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r ° Present Polic BOOK 62 PAG F. 6i2 -- In assessing proposed residential, commercial, and industrial development projects in the County, the staff has addressed" the issue of road paving and developed a policy which is applied to proposed development projects. Following the Comprehensive Plan's Thoroughfare Element objective of coor- dinating development intensity with the carrying capacity of the existing roadway and the plan's policy that traffic improvements necessitated by new development shall be provided by the developer, the staff has required that developers of non-residential projects provide paved access to their site and participate financially in the paving of other roadways abutting their site but not used for access. In applying this Policy, characteristics of the development and the area are considered by the staff in determining the developer's paving responsibility. For non-residential sites located on unpaved roads but within close proximity of a paved road, as well as non-residential projects which are large traffic attracters and are located anywhere on an unpaved road, the developer must pave to this access point. For any unpaved roads abutting a non- residen- tial project where that portion of the road is not used for access, as well as for small scale proposed non-residential projects on unpaved roads located a substantial distance from a paved road, the developer must escrow an amount of money equivalent to his share of a petition paving project for the road. The same general criteria is also applied to multi- family residential projects. Paving requirements for residential subdivisions, however, are subject to different criteria. According to the County's subdivision ordinance, the developer must pave all roads within and abutting his subdivision. For abutting roads not used for primary access, the developer may escrow funds representing his share of the petition paving cost for the project. The size of a subdivision, its density, and its distance from a paved road are factors influencing the staff's Position regarding paving. Usually, the staff will recommend that any subdivision generating a relatively high number of average daily trips connect to a paved road. Certain subdi- visions, particularly those filing an affidavit of exemption, are not subject to any paving requirements. ° County Commission Action In the past, the Board of County Commissioners has addressed road paving requirements on several occasions. Most recently, the Board faced the issue when presented with a draft of the Site Plan Review and Approval Procedures section of the new zoning code. At its meeting in May of 1985, the Board adopted the site plan section of the code, but it reserved the section setting paved road standards for site plan projects. The Board also directed the staff to prepare an analysis of the road paving issue and schedule public workshops on this matter. i W 26 I