Maintained Road is a road that has not been
specifically designated by City Council resolution as being
included within the City maintained road system. Although a
road is privately maintained, public access to the road may not
be limited unless specifically designated an internal road (class
VII) . A private road generally serves four or more lots of
record although in the case of condominiums or other dense
development schemes a driveway may serve in place of a private
road.
Public Right-Of-Way
A Public Right-Of-Way is any right-of-way that the general public
has a right of access. Public rights-of-way may include, but are
not necessarily limited to, the following.
1. Developed or undeveloped Atascadero Colony and Eaglet
Tract road rights-of-way.
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2. Prescriptive roadway routes commonly traveled by the
general public.
3. Privately owned and maintained streets other than
internal streets (class VII) .
4. City owned and/or City maintained streets.
S. A road, alley, pedestrian or other access right-of-way
with width described in recorded documents.
These public rights-of-way or easements do not necessarily
include the underlying fee title. Because the road rights-of-way
may be owned in fee by the frontage property owner, a bank, or
the City, it may not be feasible to establish fee title to the
public right-of-way for each lot.
Road Geometry Characteristics
Road geometry refers to the horizontal and vertical curve
characteristics, superelevation, crowning or cross slope and the
cross section dimensions. The road geometry is generally
dictated by published design standards relating speed, sight
distance, and driving comfort. The road geometry characteristics
are directly related to driving comfort and safety.
Road Quality Characteristics
Road quality refers to considerations such as compaction,
finishing, thickness of the aggregate base and pavement layers
and quality of materials. Road quality characteristics are
directly related to the durability and longevity of the completed
road and the subsequent frequency of maintenance.
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GOALS
The following is a list of goals to be considered in the
application road policies. Within the existing framework of
ordinances, policies, and concepts of fairness these goals may
not be fully achievable. Despite this, they are listed here
because of their intrinsic value with regards to improving the
quality of the transportation environment for the general public.
1. Minimize the patchwork construction of roads.
2. Provide for long term road maintenance.
3. Clearly delegate liability by specifically defining the
limits of City maintained and City owned streets.
4. Build streets to common, adopted standards to provide a
safe environment for travel. Apply these standards equally
to public and private road construction.
5. Build roads to a common level of quality to minimize future
maintenance expense. Apply the same road construction
standards to public as well as to private road construction
projects.
6. Provide a maintenance system incorporating a fair
allocation of tax funds. Accept roads into the City
maintained system when they comply with the minimum
standards defined by the City or conditions established by
previous agreements. It is not intended that internal
roads maintained and administered under a home owners
association or other similar organization be transferred to
the "City maintained" system.
7. Require private development to pay for the initial
construction of roads rather than create an additional tax
burden on the general public.
8. Complete the construction of access roads to City standards
before occupancy of the frontage structures.
9. Preserve existing road rights-of-way for public circulation.
Prevent encroachment into these rights-of-way that preclude
future road construction, decrease safety of the traveling
public or deny the traveling public access.
10. Utilize appropriate financing mechanisms to encourage the
improvement of private roads to City standards.
11. Modify the Circulation Element of the General Plan so that
it clearly delineates specific standards and road cross
sections to be implemented as City policy.
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SPECIFIC POLICY ACTIONS
1. Rewrite the Circulation Element of the General Plan.
Clearly define the planning goals, including the width of
the proposed improvements, bikeway routes, traffic indexes,
sidewalk and walkway routes, truck routes and landscaping.
2. Develop financing alternatives for City Council
consideration to fund road maintenance and improvement of
roads that are not maintained by the City.
3. In order to preserve public rights-of-way for public
circulation, the City Attorney will pursue the necessary
steps to remove from the road rights-of-way unauthorized
improvements where requested by the Director of Public
Works.
4. Adopted City road standards shall be applied equally in the
evaluation of public and private road construction for new
and existing roads unless previous agreements allow
exceptions.
5. The Director of Public Works shall present to the City
Council a resolution formally adopting the Class I roads
into the City maintained system.
. 6. The Director of Public Works shall present to the City
Council an encroachment permit ordinance for review.
