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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 134-8-09_Amending Street Requirements_04152008ORDINANCE NO. 134- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, AMENDING SECTION 10-1-8 OF THE IONA CITY CODE RELATING TO STREET REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SUBSECTION (K) RELATING TO RURAL STREET SECTIONS AND ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION (Q) PROVIDING FOR CIRCLE DRIVEWAYS; PROVIDING FOR METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR PRESERVATION OF PRIOR ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, THAT: Section 1. Amendment of Section 10-1-8 of Iona City Code. Section 10-1-8 of the Iona City Code is amended as follows: 10-1-8: STREET REQUIREMENTS: (A) All major streets in the subdivision must conform to the major street plan of the City, as may be adopted by the City or as set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. (B) The alignment and width of previously platted streets shall be preserved unless topographical conditions or existing buildings or structures require otherwise. (C) All public streets and alley rights of way shall be measured from property line to property line. The minimum width of all streets as so measured shall be seventy feet (70'), provided however, in the event curb and gutter and sidewalks of a width no less than five feet (5.0') each are constructed on each side of the street and the street is located within a residential subdivision, the street section shall conform to the City of Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and Specifications, 2006 Edition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City Engineer may require a wider street width if circumstances so warrant. In determining the street width, the City Engineer may take into consideration the following factors: 1. Zoning and land usage of the area in which the street is located. 2. Anticipated traffic volume and character of traffic use. 3. Character or function of the street. 4. Vehicular and pedestrian safety. 5. Anticipated future growth in the area served by the street. 6. Population density in the area served by the street. (D) All alleys shall be twenty feet (20') in width. (E) Permanent dead-end streets shall not be longer than four hundred feet (400') and shall be provided at the closed end with a turn -around having a street property line diameter of at least ninety feet (90'). Streets that temporarily dead-end may be permitted with a distance of greater than 400 feet in length, provided the developer files a preliminary plat of an adjoining subdivision depicting a through street connecting to such temporary dead-end street, and provided further the City Council may order the developer to file a final plat for such preliminary plat, at any time at the expiration of three (3) years after the date the plat showing the temporary dead-end street was approved. (F) Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles and no street shall intersect any other street at less than eighty degrees (80°) or greater than one hundred degrees (100°). (G) Streets in new subdivisions shall continue the alignment of existing streets in adjoining subdivisions, or their proper projections when adjoining property is not subdivided. Streets, alleys and utility lines shall be arranged in a manner which will, insofar as possible, facilitate convenient extension and connection thereof to future streets, alleys and utility lines developed by the owners of adjoining property is platted. (H) Minimum street grades of four -tenths percent (0.4%) shall be required with the maximum grade being seven percent (7%) for secondary and major streets and ten percent (10%) for local or minor streets. (I) All streets shall be constructed at a grade of at least one foot (1') above the lowest point of the lot. (J) Developer shall construct and grade all streets and lots drain surface water into borrow pits adjacent to public fronts. Borrow pits shall be graded to ensure proper drainage and evaporation of surface waters without flooding of lots. Driveways across borrow pits shall be graded or have culverts installed so as to avoid impeding the flow of surface waters. (K) All streets and driveway approaches shall be constructed in accordance with the Bonneville County Specifications for a rural street section. No residential driveway approach excluding any transition slope, shall exceed thirty feet (30'1 in width across any portion thereof. The street cross section shall consist of a thirty-two foot (32') wide section of pavement comprised of nine inches of pit run gravel, three inches of minus 3/4" crushed asphalt plant mix and chip and -2- seal. The crushed gravel, asphalt and chip seal shall comply with the requirements of the Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and Engineering Specifications, 2006 Edition. The construction of such street section shall also be in accordance with the methods and procedures set forth in such Standard Specifications. (L) Where street lines within a block deflect from each other at any one point more than ten degrees (10°), there shall be a connecting curve. The radius of the curve for the inner street line shall be not less than seven hundred feet (700') for a major street, two hundred fifty feet (250') for a collector or secondary street, and fifty feet (50') for local or minor streets. Curbs at street intersections shall be rounded with curves having a minimum radius of twenty-five feet (25'). No plat shall be approved where the area between the exterior right-of-way line of any public street located within and along the periphery of the subdivision, and any property line between unplatted property owned by the developer and any other property owned by another, is of insufficient size or is of an irregular configuration such that such area cannot reasonably be used to develop lots which will conform to the provisions of this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance. Street name signs shall be erected by the developer at the corner of each intersection located within the subdivision and in accordance with construction standards established by the City Engineer. All streets and alleys within the subdivision shall be dedicated for public use. The dedication of one-half (1/2) streets in any subdivision is prohibited except where essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in conformity with other requirements of this chapter and where it will be practicable to require the dedication of the other one-half (1/2) when the adjoining property is subdivided. Wherever a one-half (1/2) street is situated adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other one-half (1/2) shall be platted within such tract. (Q Half -circle drivewa s may be constructed in any residential zone, •rovided the inside diameter of such drivewa shall be no • reater than fifty percent (50% of the length of the frontage of the lot upon the street on which such accesses are located, or in the case of a corner lot having driveway accesses upon two streets then the combined length of the street frontage encompassed within such driveway exits shall be no greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the combined frontage of the lots on both streets. Section 2. Methodology. For the purpose of this Ordinance, text that is underlined in the preceding sections means new text added to the former Ordinance or City Code Section, and text that is stricken through means text that is being deleted -3- from the former Ordinance or Code Section. Text that is moved from one location in the former Ordinance to another is similarly shown as underlined text. Section 3. Preservation of Prior Ordinance. The sections of the City Code repealed by this Ordinance shall be preserved to the extent necessary to allow the arrest, prosecution and punishment of any person who violates such provisions prior to the effective date hereof. Section 4. Severability. The sections and subsections of this Ordinance are severable. The invalidity of any section or subsection shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or subsections. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage, execution and publication within the manner provided by law, and shall be effective with respect to all customer accounts billed after the date the Ordinance becomes effective. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this /_� day of April, 2008. ATTEST: Betty ay City Cle (Seal) Brad Andersen Mayor -4- r STATE OF IDAHO ) )ss County of Bonneville ) I. BETTY MCKINLAY, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, DO HEREBY CERTIFY: That the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, AMENDING SECTION 10- 1-8 OF THE IONA CITY CODE RELATING TO STREET REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SUBSECTION (K) RELATING TO RURAL STREET SECTIONS AND ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION (Q) PROVIDING FOR CIRCLE DRIVEWAYS; PROVIDING FOR METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR PRESERVATION OF PRIOR ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. " Betty McKinl City Clerk G:\WPDATA\DWS\2708 City of Iona \ORD\Street Requirements.ORD.cmp.3V1.wpd:sm -5- Proof of Publication The Post Register State of Idaho County of Bonneville I, Dan Moore, or Joanna Hibbert, first being duly sworn, depose and say: That I am the Operations Manager, or Production Supervisor of The Post Company, a corporation of Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, publishers of The Post Register, a newspaper of general circulation, published daily at Idaho Falls, Idaho; said Post Register being a consolidation of the Idaho Falls Times, established in the year 1890, The Idaho Register, established in the year 1880 and the Idaho Falls Post, established in 1903, such consolidation being made on the First day of November, 1931, and each of said newspapers have been published continuously and uninterruptedly, prior to consolidation, for more than twelve consecutive months and said Post Register having been published continuously and uninterruptedly from the date of such consolidation, up to and including the last publication of notice hereinafter referred to. That the notice, of which a copy is hereto attached and made a part of this affidavit, was published in said Post Register for 1 consecutive (days) weeks, first publication having been made on the 29TH day of APRIL 2008, last publication having been made on the 29TH day of APRIL 2008 at the said notice was published in the regular and entire issue of said paper on the respective dates of publication, and that such notice was published in the newspaper and not in a supplement. a 11 Subscribed end sworn to before me, this 30TH day of APRIL 2008 Notary Public My commission ejAretianuary 10, 2009 Credit ORDINANCE NO. 134-8-os AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, AMENDING SEC- TION 10-1-08 OF THE IONA CITY CODE RELATING TO STREET 1 REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SUBSECTION K) RELATING TO RURAL STREET SECTIONS AND ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION (0) PROVIDING FOR CIRCLE DRIVE- WAYS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD- OLOGY; PROVIDING FOR PRSER- VATION OF PRIOR ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, THAT: Section 1. Amendment of Sec- tion 10-1-8 of Iona City Code. Sec- tion 10-1-8 of the Iona City Code is amended as follows: 10-1-8: STREET REQUIREMENTS: (A) All major streets in the subdivi- sion must conform to the major street plan of the City, as may be adopted by the City or as set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. (B) The alignment and width of previously -platted-streets -shall be preservedunless topographical conditions or existing buildings or , structures require otherwise. (C) All public streets and alley rights of way shall be measured from property line to property line. The minimum width of all street as so measured shall be seventy feet (70'), providing however, in the event curb and gutter and sidewalks of width no less than five feet (5.0') each are constructed on each side of the street and the street is located within a residential subdivision, the street section shall conform to the City of Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and Specifications, 2006 Edition. Not- withstanding the foregoing the City Engineer may require a wider street width if circumstances so warrant. In determining the street width, the City Engineer may take into consider- ation the following factors: i . Zoning and land usage of the area in which the street is located. 2. Anticipated traffic volume and character of traffic use. 3. Character of function of the street. 4. Vehicular and pedestrian safety. 5. Anticipated future growth in the area served by the street. 