The petitioner shall, at his or her expense, design and provide all proposed streets, alleys, roadways, roadway drainage, bridges and other access infrastructure, on dedicated rights of way in accordance with standards of design and construction provided by the Board of Public Works and Safety and/or other entity that has jurisdiction over the proposed infrastructure.
(A) Whenever the proposed streets, alleys, or roadways intersect with, coincide with, or impinge upon any federal, state or county right-of-way or traveled way, then the petitioner shall comply with regulations and standards related to that jurisdiction.
(B) Provided however, that if the government unit of jurisdiction has not established design standards for low volume roadways, streets and alleys, then the general design criteria shall be that contained in “Low-Volume Road Task Force Reference Document” dated 1988 Author Tommy Nantung, or other design standard approved by the Plan Commission. The design standard reference is available from the Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program administered by Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana
(C) No street, alley or roadway shall have dimensions or general standards less than those required by the City Zoning Ordinance or the Thoroughfare Ordinance.
(D) Roadway drainage and the general drainage for the project shall be coordinated with, and incorporated in, the roadway design.
(E) The government unit of jurisdiction may require that all plans and specifications and all certifications of completion be provided by a registered professional engineer bearing his or her written certification and seal.
(F) With the consent of the unit of government having jurisdiction the petitioner may develop private, non public, streets and alleys with the following requirements:
(1) Private roads, streets and alleys shall be shown on the final recorded plat as private access;
(2) A covenant stating the conditions by which the private roads are to be constructed, operated and maintained shall be recorded with the Perry County Recorder and the covenant shall run with the land. The covenants may not be changed or abrogated in any manner without the consent of the Commission.
(3) No cost of construction, operation or maintenance shall accrue to the city or the County of Perry or to any of their operating units except as may be expressly provided herein.
(4) No private infrastructure may be accepted for ownership, operation or maintenance or to be incorporated into the transportation system of the unit of jurisdiction until the infrastructure shall have been brought to the standards stated herein, for acceptance as public infrastructure.
(G) Any street or roadway standards provided by any agency shall contain the statutory requirements of I.C. 36-7-4-702.
(Ord. 970, passed 3-5-2007) Penalty, see § 150.999