7. The Director of Public Works shall present to the City
Council a road construction permit ordinance for review. A
road construction permit will be issued it conformance with
adopted engineering design specifications and CEQA
requirements. The permit ordinance shall establish a
procedure for obtaining a modification from established road
standards.
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Class I Roads
(City Maintained Road)
CHARACTERISTICS
1. The City Council has adopted a resolution accepting the
road into the City maintained system, or, a specific
Council resolution of acceptance has not been adopted
but the City has previously and routinely completed
substantial maintenance on the road using gas tax money
to fund the maintenance, or, the road has intrinsic
value, character or unique public importance to the
City as specifically designated by the City Council.
Roads improved under previous agreements. may be
included as class I roads at the direction of the City
Council.
2. The road may require nominal maintenance activity such
as reconstructing the shoulders, signing, striping,
relocating utilities, installing minor drainage
improvements and resurfacing to fully comply with City
standards. If the road has intrinsic value, character
or unique public importance, as designated by the City
Council, significant improvements dictated by City
standards may be waived.
3. The road geometry is generally adequate. The street
could be classified as a one-way or two-way street.
The road has no obvious hazards to public safety. The
deficiencies can be remedied with a reasonable
allocation of public and/or private funds through the
conditioning of private development or public
maintenance activity.
4. The road generally does not have characteristics that
would result in excessive, long term, maintenance
expense to the City. However, the deficiencies can be
remedied with a reasonable allocation of private and/or
public funds through the conditioning of private
development or through public maintenance activity.
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POLICY
1. Identify the Class I roads that have not been adopted •
by City Council resolution. The Director of Public
Works shall clearly define the acceptable limits of
these roads and recommend that these sections of road
be adopted into the City maintained system. The
recommendation shall include a cost estimate of the
initial expense necessary to bring the road into
compliance with the City's road standards and to
address any unique problems that may be associated
with the road. Roads that have intrinsic value,
character or unique public importance to the City as
defined by the City Council but that will not
necessarily be improved to City standards shall be
identified.
2. If the roads are accepted by Council resolution into
the City maintained system, include the adopted roads
in the City' s road maintenance schedule.
3. Building permit, precise plan and conditional use
permit conditioning will generally be limited to
completing frontage improvements according to the
Circulation Element and City standards. If there are
significant offsite drainage impacts associated with
the roads, offsite improvements will be required.
Subdivision conditioning will be completed according to •
the Subdivision Map Act, the California Environmental
Quality Act and existing City ordinances.
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Class II Roads
(Privately Maintained Improved Road)
CHARACTERISTICS
1. The road typically can be improved to conform with City
standards through moderate construction activity.
Conformance could be achieved by widening, constructing
the shoulders, relocating utilities, signing, striping,
installing minor drainage improvements, reconstructing
areas demonstrating pavement or subgrade failure,
straightening and resloping substandard curves, grading
to improve sight distance and by resurfacing.
2. The road geometry is either generally adequate or can
be brought into conformance. The street could be
classified as a one-way or two-way street. The road
has no obvious hazards to public safety that can't be
remedied. The minor hazards can be remedied with a
moderate allocation of private funds or other funding
sources if available.
3. The road has not been designated an internal,
privately managed street.
POLICY
• 1. The Director of Public Works generally will not
recommend that the road be included into the City
maintained system without first requiring that the road
be improved to comply with City standards. However, it
is the City' s policy to bring these roads into the City
maintained system once the required improvements are
completed.
2. The conditioning of new building permits, precise
plans and conditional use permits will generally be
limited to the completion of frontage improvements
according to the Circulation Element and City
standards. If there are significant offsite drainage
impacts associated with the road, offsite improvements
will be required. Subdivision conditioning will be
completed according to the Subdivision Map Act, the
California Environmental Quality Act and existing City
ordinances. This implies that fundamental
improvements, such as road realignment and road
reconstruction, may be required to enhance safety and
to minimize maintenance.
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3. The City shall encourage the formation of assessment
districts or other similar, privately funded programs
to assist property owners to improve the roads to
comply with City standards.
4. Public access to the road shall be maintained unless
the City Council has specifically designated that
public access may be limited.
