(A) All subdivisions shall be served by public roads, except as provided in division (B) of this section.
(B) Private roads which meet, unless specifically exempted, all other road requirements of this chapter, may be allowed:
(1) In family subdivisions;
(2) In residential subdivisions, where the private road serves ten or fewer residential lots;
(3) In multi-family unit and condominium subdivisions, or in industrial or commercial subdivisions, where at no time in the future such roads will carry through traffic.
(4) Any subdivision containing private roads or private access drives, not built to meet VDOT standards, shall in the deed to each tract or lot, and on the record plat for the subdivision, contain a note advising as follows:
The streets in this subdivision do not meet the standards necessary for inclusion in the system of state highways and will not be maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation or Northampton County and are not eligible for rural addition funds or any other funds appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The maintenance and improvement of the roads in this subdivision shall be in accordance with a Maintenance Agreement, recorded [of even date with the subdivision plat] as Instrument Number in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Northampton County.
(5) Any subdivision containing private roads or private access drives, built to meet VDOT standards, but not intended for VDOT maintenance, shall in the deed to each tract or lot, and on the record plat for the subdivision, contain a note advising as follows:
The streets in this subdivision are not intended for inclusion in the system of state highways and will not be maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation or Northampton County and are not eligible for rural addition funds or any other funds appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The maintenance and improvement of the roads in this subdivision shall be in accordance with a Maintenance Agreement, recorded [of even date with the subdivision plat] as Instrument Number in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Northampton County.
(6) Any and all roads that are not constructed to meet the standards necessary for inclusion in the system of state highways will be privately maintained and will not be eligible for acceptance into the system of state highways unless improved to current VDOT standards with funds other that those appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
(C) Any lot of less than five acres created by family subdivision, at a minimum, shall be served by a right-of-way which is at least 20 feet wide and which provides ingress and egress from the lot to a dedicated recorded public street or thoroughfare.
(D) All roads within a subdivision, except for a family subdivision, shall be coordinated as to location, width, typical cross-section, grades and drainage with other existing or planned roads contiguous to or within the general area of the subdivision, including coordination with existing or planned roads in existing or future adjacent subdivisions or which are contiguous to those adjacent subdivisions.
(Ord. passed 11-15-2006; Am. Ord. passed 11-10-2020; Am. Ord. passed 12-8-2020)