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Home My WebLink AboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011967 - 67-703 IN THE VARD OF SUPERVISORRS GF. CONTRA GOSTA COUNTYP SssT:>t OF 0__x1a.YGRNwA in the Matter of Frontage improvement i policy on Erjating County Roads. ) ::3OLh—noN No. 67/703 NUE KS on September 18, 196 the County Planning Commission filed wit0t, this Board its findings and recommendations with reference to a uniform i rootage l prvvement Policy to be used�yy�as the��.y�°/y�guide in processing inor subdivisionso major subdivisions and ase permits; WHEREAS the Board waving considered said findings, ;he following ng is R as policy an existing county roads: yRCS: AM 3.w..1.w....r.�....0 M YT CLIVY v12rG STT1{G COUNTY tL DW I. introduction The Board's often-repeated philosophy of providing they greatest good for the greatest number has been historically applied to Frontage I provenent . :t Is recognized that Ffontage Improvements should be encouraged so that existing adequate right of way may be protected and developed in an orderly manner; right of way may be acquired :.,r provided an segments of the road system which are deficient; cost of road coastruct o , rtconstr:zctiou and maintenance ,..sad. bre minimized. zec in the encouragement of Frontage improvements, the "pay—as—you—go" princi- ple must necessarily be .f'oilowed in conjunction with the present policy and r_ri.ncinle of locks financing for local needs �Abutti.ng and specific benefit an enjoyment; ande� financing for gerAl needs. Within the framework of the principlees outliged above and with the under- standing that policy statements caroti;t provide a complete and rigorous solution to each, individual frontage lprovement problem, the following paragraphs provide an out??? e of county policy to be applied, .,.w, Defi:n.i.tion$ A. General Interest Roads County Freeways, and artarials of coup ty wide interest. Included are those county roads embodied is the 1e(',itc- ounty Thoroughfare System," Mate highways where access rights have not been acquired and present or planned: future four-late roads. B. Other krterial Roads Axrterials of area interest by virtue of their relationship to: 1. General Interest Roads. 2. Mata Freevays. 3. Important city Streets. AZ.an-S;..>L'#TIt}N :0. 61103 C. Residential and Other :vocal interest Roads esidenti.at, or other roads of local interest which benefit t primarily the abutting property (may inclade residential, minor business, rural, agricultural, commercial and industrial areas). L1 I. Aut Title 7 and Title 8 of the County Ordinance Code through the Building, Drainage, Subdivision, Zoning and Encroachment Ordinances pr v de author'S.'Q',rcY' for the installation of curb, gutter, sidewalk, street paving and drainage control. (Application of this authority requires the recognition of physical lixitation, environmental development and similar compelling ci,rcu Tztances.) IV. General Conditions - (Where insti^ng Ri fit of � is Adequate) A. When the street work is required as part of the frontage improvement; 1. The county will determine Cor _review If prepared y others) the plans and grades for all frcatage improvements on county roads, do field la A staking once (subsequent staking at owner's expense) and inspect the work. 2. Fronting property owner or his went shall be responsible for all co otructi_on costs connected with curb, gutter and sidewalk installation* 3. Fronting property owner or hie agent shill be re- sponsible :dor all costs connected with installation of pavement widening between, curb and existing pave- ment, except that the county will participate if the pavement widening is In excess of twynQ (20) meet measured from curb face. 4. Fronting property owner or his agent shall be responsible for costes of installation of longitudtaal starer: drains, constructed: to eliminate roadside ditches and permit frontage improvement nt installati.ori. The county wil..l, be responsible far Qe transverse drainage waci:lities iacl.udi.rg appurtenant manholes and inlets. Fronting property owner or his agent shall be responsible: for all utility relocation required to effect the frontage i provane t„ 6. Fronting property owner or his agent shall be responsible for all clearing g of the right of way, grading, driveway reconstruction, landscaping and all other zrk, incidental to the construction of the frontage improvement. 