A. Purpose: The county recognizes the need to modify the usual subdivision improvement standards for subdivisions proposed for temporary occupancy in the mountain areas of the county. Due to the temporary occupancy and the desire to minimize impacts to the natural features of the areas in which such subdivisions are located, the standards for subdivision improvements may be modified on a case by case basis.
B. Location; Temporary Use: Recreational subdivisions shall be approved only for those locations in mountain areas of the county where the planning commission determines that such subdivisions will most likely be used only for temporary, rather than year round, occupancy. The county shall determine what policies should be followed to ensure that such subdivisions will remain recreational subdivisions and will not readily be converted to year round living in the future where the full range of improvements and services will be required by the residents.
C. Right Of Way Widths; Alteration Of Design And Improvement Standards: The county will require that street and utility rights of way be established at the full widths required by this title, but that streets and other improvements may be constructed to reduced sizes to minimize impacts to vegetation and other surface impacts.
D. Responsibility For Installation And Maintenance Of Improvements: Installation and maintenance of water systems, roads, sanitary sewer systems, fire protection, and transportation shall be the responsibility of the property owner and the residents. In the event property owners in a recreational subdivision request that the county provide maintenance of subdivision improvements, all such improvements must be brought into compliance with county standards before the county will consider assumption of the maintenance responsibility. All plats of recreational subdivisions will contain a note explaining that maintenance of the subdivision improvements is the responsibility of the lot owners, and that the county will not consider assumption of the maintenance responsibility until all subdivision improvements are in compliance with county standards, which note shall be included on deeds and other instruments of conveyance of lots within a recreational subdivision. (Ord. 01-08-27A, 8-27-2001, eff. 10-8-2001)