(A) Generally. The minimum standards for private roads are as follows.
(B) Minimum standards.
(1) The design, location, maintenance and improvement of private roads shall provide for safe intersection with public roads, safe passage of public service and emergency vehicles and protection of adjoining parcels.
(2) (a) The applicant shall submit proposed agreements or covenants ensuring continued use and maintenance of any existing, platted or proposed private roads by landowners served by the roads.
(b) These agreements will specify how responsibility for road maintenance will be apportioned among the landowners served, and will provide enforcement rights for the maintenance agreement.
(3) For all subdivisions with Class 1 or Class 2 private roads, a full set of construction drawings, including, but not limited to, right-of-way width and location, roadway width, center line data, curve data, plan and profile sheets, location of all proposed traffic control devices and drainage structures, shall be prepared by a professional engineer, or other design professional as allowed by North Carolina General Statutes, submitted and approved prior to commencing construction.
(4) The county shall have the option of contracting for the review of the plans at the developer's expense or shall review plans with appropriate staff.
(5) Construction shall be inspected and certified by a professional engineer, or other design professional allowed by North Carolina General Statutes, as complying with Vance County and/or NCDOT specifications. Laboratory test reports shall be submitted with 1 complete set of certified as-built plans for roadway construction at the completion of construction.
(6) Construction and maintenance shall occur in accordance with the North Carolina Department of Transportation Best Management Practices (BMP) and shall occur in accordance with the North Carolina Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1973 and subsequent amendments.
(7) In lieu of actual prior approved construction, construction assurances as required in §§ 155.145 et seq. shall be required before final plat approval.
(Ord. passed 6-7-2004, § 313.10) Penalty, see § 10.99