84-027 RES RESOLUTION 84-27
• A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ROAD STANDARDS
AND ROAD MAINTENANCE POLICIES
WHEREAS, the City Council is often times confronted with a variety of different
situations involving road construction standards and road maintenance; and,
WHEREAS, in order to assist the City Council in having a consistent approach to situ-
ations within the City of Elk River, the City Council has deemed it desirable
to adopt a series or road standards and maintenance policies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk River that the
following policies and standards regarding road construction and maintenance
are hereby adopted.
I. General Intent
a. It shall be the intent of the City Council to build and maintain roads
within the City of Elk River that protect the public health, safety,
and welfare. The City Council's intent is to have hard surfaced roads
wherever practical or feasible in the City of Elk River, and not to
accept for maintenance purposes, new gravel roads.
II. Newly Constructed Roads
a. It is the City Council's intent to approve and accept for maintenance
• purposes any newly ucted road which is built to the City's
construction - approved by the City's engineer, and which is
constr" bituminous surfacing. It is the City Coun-
ci" in the rural area constructed to a standard
of with 3 foot shoulders and urban section
roa [, it/ adard of 30 feet of hard surface roadway.
The '' r a lesser standard in either the urban or
the , ;s than 20 feet of hard surface with 2
foot ,� f h the City Council will consider in allowing
a reds ',3 facing will include, but not be limited
to, prk tharacteristics of the area, average
daily t adway, and extension or expansion possi-
bilities
b. The City any private roads in areas to be
platted wi r.
c. The City Co , out will not accept for maintenance
purposes, pi �n areas created by administrative subdivision
or to service ,,ing lots or record without adequate public access.
Private roads in this situation shall have a private road agreement
which meets all of the requirements of the City's Subdivision Ordin-
ance in Section 1008.14, Subsection 5(o.) . Private roads shall only
be approved when directly intersecting an approved City/County/State
or Federal bituminous or concrete surfaced roadway.
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411 III. Existing Private Roads
a. It shall be the City Council's intent that all existing private roads
enter into a private road agreement as specified in the City's
Subdivision Ordinance, Section 1008.14, Subsection 5(0.) .
b. It is the City Council's intent that all existing substandard private
roads be upgraded to a minimum standard as determined by the City
in its sole discretion. The standards selected by the City Council
may be reduced from the City's standard for new road construction
sited above, but not to be reduced below a 24 foot surface for gravel
roads or a 20 foot hard surface road with 2 foot shoulders in any
situation. Criteria to be considered by the City Council will in-
clude, but not be limited to, those listed for reducing newly constructed
road standards above.
c. For existing private road situations, when a petition of 51% of the
residents requesting improvement of the road is received by the City
Council, the City Council's intent is to consider making the improve-
ment costs which may result to the benefited properties. Upon im-
provement of an existing substandard road to an a-propriate City
standard, the road will then become approved by, and accepted for
maintenance, by the City of Elk River. The road standards selected
by the City Council may vary depending upon the situation, and may
be reduced from the City's new road construction standards cited above.
The City Council's criteria for reducing a road standard below require-
• ments, will be the same as for those considered in new road construction.
Not withstanding the provisions of Section I, the City Council will
allow gravel roads to be accepted for maintenance when pursuant to
this section, improvements to the gravel surface per City requirements
have been made and the road was in existence on January 1, 1978 and
serves more than two homes.
IV. Existing Substandard Public Roads
a. For exisitng substandard roads which are currently maintained by the
City of Elk River, it is the City Council's intent to upgrade all
such roads to a certain minimum standard appropriate for each particular
situation. The City Council may elect to upgrade a road to a standard
less than that required for new road construction, but not to be reduced
below a 24 foot gravel surface or a 20 foot hard top surface with 2
foot shoulders. The criteria for selecting a reduced road standard
will be the same as those listed in the new road construction section
of this resolution. Where no previous road assessment has been paid,
an existing substandard is to be upgraded, the City Council may elect
to assess all, or a portion of the cost, against benefited properties
of the affected substandard roadway. It will not be the City Council's
intent to assess for maintenance, but rather for road construction
activities which amount to a substantial rebuilding of a particular
roadway. It is also the City Council's intent that assessments will
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II be considered for rebuilding of gravel roadways, when it is
apparent that such roadway will be used on a long term basis as a
gravel surface, and will not be upgraded to a blacktop surface.
Richard Hinkle
Mayor
ATTEST:
Phyllis Boedigheimer
City Clerk
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