A. General: All streets shall conform, as much as practicable, to the adopted General Plan, Transportation Master Plan, and the Public Works Standards.
B. Approval: Overall street layout and access shall be reviewed and approved as part of the Preliminary Subdivision Applications. The Administrative Land Use Authority shall have authority to require stub roads, additional access into the development, and adjustments to the street layout, street cross-section, and right of way widths. Such adjustments to the Subdivision plan may be required to provide connectivity among developments, provide for public safety and emergency access, minimize public infrastructure maintenance and liability, and align with the General Plan and adopted transportation plans.
C. Required Ingress/Egress Access:
1. Developments where the number of residential building units exceeds thirty (30) along a single street shall have a minimum of two (2) ingress/egress routes which are two (2) fully improved City rights-of-way. Thirty (30) residential units shall include all proposed residential units and all existing single-family buildings and lots, empty building lots, and each apartment unit located along a single road up to and including the nearest intersection with two (2) existing means of ingress/egress.
2. A development that extends more than one thousand eight hundred feet (1,800') from a connecting street must provide a second ingress/egress.
D. Exceptions: The Administrative Land Use Authority for the Preliminary Subdivision Applications may waive these access requirements for more than thirty (30) residential units with one point of improved ingress/egress when unique topographic circumstances or "landlocked" (physically restrained from other access points) from adjacent, existing developments circumstances exist. A waiver of these regulations may require additional development requirements to ensure public safety standards are met.
E. Private Rights-Of-Way: Private rights-of-way may be used for development purposes in all zoning districts subject to the following conditions:
1. Private rights-of-way shall be designed and built as per the South Weber City Public Works Standard Drawings.
2. Private rights-of-way shall meet the provisions of the zoning district.
3. Private rights-of-way shall not be permitted for any portion of road that is contained on the South Weber City Transportation Map.
4. Private rights-of-way shall not be permitted if the road serves to connect other rights-of-way or subdivisions.
5. Private rights-of-way shall meet all requirements of the International Fire Code, appendix D.
6. All development on private rights of way of two (2) lots or more shall establish a homeowners' association or similar organization that will be responsible for the care and maintenance of any common property or utilities. A complete set of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) shall outline the care and maintenance of all private utilities, street improvements and common spaces. The CC&Rs shall also set forth the funding mechanism for that maintenance. The CC&Rs shall be recorded and run with the land.
7. An easement for all public utilities shall be provided and dedicated to the city.
8. Private Rights-Of-Way; Maintenance: The City will not be responsible in any way for maintenance or upkeep of surface improvements for private rights-of-way and does not guarantee services like mail or garbage collection will extend to the residences on such streets.
(Ord. 2023-17, 11-28-2023, eff. 1-1-2024)