6. population density in the area served by the street._ ._ (D All alleys shall be twenty feet (20' in width. (E Permanent dead-end streets I shall not be longer than four hun- dred feet (400') and shall be provided at the closed end with a turn -around having a street property line diameter of at least ninety feet (90'). Streets that temporarily dead- end may be permitted with a distance of $reater than 400 feet in length, provided the developer files a preliminary plat of an adjoining subdivision depicting a through street connecting to such temporary dead-end street, and provided further the City Council may order the developed to file a final plat for such parliamentary plat, at any time at the expiration of three (3) years after the date the plat showing the temporary dead-end street was approved. (F) Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles and no street shall intersect any other street at less than eighty degrees (80°) or greater than on hundred degrees (100°). (G) Streets in new subdivisions shall continue the alignment of existing streets in adjoining subdivisions, or their proper projec- tions when adjoining property is not subdivided. Streets, alleys and utility lines shall be arranged in a manner which will, insofar as possible, facilitate convenient extension and connection thereof to future streets, alleys and utility lines developed by the owners of adjoining property is i platted. (H) Minimum street grades of ' four -tenths percent (0.4%) shall be required with the maximum grade being seven percent (7%) for secondary and major streets and ten percent (10%) for local or minor streets. (I) All streets shall be constructed at a grade of at least one foot (1') above the lowest point of the lot. (J) Developer shall construct and grade all streets and lots drain surface water into borrow pits adjacent to public fronts. Borrow pits shall be graded to ensure proper drainage and evaporation of surface waters without flooding of lots. Driveways across borrow pits shall be graded or have culverts installed so as to avoid impeding the flow of surface waters. (K) All streets and driveways approaches shall be constructed in accordance with the Bonneville County Specifications for a rural street section. No residential driveway approach, excluding any transition slope. shall exceed thirty feet (30') in width across any portion thereof. The street cross section shall consist of a thirty-two foot (32') wide section of pavement comprised of nine inches of pit run gravel, three inches of minus 3/4 crushed asphalt plant mix and chip and seal. The crushed gravel, asphalt and chip seal shall comply with the requirements of the Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and Engineering Specifications, 2006 Edition. The construction of such street section shall also be in accordance with the methods and procedures set forth in such Standard Specifications. (L) Where street lines within a block deflect from each other at any one point more than ten degrees (10°), there shall be a connecting curve. The radius of the curve for the inner street line shall be not less than seven hundred feet (700') for a major street, two hundred fifty feet (250') for a collector or secondary street, and fifty feet (50') for local minor streets. (M) Curbs at street intersections shall be rounded with curves having a minimum radius of twenty-five feet (25'). (N) No plat shall be approved where the area between the exterior right-of-way line of any public street located within and along the periphery of the subdivision, and any property line between unplatted property owned by the developer and any other property owned by another, is of insufficient size or is of an irregular configuration such that such area cannot reasonably be used to develop lots which will conform to the provisions of this chapter and Zoning Ordinance. __ (0) Street name signs shall be erected by the developer at the corner of each intersection located within the subdivision and in accordance with construction standards established by the City Engineer. (P) All streets and alleys within the subdivision shall be dedicated for public use. The dedication of one-half (1/2) streets in any subdivi- sion is prohibited except where essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in conformity with other requirements of this chapter and where it will be practicable to require the dedication of the other one-half (1/2) when the adjoining property is subdivided. Wherever a one-half (1/2) street is situated adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other one-half (1/2) shall be platted within such tract. constructed in any residential zone, provided the inside diameter of such _ driveway shall be no greater than 1 fifty percent (50%)) of the length of the frontage of the lot upon the street on which such assesses are located, or in the case of a corner lot having driveway accesses upon two streets, then the combined length of the street frontage encompassed within such driveway exits shall be no longer than twenty-five percent (25%) of the combined frontage of the lots on both streets. Section 2. Methodology. For the Purpose of this Ordinance, text that is under lined in the preceding sections means new text added to the former Ordinance or City Code Section, and text that is stricken through means text that is being deleted from the former Ordinance or Code Section. Text that is moved from one location in the former Ordinance to another is similarly shown as underlined text. Section 3. Preservation of Prior Ordinance. The sections of the City Code repealed by this Ordinance shall be preserved to the extent necessary to allow the arrest, prosecution and punishment of any person who violates such provisions prior to the effective date hereof. Section 4. Severabllity. The . sections and subsections of this Ordinance are severable. The invalidity of any section or subsection shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or subsections. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage, execution and publication within the manner provided by law, and shall be effective with respect to all customer accounts billed after the date the Ordinance becomes effective. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 15th day of April, 2008. /s/ Brad Anderson _ Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Betty McKinley -- City Clerk (Seal) ST ATE E OF IDAHO) )ss County of Bonneville) I, BETTY MCKINLAY, CITY CLI OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO HEREBY CERTIFY: That the above and foregoing full, true and correct copy of Ordinance entitled: " ORDINANCE OF THE CITY IONA, IDAHO, AMENDING SECT 10-1-8 OF THE IONA CITY CC RELATING TO STRE REQUIREMENTS; AMENDI SUBSECTIONS (K) RELATING RURAL STREET SECTIONS A ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION PROVIDING FOR CIRC DRIVEWAYS; PROVIDING F METHODOLOGY ; PROVIDING F PRESERVATION OF PRI ORDINANCE; PROVIDING F SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHI EFFECTIVE DATE." /s/ Betty McK City C Published: April 29, 2008