5. The conversion of class II roads to class I roads shall
be on a scale necessary to avoid patchwork
construction. The minimum project size shall be
determined by the Director of Public Works for each
project. Class I roads upgraded from class II roads
for the purpose of being accepted into the City
maintained road system shall be contiguous to existing
City maintained roads unless directed otherwise by the
City Council.
6. A determination of applicable standards and a review of
project plans shall be completed by the Department of
Public Works prior to the issuance of an encroachment
permit for upgrading a class II road.
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Class III Roads
(Privately Maintained Improved Road
With Significant Deficiencies)
CHARACTERISTICS
1. The road can't be improved to comply with City
standards without incurring significant environmental
impacts. Compliance with standards could be achieved
only with significant expenditures and extensive
construction activity.
2. The road geometry is generally or specifically
inadequate. The road may present significant hazards
to public safety in one or more locations. The
significant hazards can't be remedied without
substantial expense and construction activity.
POLICY
1. The Director of Public Works will not recommend that
the road be included into the City maintained system.
2. Building permit, precise plan, and conditional use
permit conditioning will require the completion of
frontage improvements if feasible and reasonable. if
there are significant offsite drainage impacts
• associated with the road, offsite improvements will be
required whenever practical. Project conditioning will
also include measures to mitigate offsite hazards to
the traveling public.
3. The Director of Public Works will recommend to the
City Council and the City Planning Commission that the
creation of additional lots or increasing zoning
density, relying on Class III roads for access, be
denied.
4. If road deficiencies are identified by the Director of
Public Works as presenting a threat to public health
and safety, or impede the access of emergency vehicles,
and the deficiencies can be eliminated through the
reasonable expenditure of public funds, then the
Director of Public Works shall recommend to the City
Council that the elimination of such deficiencies be
included in the City's inventory of capital improvement
projects (i.e. guardrails, signs, road patching, etc. ) .
The use of City funds shall require authorization by
the City Council prior to expenditure.
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5. Public access to the road shall be maintained unless
the City Council has specifically designated that
public access may be limited.
6. The City will encourage the formation of privately
funded programs to address long term maintenance.
7. Class III roads will be marked with signs indicating
"private" roads in addition to other appropriate
warnings signs.
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Class IV Roads
(Privately Maintained, Partially Improved
Or Unimproved Road)
CHARACTERISTICS
1. The road remains unimproved or partially improved,
although the road is currently used for access and
public circulation. It is feasible to construct a
class I road within the road alignment and the
relatively unimproved condition is not the result of
physical or environmental constraints or excessively
steep terrain.
2. No paving or only partial paving has been completed.
Inadequate aggregate base is present beneath the
asphalt. The drainage improvements are inadequate or
nonexistent. The road right-of-way has not been
preserved. There are fences, structures, surface
utilities, trees or landscaping extending into the road
cross section. There is the potential for potholes,
washboarding, dust and erosion.
POLICY
• 1. Once the road is brought into compliance with City
standards, the Director of Public Works shall recommend
to the City Council that the road be included in the
City maintained road system. The Director of Public
Works will not recommend that the road be included into
the City maintained system without first requiring
that the road be improved to comply with minimum City
standards.
2. The City shall encourage the formation of assessment
districts or other similar, privately funded programs
to assist property owners to improve the roads to
comply with City standards.
3. Building permit, precise plan and conditional use
permit conditioning will include the completion of
frontage improvements, to the full width of the road,
according to the Circulation Element and City
standards, if feasible and reasonable, and the
construction of access from the nearest class I or
class II road to comply with the uniform fire code.
The access will be designed and constructed according
to the alignment, grade and structure necessary for the
future completion of the road. Occupancy for
permitted projects shall be denied until the road
improvements are constructed. If there are significant
offsite drainage impacts associated with the road,
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offsite improvements will be required. Subdivision
conditioning will be completed according to the
Subdivision Map Act, the California Environmental
Quality Act and existing City ordinances. This implies
that fundamental improvements, such as road realignment
and road construction, may be required to provide a
completed road, enhance safety and minimize
maintenance.
4. The Director of Public Works will recommend to the
City Council and to the Planning Commission that the
creation of additional lots or increasing zoning
density, relying on Class IV roads for access, be
denied unless constructing the road to City .standards
is made a condition of the project.
