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RESOLUTION NO. 92-247
TERTIARY ROAD MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, there are many residential roads located in Mohave
County which were set-out on plats of subdivisions accepted by
the County with rights-at-way or dt:=sign limitations which would
be insufficient for acceptance or maintenance under present
roadway design standards, and
WHEREAS, residential growth and development along many of
thl:=se roadways has creat~ed a need for an organized sys'tem of
limited maintenance of these roads for the ultimate benefit and
safety of the residents of Mohave County, and
WHEREAS,
in
maintenance
1977,
subdivision
and
road
re<Julations for Mohave County were enacted and accepted at
certain minimum roadway design standards adopted by the Board of
Supervisors.
Tertiary rE!gulations were not in existence at the
time of the
recordation of
plats
in many older County
subdivisions,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, enacting the following Ordinance
allowing for the limited maintenance of certain public roadways
in the Coun.ty, which do n01: meet the current right-of-way and
design standards for accep.tance of County roadways into the
re~rular road maintenance system, and were constructed or laid out
pri.or to the existence of Mohave County Subdivision and Road
Mai.ntenance Regulations.
DATED this ~ day of July, 1992.
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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LOIS J. HU A D, CHAI
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ORDINANCE 92,-3
ORDINANCE - TERTIARY ROADWAY MAINTENANCE
Mohave County, through its Board of Supervisors, establishes
by Ordinance the following policy and procedure for the maintenance
of certain public roadways within Mohave County.
I. DEFINITIONS.
1.
Land acquired by Mohave
PUBLIC ROADWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY:
County by purchase, by dedication from landowners, by roadway
easements granted by landowners, or by prescriptive rights f(jr use
as public roadways.
2. ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS: Current minimum standards for
roadway design pursuant tel the Mohavl~ County Subdivision and Road
Maintenance Regulations.
3. TERTIARY STANDARDS: Roadway that does not meet the above
roadway design standards, but has 30 ft. minimum width right-of-
way; has been rough graded to a 24 ft. wide travel surface, ~Ilith 2
ft. wide shoulders; the roadway can be traveled safely by a two
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wheel drive sul?compact car; all brush and trees are removed; and
large boulders and rocks (3 i.nches and larger) are removed.
4.
ROUTINE ROADWAY MAINTENliliCE:
Roads accepted for
maintenance and public roadways currently being maintained by
Mohave County on a regulaJ:: basis pril::>r to July 1, 1992, or public
roadways added to the Coun'ty Routine Roadway Maintenance System by
the County Board of Supervisors afte:t:' July 1, 1992.
5 . 'TERTIARY ROADWAY MAINTENANCE:: Public roadway maintenance
that consists only of roadTN'ay surface: smoothing and minor repairs,
which will normally occur only after all other roadway maintenance
operations in the County's r,::>utine I~oadway maintenance ~ystem is
completed.
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II. PROCEDURE.
Under this ordinance" roads will be accepted into the Tertiary
Roadway Maintenance System as follows:
1. At: least twenty'-five (25) residents of the County shall
submit a petition to the Board of Supervisors on a form provided by
thE~ Board requesting thai: a roadway be accepted into the County
Road Maintenance Systems as a Ter~iary Road and stating t.hat it
meE~ts the Tertiary Design Standards set forth in this Ordinance.
2. The Board of Superv'isors will then refer the petii:ion to
thl3 Public Works Department fOl: a review and a "\llritten
recommendation, which shall be supplied the Board within sixty (60)
days of the referral.
3. The Public Works Department shall supply the BoaI:d with
information regarding the existin~r status of the roadway and
consider such factors as:
a., Does the roadway meei: the Tertiary Standards
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as defined in this Ol::,dinance;
b. The roads estimated average daily traffic;
c.. The number of residents iiving along the roadway;
d.. Does the I'oadwayseI'Te a school, church or ()ther
public facility?
e '. Is the roadway used as a school bus route?
f ,. Is the roadway used as a mail route?
g. Roadway design standiU'ds which would ordinarily
apply to such roads;
h. The land use of the property the roadway
travels through and :serves;
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i. The need for the roadway to provide essentii3.1
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fire, law enforcement or other emergency
services.
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overall
condi t:ions
the
roadway
as
of
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it exists at the time of the petition.
4. Th.e Public Works Department may specifically recommend
remedial road work and improvements, which must be performed. prior
to accepting' the road for any County maintenance, such as, right-
of-.way alignment, smoothing of the surface, or resolving certain
drainage problems, or placement of signage.
5. The Board of Supervisors may take any of the following
act:ions :
a. Deny the petitioner's request;
b.
Accept the roadway into the Tertiary Roadway
Maintenance System;
c. Conditionally accept the roadway into the Te!rtiary
Roadway System.
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6. If a roadway is accepted into the Tertiary Roadway
SY:3tem, the Road Department m.ay post signs indicating that the road
has limited maintenance and that persons using the roadway shall
travel at their own risk.
7 . By accepting roadways into the Tertiary Road Maint:enance
System, the County does ,not accept responsibility' for any major
maintenance or realignmen't of the ro.:idway. In the event tha't it is
determined that continued maintenance of a Tertiary Road is no
longer necessary,. feasible, ,or in the overall public interest, the
Board of Supervisors may remove the roadway from the System. In
the event that at a future date1:he roadway is improved to a
standard which meets th,a ',roadway design standards for J::,outine
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maintenance, the Board may accept -the roadway into the routine
roadway maintenance system.
DULY ENACTED this 6th day of
July
, 1992.
MORAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
By a~ tf/~/L~
LOIS HUBBARD, C RMAN'
AT,]~EST :
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PAT CHASTAIN, CLERK OF THE BOARD
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