(A) Only one street, driveway or point of vehicle access shall be permitted from a subdivision onto a major collector highway, arterial highway, or minor collector road. Two or more streets, driveways, or point of vehicle access may be permitted by the Commission if one or more of the following reasons
are met: To preserve, promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the county and traffic circulation in the area.
(B) Half streets shall be prohibited, except where essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in conformity with other requirements of these regulations, and where the Commission or the County Board of Commissioners finds it will be proper to require the dedication of the other half when the adjoining property is subdivided. Wherever a half street is adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half of the street shall be planned within the tract.
(C) No street names may be used which will duplicate or be confused with the names of existing streets. All street names shall include a directional element to position the street appropriately within the north-south and east-west grid covering the county. The streets which are logical extensions or continuations of, or obviously in alignment with any existing streets, either constructed or appearing on any validly recorded plat, shall bear the names of the existing streets.
(D) Rights-of-way for proposed streets shall be extended to the boundary lines of the proposed subdivision so that a connection can be made to all adjacent properties unless the extension is not feasible because of topography or other physical conditions, or unless, in the opinion the Commission, the extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination with existing streets or the most advantageous development of adjacent tracts. In any event, no subdivision shall be designed so as to create or perpetuate the land-locking of adjacent undeveloped land.
(E) A temporarily dead-ended street shall be permitted in any case in which a street is proposed to be and should logically be extended but is not yet constructed. An adequate easement for a turnaround shall be provided for any temporary dead-end street which extends 200 feet or more in length. The easement shall be automatically vacated to abutting property owners when the dead-ended street is legally extended.
(F) In subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to the minimum right- of-way dimensions as established by this chapter, the subdivider shall dedicate additional width along either one or both sides of the streets of inadequate width so as to bring them up to standards, provided the area to be used for widening is owned by the subdivider or under his or her control.
(G) The following provisions shall be required as a provision of the restrictive covenants of all secondary plats to which they apply.
(1) No fence, wall, hedge, tree or shrub planting which obstructs sight lines and elevations between two and one-half and eight feet above the street shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular area formed by the street right-of-way lines and a line connecting points 40 feet from the intersection of the minor street lines, and 75 feet from the intersection of arterial streets, or in the case of a rounded property corner, from the intersection of the street right-of-way lines extended.
(2) The same sight line limitations shall apply to any lot within ten feet of the intersection of a street right-of-way line with the edge of the driveway pavement or alley line. No driveway shall be located within 70 feet of the intersection of two street lines. No drainage structures shall be located within driveway limits.
(3) No sump pump drains or other drains shall outlet onto the street.
(4) No trees shall be planted in the county right-of-way.
(5) No vehicle shall be parked on the public street for more than 24 hours.
(6) Snow removal for the subdivision internal streets shall be the responsibility of the developer or homeowner’s association.
(7) The maintenance of all irrigation or sprinkler systems installed in the right-of-way shall be the responsibility of the individual homeowner or developer. Hancock County assumes no responsibility for maintenance or damage of any kind.
(8) Each homeowner (lot owner) shall be responsible for constructing a four-foot wide concrete sidewalk of 4,000 psi concrete, four inches thick, sloped toward the street with expansion joints each 48 feet along the entire street frontage of their respective lot. The sidewalk shall be constructed prior to completing finish lot grading. The sidewalk shall be located one foot inside the street right-of-way line, (not on the lot) and parallel to the street right-of-way line. The lot owner is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the sidewalk for the initial one year from completion of residence. Thereafter, the homeowner’s association shall be responsible for maintenance and upkeep of the sidewalk except for any damage done by the adjoining lot owner. All public sidewalks shall comply with all Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended, requirements and in the situation of a conflict between ADA rules, covenants or other regulations, the ADA shall govern.
(9) Unless provided by the local municipality, the homeowner’s association shall negotiate with and procure trash pick-up and curbside recycling services from one provider for all of the owners in the subdivision.
(10) The homeowner’s association shall employ a managing agent or a real estate management company to assist with the management, administration, operation, and maintenance of the subdivision.
(H) Pipe underdrains will be used on both sides of the street as shown in Chapter 155 Appendix P. The minimum slope of the pipe shall be 0.4%.
(I) All concrete used for construction of streets, curbs and gutters, sidewalks and other related items shall have a minimum compressive strength of 4,000 psi with the appropriate air entrainment and a slump not to exceed four inches. Stone shall be used for coarse aggregate.
(J) Snow removal for the subdivision internal streets shall be the responsibility of the developer or homeowner's association.
(’86 Code, § 7.1-39) (Ord. 1993-9G, passed 9-27-93; Am. Ord. 1995-10C, passed 10-16-95; Am. Ord. 2003-4B, passed 4-7-03; Am. Ord. 2015-10E, passed 10-20-15)