(A) After the road is considered for inclusion in the county road system, the following minimum standard specifications should be satisfied or otherwise approved by the County Engineer before the County Fiscal Court can approve such road for inclusion:
(1) Sixty feet of right-of-way or as approved by the County Fiscal Court;
(2) Eighteen feet of minimum width of road pavement with two feet of gravel shoulders and 22 feet for gravel road or as approved by the County Fiscal Court;
(3) Shall meet the minimum requirements of the City of Owensboro public improvement specifications for:
(a) Minimum and maximum acceptable road grade and pavement thickness;
(b) Vertical and horizontal site distance; and
(c) Intersection configurations.
(4) Proposed roads shall have a drainage system which allows water runoff to drain away in a fashion that shall not interfere with or add to a drainage problem in the area surrounding the road;
(5) Proposed roads shall have road side ditches of slopes not steeper than 2:1 or flatter than 10:1 and shall have sufficient size cross drains which carries water from one side to the other if needed; and
(6) Existing utilities shall be properly relocated at the landowner’s expense, if needed, to allow for improvement and future expansion.
(B) After work is performed to bring the road to the minimum standards of this subchapter and all costs that are the responsibility of the property owners are paid or the financial obligations are agreed upon, the County Engineer will recommend approval to the County Fiscal Court, subject to the following requirements.
(1) All legal documents (if needed) such as easement, right-of-way, plans, and the like, shall be prepared by an authorized and licensed person at the property owner’s expense.
(2) There shall be available property from all property owners with sufficient size to meet minimum county rights-of-way.
(3) The County Fiscal Court will decide on the type of maintenance for such road. At no time shall the residents of that road dictate or impose on the County Fiscal Court the level of service it should maintain.
(4) The road will be inspected by the County Engineer and prioritized according to current conditions and amount of upgrades necessary to meet the minimum standards. Roads with the most traffic, highest number of residences, and requiring the least amount of work will be given the highest priority for inclusion.
(5) The County Engineer will recommend the degree of upgrade including paving, base improvements, initial surfacing, resurfacing, shoulders, and culverts. Certain work may be performed by the county.
(6) The County Fiscal Court may allow property owners a method to finance payment for the road construction materials.
(7) It will be placed on the appropriate list for the future maintenance including rocking, surfacing, or resurfacing. It will not be given priority over any road simply because it is a new road.
(8) The County Fiscal Court will then amend Ordinance KOC 620.15 (88) relating to the establishment of the county road, bridge, and street system.
(Ord. KOC 620.33 (2000), passed 10-24-2000)