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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-1-8 OF THE CITY
CODE OF IONA, IDAHO; RELATING TO THE REQUIRED
WIDTH OF PUBLIC STREETS; ESTABLISHING
METHODOLOGY; 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. Amending of Section 10-1-8 of Iona City Code. Section 10-1-8 of the
Iona City Code is hereby 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 afre}s 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 shall be constructed in accordance with the Bonneville County
Specifications for a rural street section. 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 1993 Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and Engineering Specifications. 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
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for the inner street Tine 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').
(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 the 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.
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.
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 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. 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 4. 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
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PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this I.5 day of
U CCi I , 2008.
ATTEST:
Betty Mc�Kin
City Cle
(Seal)
Brad Andersen
Mayor
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STATE OF IDAHO
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 AMENDING SECTION 10-1-8 OF THE CITY CODE OF IONA,
IDAHO; RELATING TO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF PUBLIC STREETS; ESTABLISHING
METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE
DATE. "
Betty McKinl
City Clerk
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Proof of Publication
The Post Register
State of Idaho
County of Bonneville
I, Dan Moore, orJoanna 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-f8S6, The Idaho Register, established intheyear 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 30TH day of JANUARY 2008,
last publication having been made on the 30TH day of JANUARY 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.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30TH day of JANUARY 2008
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ORDINANCE NO.133
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-1-8 OF THE CITY CODE OF IONA,
IDAHO; RELATING TO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF PUBLIC STREETS;
ESTABLISHING METHODOLOGY; 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. Amending of Section 10-14 of Iona City Code. Section 10-1-8 of
the Iona City Code is hereby 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 andg so measured shall
be seventy feet (70'), provided howeverr curb ir utter anq,
sid=walks of a width rL0 less thantive ��(S, ch are col�€4On @�h
side of the street and the
street section shall confor
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Drawinds and
Specifications. 2006 Edition. Notwithstandina the foregoina, 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 thearea 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 tum-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 (1001. -
(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 shall be constructed in accordance with the Bonneville County
Specifications for a rural street section. 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 1993 klaho FOS Standard Drawings and Engineering
Specification. The construction -Of such street section shall also be in
accordance with the method:; and procedures set forth in such Standard
Specifications.
ATTEST:
Betty McKiniay
Betty McKinley
City Clerk
STATE OF IDAHO
(L) Where street lines within a block deflect from each other at any one point
more than ten degrees (101, 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.
(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 ofthe
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.
(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.
e a neetion 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-haff (1/2) shall be platted within such tract.
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 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. 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 4. 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 15 day of
January, 2008.
Brad Andersen
Brad Andersen
Mayor
: ss.
County of Bonneville ) _
I, BETTY MCKINLAY, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, DO
HEREBY CERETIFY:
That the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Ordinance
entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-1-8 OF THE CITY CODE OF
IONA, IDAHO; RELATING TO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF PUBLIC STREETS;
ESTABLISHING METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE."'
Betty McKinley
Betty McKinley
City Clerk
Published: January 30, 2008