5. If road deficiencies are identified by the Director of
Public Works as presenting a threat to public health
and safety, or impede the access of emergency vehicles,
and the deficiencies can be eliminated through the
reasonable expenditure of public funds, then the
Director of Public Works shall recommend to the City
Council that the elimination of such deficiencies be
included in the City' s inventory of capital improvement
projects (i.e. guardrails, signs, road patching, etc. ) . .
The use of City funds shall require authorization by
the City Council prior to expenditure..
6. Public access to the road shall be maintained unless
the City Council has clearly designated that public
access may be limited.
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Class V Roads
(Roads With Unique Problems)
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Dangerous driving conditions result from the unique
characteristics of the road. Elimination of these
deficiencies cannot, practically, be completed.
2. The road may have a slope greater than 20%.
3. Due to topographical features there may be inadequate
road width and conversion to a one-way street is not
feasible.
4. There may be insufficient level area at the end of the
road to install a fire department turn-around.
5. The road may be isolated by another road with unique
problems.
. POLICY
1. A policy will be created for each road with an
emphasis on discouraging the use of these roads by the
general public through the use of warning signs.
• 2. Building permit, precise plan and conditional use
permit conditioning will include the completion of
frontage improvements if feasible and reasonable. If
there are significant offsite drainage impacts
associated with the road, offsite improvements will be
required. Offsite signing may be required.
3. The Director of Public Works shall recommend to the
City Council that the creation of additional lots or
increasing zoning density, relying on Class V roads for
access, be denied.
4. Public access shall be limited where possible unless
the road is necessary for circulation. Signs shall be
installed that clearly delineate the specific hazard.
5. The City will encourage the formation of privately
funded programs to address long term maintenance.
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Class VI Roads
(Paper Streets)
CHARACTERISTICS
1. A road right-of-way exists as the result of previous
subdivision, deed or similar action.
2. The road may or may not have been graded but is not
commonly used by the public.
3. Improvements may have been previously constructed
across these rights-of-way in disregard of the public' s
right of access and circulation.
POLICY
1. The rights-of-way associated with paper streets shall
be preserved for public use unless formal abandonment
has been completed. Public access shall be maintained
unless the City Council has clearly 'designated that
public access may be limited.
2. Construction activity or the installation of
improvements within these rights-of-way shall be
governed by encroachment permit ordinance or road
construction permit ordinance.
3. Access rights to existing lots through these existing
rights-of-way shall be preserved or an alternate access
shall be provided.
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. 4. Building permit, precise plan and conditional use
permit conditioning will include the completion of
frontage improvements, to the full width of the road,
according to the Circulation Element and City
standards, if feasible and reasonable, and the
construction of access from the nearest class I or
class II road to comply with the uniform fire code.
The access will be designed and constructed according
to the alignment, grade and structure necessary for the
future completion of the road. Occupancy for
permitted projects shall be denied until the road
improvements are constructed. If there are significant
offsite drainage impacts associated with the road,
offsite improvements will be required. Subdivision
conditioning will be completed according to the
Subdivision Map Act, the California Environmental
Quality Act and existing City ordinances. This implies
that fundamental improvements, such as road realignment
and road construction, may be required to provide a
completed road, enhance safety and minimize
maintenance.
5. A road construction permit shall be required prior to
the construction of a class VI road. Appropriate CEQA
review and compliance with the City' s Tree Protection
• ordinance shall be required prior to the issuance of a
road construction permit. The realignment of existing
routes in order to decrease environmental impacts and
to protect trees shall be encouraged although such
considerations shall not supersede the requirement of
providing a safe driving environment.
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Class VII Roads
(Internal Roads)
CiRACTERISTICS
1. An internal road is a privately maintained road that
serves a development or developments governed by a
homeowners association, private management or other
similar entity.
2. Internal roads are frequently characterized by; lack of
importance to traffic circulation outside of the
development, the desire of frontage residents to
maintain controlled access to the development or the
desire of the property management to control access.
High development density may require more oversight of
the streets than is commonly necessary.
3. These road are usually internal roads related to mobile
home parks, condominiums, large apartment buildings and
planned unit developments.
POLICY
1. The Director of Public Works will not recommend that
the road be included in the City maintained system
because of the unique characteristics of the road with
regards to management and oversight.
