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BOOK 93 F -AGE 75 <br />Thus, the road frontage requirements ensure that future development <br />on created lots can be served by roadways that are adequately <br />maintained, that are capable of being improved, and that are served <br />by utilities and drainage. <br />The road frontage requirements were originally enacted to prevent <br />the creation of new lots where those lots would be inadequately <br />served by narrow, unmaintained roadways laid -out without county <br />review and approval. These purposes have not changed. According <br />to a recent model subdivision ordinance publication, such <br />regulations are necessary to avoid problems in delivering emergency <br />services, maintenance and related problems, and obstructions to <br />utilities services (see p. 1-5 of attachment #2). Over the years, <br />the road frontage requirement has been applied to hundreds of lot <br />splits and proposed lot splits throughout the county. Planning <br />staff estimates that this requirement is applied to lot split <br />proposals on an average of 10-20 times a month. Therefore, the <br />existing requirements have served and continue to serve as <br />important regulatory tools to ensure that newly created lots and <br />parcels have direct access to dedicated, maintained road rights-of- <br />way that are part of a coordinated roadway system. <br />ANALYSIS: <br />•Framework for Reviewing Road Frontage Options <br />In reviewing road frontage requirements, the county must consider <br />the type and quality of infrastructure necessary to serve <br />anticipated development, and must also consider -the integration of <br />that infrastructure into the county's overall system. These <br />consideration criteria should include: <br />1. Roadway alignment: connection to and integration into the <br />public road system and adjacent areas. <br />2. Roadway and right-of-way (or easement) dimensions: adequate <br />width and length to serve anticipated traffic. <br />3. Roadway construction: adequate to serve anticipated traffic. <br />4. Emergency access: adequate for use by emergency vehicles. <br />5. Drainage: adequate to handle stormwater run-off. <br />6. Maintenance: responsibility and ability of an entity to <br />maintain the roadway. <br />7. Perpetuity: access ensured for the future. <br />8. Future improvements: ability for roadway to be paved and <br />utilities to be installed and maintained. <br />The current road frontage requirement options (dedicated county <br />road, private platted road, and county -maintained road), as <br />reflected in the April 5th emergency ordinance changes, adequately <br />address each of these 8 criteria. Another option allowed by the <br />current LDRs, the option to file a private road plat, also <br />adequately addresses each of the 8 criteria. In considering <br />additional options to the current requirements, the county should <br />evaluate such additional options with respect to these 8 criteria. <br />20 <br />August 15, 1994 <br />