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