A. PURPOSE
The purpose of this subsection is to regulate the dedication and classification of public streets, rights-of-way and access ways, and to ensure the orderly growth of the public street system of Chino Valley.
B. STREET CLASSIFICATION
All streets within the corporate limits of the Town are designated as arterial, collector, or residential streets.
1. Street classifications.
a. Arterial streets shall generally carry through traffic and, unless part of the state highway system, shall be the responsibility of the Town to maintain.
b. Collector streets shall generally carry traffic from residential neighborhoods to arterial streets or major destination points such as industrial or commercial centers. Except as required by a subdivision plat, collector streets shall be the responsibility of the Town to maintain.
c. Residential streets shall carry traffic from residential lots to collector streets. The Town bears no responsibility to construct residential streets, or maintain such streets unless they have been built to Town standards and formally accepted for maintenance.
2. Street classification amendment procedure.
a. All petitions for street classification amendment shall be presented to the Zoning Administrator and Road Department Supervisor for their evaluation and recommendation.
b. The recommendations of the Zoning Administrator and Road Department Supervisor, together with the petition, shall be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Thereafter, the procedures set forth in the Chino Valley Unified Development Ordinance shall be followed.
3. No new residential street shall be added to the public street system except as governed by the Subdivision Ordinance of the Town.
C. INCLUSION IN THE PUBLIC USE ACCESS SYSTEM FOR PRE-EXISTING ACCESS WAYS AND INCLUSION IN THE PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM
Any person may petition for inclusion of a pre-existing access way into the public use access system. Any person may also petition for inclusion of a right-of-way or non-conforming right-of-way into the public street system. The Council or Commission may petition for inclusion of a new collector or arterial street into the public street system.
D. INCLUSION IN THE PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM FOR NEW COLLECTOR OR ARTERIAL STREETS
E. RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION
1. Right-of-way dedication s as required by this Ordinance, or otherwise offered to or solicited by the Town, are for the purpose of acquiring full public ownership for the public street system. Recording of such right-of-way dedication s in no way implies acceptance of any roadway for maintenance.
2. All right-of-way dedication s shall be offered to the Zoning Administrator on forms specified by the Town.
3. The Zoning Administrator and Public Works Director shall, within five (5) working days from the date of the application, determine the correctness of the proposed dedication as to size and alignment.
4. Upon a favorable ruling the proposed dedication shall be recorded with the Town and the County Recorder.
5. In no case shall right-of-way or public street of the public use access system, as required by this UDO, be considered as creating non-conforming lots or prevent such lots from legally being split as otherwise governed in this UDO due to loss of area as a result of such requirements.
F. APPLICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE
1. Upon construction of a roadway on any residential right-of-way to Town standards as specified in the Town Code. Whether by improvement district or through subdivision regulations, the governing body of the improvement district or developer for the subdivision may apply to the Town for acceptance of the roadway for maintenance and the acceptance of the dedicated right-of-way.
2. All such applications for maintenance shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator on forms specified by the Town and accompanied by a filing fee.
3. The application shall be placed on the Town Council agenda within fifteen (15) working days of the application, accompanied by the recommendations of the Zoning Administrator and Road Department Supervisor.
4. Upon favorable vote of the Town Council, the roadway, along with all dedications recorded according to this Ordinance, shall be accepted by resolution for maintenance as a public street. The acceptance of the dedicated right-of-way shall be accomplished by the appropriate legal party signing the recording of the required document.
5. For lots with a zoning classification of one (1) acre or greater, dedications of right-of-way or public streets of the public use access system, as required by this UDO, shall not be considered to create non-conforming lots from legally being split as otherwise governed in the UDO due to loss of area as a result of such dedication.
G. RESERVED
H. FUTURE RIGHT-OF-WAY
Town Council shall adopt a map of future rights-of-way desired by the Town. This map shall depict the roads which are not dedicated rights-of-way and which are commonly used for access to lots or subdivisions, as well as dedicated rights-of-way not accepted for maintenance. These are known as the public use access system. The map shall also show additions to the rights-of-way the Town currently owns which may be needed for future street/widening or other purposes. The Future right-of-way Map shall be used to implement this Ordinance.
I. PUBLIC USE ACCESS SYSTEM
The map adopted by the Town shall depict the public use access system of the Town as of the effective date of the adoption of this amendment.
1. The public use access system designates all existing right-of-way being used for vehicular access by local residents but which do not conform to all the public street requirements including, but not limited to, conformance with this Ordinance.
2. The public use access system includes all existing access ways being used for vehicular access by local residents but which do not conform to all the public street requirements including, but not limited to, lack of right-of-way and conformance with this Ordinance.
3. It is the intent of this Ordinance to perfect the public use access system and ensure the future development of a public street system.
4. The public use access system is part of the Future right-of-way System. The Town does not represent the streets of this system as necessarily public or accepted for maintenance at the date of this amendment, but recognizes that they exist as vehicular access for general public use.
(Ord. 06-678, passed 11-9-2006; Ord. 10-734, passed 7-8-2010; Ord. 2020-885, passed 9-8-2020; Ord. 2022-923, passed 10-11-2022)