2. Building permit, precise plan, and conditional use
permit conditioning will be based on the overall design
and character of the development, Uniform Fire Code
requirements and the construction quality provisions of
the City road standards. If there are significant
offsite drainage impacts associated with the road,
offsite improvements will be required.
3. During review of the project by the Planning Commission
and/or the City Council the road shall be specifically
designated an internal road and responsibility for
maintenance and oversight shall be clearly delineated.
4. Internal roads will not be constructed in Colony or
other public rights-of-way unless preceded by formal
abandonment.
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SUMMARY OF ROAD CLASSIFICATIONS
CLASS I ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City Maintained Roads
CLASS II ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Privately Maintained Improved Roads
CLASS III ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Privately Maintained Improved Roads
With Significant Deficiencies
CLASS IV ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Privately Maintained, Partially
Improved or Unimproved Roads
CLASS V ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roads With Unique Problems
CLASS VI ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper Streets
CLASS VII ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Roads
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i I CLASSIFICATION OF ROAD i
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I CONDITIONS I I i II I III I IV { V 1 VI 1 VII 1
1 I
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MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY ; 1 I 1 ; i
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: Road Maintained by City I X i i I i
iRoad Maintained by
1 Property Owners or i t ! i t i 1 1
I Maintenance District i I X i X ; X I X ; X I J
1 I f I I I 1 1 i
! Road Maintained by i ! i ; i i I
1 HOP. CC&R's. Private
1 Management 1 i ! 1 1 1 I X i
1 PUBLIC ACCESS
I Maintain Public Access I X I X I X I X I X I X I I
t i t t 1 1 i
I Limited Public Access I t I I 1 i i X 1
t 1 1 i 1 1 i i I
I Access Limited By Safety i I I I 1 1 I i
I Warning Signs i 1 1 1 I X ! I 1
1 PRECISE PLAN. CONDITIONAL { I I 1 t i I i
1 USE PERMIT. BUILDING PERMIT 1 i
I CONDITIONS 1 I I 1 I 1 t f
I Construct 1/2 Width of
1 Road Frontage i X i X I X i X i I NA 1
i Construct Full Width of ! 1 I t I ! ! NA I
1Road Frontage i 1 I i X 1 ! X 1 1
1 Construct 20 Foot Wide i 1 i I i ! 1 I
I A39regate Base Road Beyond I I I 1 t i I i
1 Property Frontage I ! 1 1 X 1 I X 1 NA I
I Address Offsite Road
! Drainage Impacts And
Construct Improvements I X ! X 1 X 1 X I X I X I NA I
I SUBDIVISION CONDITIONS 1 1 1 I t I 1
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I Subdivision or Lot Split 1 ! t 1 1 1 !
1 Recommended With Respect to 1
I Existing Access Road i X i X i 1 i I 1 NA i
1 Subdivision or Lot Split
1Recommended With Road
1 Frontage Improvement to { ! { 1 I i I {
1 Class I. Remainder Of Access ! i i i I 1 i I
1I;bad Class II or Better I 1 I i X t ! X 1 NR I
I I I 1 ! 1 ! 1 I
1 Subdivision or Lot Split i i 1 1 1 1 I I
INot Recommended Because of i I ! 1 I i 1 I
I Inferior Access Road i t 1 X i i X I I NA 1
NOTES:
1. Review according to the California Environmental Quality Act and
for project compliance with City ordinances and policies must be
completed prior to the issuance of a road construction permit.
2. Prior to the issuance of a road construction permit or an
encroachment permit the execution of a checking and inspection
agreement is required.
S. Prior to the issuance of permits for the construction of roads or
improvement= within a public right-of-way. guarantees =hall be provided
the City as directed by the Director of Public Works. Such quarantees
shall generally include 100% for performance, 100% for materials and
labor and 10% for maintenance, unless waived or modified by the
Director of Public Works.
A. The detailed nature of required road improvements shall be as
delineated in City ordinances, standards arid the Circulation Element.
Additionally. measures to improved public safety, driving comfort and
ease of maintenance may be required such as, relocated utilities,
removing objects from the road shoulder=, relocating or constructing
drainage facilities, signing or striping or improving the geometric and
quality characteristics of the road.