A. It is the purpose of this section to allow for rural subdivisions within the city and outside the planned growth area. Except for the following conditions all other regulations pertaining to subdivisions shall apply to rural subdivisions:
1. Private roadways may be constructed to provide access to individual lots. The private roadway shall not be dedicated to the public but reserved for future dedication and, until the future dedication, be the private roadway of the abutting property owners. The private roadway shall be maintained by the owners of the property within the subdivision. The municipality shall have no responsibility for the maintenance and repair of the private roadway. The private roadway easement shall be at least fifty feet (50') in width.
2. Before any private roadway is accepted by the municipality as a public street the street shall be paved to municipal standards and meet all right-of-way design standards as stated in this code.
3. Each lot shall abut the private roadway and shall contain not less than five (5) acres.
4. The subdivision shall be more than one-fourth (1/4) mile from sewer and water facilities furnished by the municipality.
5. If the property is platted, there shall be emblematized on the face of the plat, clearly conspicuous, a notice that the streets and drives shall be maintained by the private property owners within the subdivision, but that the streets shall always be open to police, fire, and other official vehicles of all state, federal, county and municipal agencies.
6. Every deed shall clearly acknowledge that the roadway is private and not maintained by the municipality.
7. Prior to the sale of any parcel in the subdivision, a conspicuous sign shall be posted at the entrance to the subdivision: "Private roadway not maintained by the city". At any time after the municipality recognizes and permits the use of the private roadway, a petition, of at least sixty percent (60%) of the owners, in the area, to improve and dedicate the street shall bind all of the owners thereby to permanently improve the street or roadway in compliance with the requirements of the municipality.
8. All driveways which connect with public streets shall be constructed in accordance with standard design of driveway entrances for Oklahoma highways, revised and subsequent amendments thereto, as prepared by the Oklahoma department of transportation. (Prior Code, Chapter 16, as amended; amd. Ord. 1993-12, 8-19-1993)