7. The county -,;ill provide for permanent relocation of traffic signals,, signs and similar publicly- owned safety devices. 116 Y7 B. Where. capital construction projects for street widening or reconst: a.cti.cn are budgeted or scheduled, the Board of Super- visors, upon local request and support, will encourage Me formation of ars assessment district or voluntary participation in cooperative work of local or fronting prole y benefit such as frontage i-a provement and longitudinal drainage. C. In blocks .stere a siubstantial majority of the frontage has previously been improved, the Public Works Eepartment upon request of local %terested €pers, may be authorized tv the Board JA Supervisors to yyiWeewith the provisions of R Act , to effect tie installation o f the u':"1�.' ,ta,'3�.'�`,35�`1��3.� z9, s .�w �.1`�,t.. Ch. ti,... 3 neceessa,`A'y remaining improvements. ts. A. On General Interest Raids When the N£'.tnting property owner is donating right of wast to the county,r, the following conditions apply in lieu of a.ny conflicting General Conditions in Section IV. 1. The curb and gutter shall be installed b, the owner.. 2. The county will do he paying between he curb and €utter and the existing pavatent. 3. t y ':e t`t3lli�.�ir�' .��' y e~`�.a�ct to participate 3. #. the7#2u� ?..�_at�.£`�+T3 of area longitudinal drainage facilities and a>�purtenances when such participation is recommended b t'helood, Control District, the Public Works DarU°.ent arid. approved b -the Board of Supervisors. 4. Ahere obvious local inequities i ties ::ire involved, such unequal right of way widening, the Right 3f Way Division of Public Worts Department will appraise and, if necessary, ne>gWtiat`W "sd3-.,th the fi"sz-ner the: difference be- tween the value of tie required right fix $c^c,"�,t- and the .Crof'4.2ta improvemen : costs for oax of Supervisor'a c�knsiderat3.on. B. On Roads of Area or Lo ca.linterest �y'�r`sditio Conditions roads2, 3 and, c<.these Na�x rye r?�for"}f countypart�.cipa:.ion do not pply to 1. %ipecial Condition Affe`'c't"sgi PrL3#i':y£Yt.on of r'e:n`'e'st'd'3,.an Traffic Construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks and other facilities .for the pro tecti on of pedestrian traffic along existing county freeways or other roads in he ar ea4 where the abutting p roper tT owner has been denied access rights through action of he county and Mere such facilities are deemed by the :hoard of Supervisors to be necessary in that particular instance, shall be accomplished at county empense. This does not appy..; to new subdivisions with back-up lots along £tn existing g €r proposed Food. VII. Maintenance of Fron Anprovemealits 1 county roads will be maintained by the fi'£3L1.3ety. The m81?:t'Gen3nce includes cure an,, gutters. :.i walks will be maintained by she counter only a;, street i ntersec;tion returns and where i:zsta;lled by the county per ! above. 703 VIII. Loss of Jurisdiction County responsibility for engineering and other obligations shall terminate on the formation of an assessment district covtr%g the proposed, ork$ or through lass of jurisdiction by the country due to incorporation of a city or annexation to a city. 7. Joint Jurisdiction Roads In the case of county roads of geYneral, interest adjacent to a city or in the case of city streets abutting unincorporated area, where street widening is needed and lavol=res other jurisdictions, Section V will apply to the extent that the county it ll pay for pavement widening and transverse drainage in any portions of the road located in unineorpora.ted {area, under the conditions outlined in Sect,-'-on V and-provided the city or fronting property owner provides the balance of any necessary paying. K. Exceptions Any requests or exceptions to this policy ui ll be subject to the .=,pp:'C?val of she Planning Commission and able Board of Supervisors. IT IS TSSOQ4VPD that Board Order dated March 3, 1959, R solution No. 680 dated March 61 1962, and Board. Order dated July 6, 1964 are RESCINDED. DE D. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of Septembe=r, 1967 by the following vote of the Board AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Alfred H. Dias, Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Li.nschei.d. NOES: N one. ABSENT: Supervisor Jan3es h. Moriarty.