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Home My WebLink AboutNS-1113 ORDINANCE NS-1113 AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 34 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO STREET STANDARDS WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has given notice of and duly held a public hearing on Planned Residential Development and related private street standards, hereinbelow described; and said commission by its resolution 5967 has recommended approval of said street standard in relation to Planned Residential Development; WHEREAS, the City Council regularly held a public hearing on said private street standards as required by law, and does now find that the public necessity, convenience and general welfare require that said private street standards be incor- porated into any Planned Residential Development and that the private street standards as so incorporated will not be detri- mental to the surrounding property; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 34-165 be added to Chapter 34 of the municipal code relating to private street standards for Planned Residential Development, to read in words and figures as follows: Sec. 34-165. Private street standards for Planned Residential Development (1) Private streets will be allowed in new developments where their use is logically consistent with a desire for neighborhood identification and control of access, and where special overall design concepts may be involved. The use of private streets will be subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission and the City Council. (2) Private streets shall be identified as "Private Vehicle Access Ways" rather than bear a street connotation and should be known as "commons." (3) Private streets will be permitted only where a satis- factory means of providing for their maintenance and operation is demonstrated. (4) The Homeowners' Association shall be required to contract with the City whereby the City can maintain the access way and collect the cost thereof in the event the Association does not maintain them adequately. The Homeowners' Association constitution, by-laws or covenants-conditions-restrictions shall include acknow- ledgment of the ownership and maintenance responsibility of these private facilities. (6) The use of private streets as a device for permitting inadequate design will not be allowed. (7) The entire width of the access way should be dedicated to the City as a public utilities easement. (8) The use of private streets is limited to cul-de-sacs and to minor local streets not carrying through traffic. Curvilinear or loop street configurations are encouraged. (9) The design of all private streets shall be in accordance with City standards and shall be reviewed by and subject to the approval of the Public Works Department; and the construction shall be inspected by the Public Works Department, with a standard inspection fee to be paid. (10) The following design standards shall be used. A. General Where streets other than minor local streets {alley or driveway type) are proposed to be private, the design shall conform in all respects to the requirements established for public streets, except as may be otherwise permitted under number two below. Where special circumstances exist, deviations from the standards will be subject to approval by the Public Works Department after an indi- vidual review. e Streets shall be designed to provide for adequate lane delineation, street sweeping and drainage control. Normally a standard crown section with concrete curb and gutter on both sides will be required; however, other means of providing similar functional characteristics may be considered. 4. Depressed approaches shall be used at all driveways where streets have curb and gutter. Concrete sidewalks shall be provided reasonably adjacent to the roadway unless other means of accommodating pedestrian traffic are provided in the development. Lighting adequate for pedestrian and vehicle safety and sufficient to minimize police problems shall be provided. The level of illumination for pedestrian and vehicular safety shall be as approved by the Public Works Department. All lighting power costs shall be borne by the Homeowners' Association. 7. Ail area and street lighting shall have under- ground service. Adequate provision for public utilities shall be made. A separate document dedicating exclusive public utility easements to the City shall be provided when required, in order to eliminate any conflict of rights between City utilities and other public utilities. Where it is proposed to reduce street widths by the elimination of curbside parking, equivalent parking shall be provided by other means, subject to approval by the City. 10. Provision shall be made for trash pick-up vehicles and emergency vehicle access as required by the Department of Public Works. 11. Signs, subject to the approval of the City, shall be provided and maintained at all entrances to private streets clearly designating the private status of such streets and the street names. B. Minimum Widths 1. With parking on both sides: 36 feet curb to curb. 2. With parking on one side only: 32 feet curb to curb. 3. Without parking: 28 feet curb to curb. C. Grades 1. Desirable maximum: 6 percent. 2. Maximum: 6 percent for special circumstances with approval by the Public Works department. 3. Minimum: 0.2 percent. 4. Provide vertical curves for grade breaks over 1 percent. D. Alignment Streets shall normally intersect at right angles and shall have at least 50 feet of tangent adjacent to intersections. The tangent length shall be increased where short radius curves are used near the intersections. Cul-de-sacs shall not ordinarily exceed 500 feet in length. Curb radius at the turn-around shall be at least 28 feet if parking is prohibited and 40 feet if parking is not prohibited. Center line radius shall be 150 feet minimum. Where right angles bends are used in the street pattern in lieu of the minimum radii required above, widening sufficient to accommodate truck turning movements shall be provided by use of knuckles or other appropriate means. 4. Curb return radius shall be 25 feet minimum. 5. No more than one turn shall be utilized in dead-ended access ways. E. Structural Section The minimum structural section shall ordinarily be 2.5 inches AC over 6 inches AB over compacted subgrade. The section shall be revised as required by accepted standards of engineering design in accordance with the results of soil tests on the native subgrade material. (11) The City will assume no responsibility for enforcement of traffic control unless specifically requested and approved. (12) The policies and standards are to be reviewed and revised as needed based on continuing experience with the use of private streets. (13) Private streets shall be monumented by a registered land surveyor or civil engineer in the same manner as would be required for the development of a public street. (14) Street names for private streets shall be submitted for approval by the Public Works Department in order to prevent duplication of any existing street names. (15) Ail street construction will be done in strict accord- dance with the City's standard specifications for Public Works improvements. SECTION 2: That the Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in some daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty days from and after the date of its adoption, except as herein specifically provided. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the ~rd day of Aoril , 1972. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the ~othday of March , 1972, and was again considered by said Council at its meeting held on the ~_~adoday of ~, 1972, and was at said meeting passed pted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, NOES, COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Evans, Patterson~ Villa, Yamamoto, Griset COUNCILMEN: Markel ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None // Ci t~/C~m~ s A~[oWrinet~ers CLERK OF THE COUNCIL - 4 -