HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 125_Subdivision Standards_11202007ORDINANCE NO. I W5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 10-1-5 AND
10-1-8 OF THE CITY CODE OF IONA, IDAHO,
RELATING TO SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND
STREET REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE IONA
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR
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. Amendment of Sections 10-1-5 of Iona City Code. Section
10-1-5 of the City Code of Iona, Idaho, is hereby amended as follows:
10-1-5: SUBDIVISION STANDARDS: All improvements located upon land which
is subdivided shall be designed and constructed in compliance with the following laws,
rules and regulations and standards:
(A) Local Ordinances: The Zoning Ordinance of the City, the Uniform Building Code,
the Uniform Fire Code, the Uniform Plumbing Code and all other uniform codes
adopted hereafter by the City.
(B) State Laws: All applicable laws of the State, including, but not limited to, Idaho
Code Sections 50-1304 through 50-1310 and all rules and regulations, having
the force and effect of law, promulgated by the State Department of
Transportation or Department of Public Health.
(C) Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and Engineering Specifications: The Idaho
Falls Standard Drawings and Engineering Specifications, 2006 Edition, as
adopted and approved by the City of Idaho Falls.
In the event of any irreconcilable inconsistency between the Standard Drawings
and Engineering Specifications and this Chapter, the provisions of this Chapter
shall prevail.
Section 2. Amendment of Sections 10-1-8 of Iona City Code. Section
10-1-8 of the City Code of Iona, Idaho, 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 Tine. The minimum width of all streets and so measured shall be
seventy feet (70'), provided however, 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
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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) 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 2006 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.
(K) 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.
(L) Curbs at street intersections shall be rounded with curves having a minimum
radius of twenty-five feet (25').
(M) 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.
(N) 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.
(0) 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.
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Section 3. 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 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
(Ci1 day of , 2007.
ATTEST:
Betty Mcinla
City Cler
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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 SECTIONS 10-1-5 AND 10-1-
8 OF THE CITY CODE OF IONA, IDAHO, RELATING TO SUBDIVISION
STANDARDS AND STREET REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE IONA
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. "
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Betty Mc inlay
City Clerk
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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 13TH day of DECEMBER 2007,
last publication having been made on the 13TH day of DECEMBER 2007 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 19TH day of DECEMBER 2007
Notary Public
My commission expires January 10, 2009
Credit
ORDINANCE NO.125
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC-
TIONS 10-1-5 AND 10-1-8 OF THE
CITY CODE OF IONA, IDAHO,
RELATING TO SUBDIVISION STAN-
DARDS AND STREET REQUIRE-
MENTS UNDER THE IONA SUBDI-
VISION ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
FOR METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTAB-
LISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF IONA, IDAHO, THAT:
Section 1. Amendment of Sec-
tions 10-1-5 of Iona City Code.
Section 10-1-5 of the City Code of
Iona, Idaho, is hereby amended as
follows:
10-1-5: SUBDIVISION STANDARDS:
All improvements located upon land
which is subdivided shall be
designed and constructed in com-
pliance with the following laws, rules
and regulations and standard§:
(A) Local Ordinances: The Zoning
Ordinance of the City, the Uniform
Building Code, the Uniform Fire
Code, the Uniform Plumbing Code
and all other uniform codes adopted
hereafter by the City.
(B) State Laws: All applicable laws of
the State, including, but not limited
to, Idaho Code Sections 50-1304
through 50-1310 and all rules and
regulations, having the force and
effect of law, promulgated by the
State Department of Transportation
or Department of Public Health.
(C) Idaho Falls Standard Drawings
and Engineering Specifications: The
Idaho Falls Standard Drawings and
Engineering Specifications, 2006
Edition, as adopted and approved
by the City of Idaho Falls.
In the event of any irreconcilable
inconsistency between the Stan-
dard Drawings and Engineering
Specifications and this Chapter, the
provisions of this Chapter shall pre-
vail.
Section 2. Amendment of Sec-
tions 10-1-8 of Iona City Code.
Section 10-1-8 of the City Code of
Iona, Idaho, 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 pre-
viously 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 and so
measured shall be seventy feet (70'),
provided however, 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_1 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 (60°) or greater than
one hundreddegrees (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 feast one foot (1')
above the lowest point of the lot.
(J) 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 2006
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.
(K) 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.
(L) Curbs at street intersections shall
be rounded with curves having a
minimum radius of twenty-five feet
L25')—
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
confirm to the provisions of this
chapter and the Zoning Ordinance.
(N) 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.
(0) 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 3. 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 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
ATTEST:
Betty McKinley
City Clerk
STATE OF IDAHO )
: ss
County of Bonneville )
I, BE—TY 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
Ordirfance entitled: "AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTIONS 10-1-5 AND 10-1-8 OF
THE CITY CODE OF IONA, IDAHO,
RELATING TO SUBDIVISION
STANDARDS AND STREET
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE IONA
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR METHODOLOGY;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE
DATE".
Betty McKinley -
City Clerk
Published: December 13, 2007
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
20th day of November, 2007.
Brad Andersen
Mayor