Calaveras County Municipal Code Art. I General

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "road ordinance."

(Ord. 2295 § 2(part), 1992).

A. This chapter establishes minimum road standards as a condition for all development, including but not limited to parcel maps, subdivisions, zone changes, use permits, design permits and building permits except:

1. Where a community plan, special plan or specific plan expressly sets forth different road standards;

2. When the director of public works determines that the public health and safety require additional improvements and those improvements are not inconsistent with an applicable community, special or specific plan;

3. A change of use, remodel, addition or reconstruction of a legally existing structure which does not require additional parking according to the zoning code;

4. A zone change which will be consistent with the existing general plan designation;

5. Permits for single-family or accessory dwellings;

6. Permitted agricultural or timber production uses.

B. Those sections/subsections designated in this chapter by (FIRE) comply with applicable sections of the Calaveras fire and life safety chapter, Chapter 8.10 of this code.

(Ord. 2295 § 2(part), 1992).

The following definitions shall apply to the words listed below as used in this chapter:

"Acceptable level of service" has the meaning established by resolution of the board of supervisors in conformance with the Calaveras County general plan.

"Access roads" or "Access" means the network of public and private roads between the nearest state highway and the subject property.

Arterial, Minor. "Minor arterial" means a state highway facility.

"Average daily traffic (ADT)" means the average daily traffic volume generated within the area served by the road to be constructed under provisions of this chapter.

"Category" refers to a road's distinction as being either a regional road or community road.

"Chip seal" means the application of a bituminous seal as specified in the State Specifications Section 37-1 and special provisions.

Collector, Major. "Major collector" means a main service road so designated in the Calaveras County general plan or a proposed road to be so classified.

Collector, Minor. "Minor collector" means a secondary service road so designated in the Calaveras County general plan or a proposed road to be so classified.

"Connector roads" means roads that move traffic within community areas from one part of the area onto a through road. A connector road is equivalent to a minor collector road.

"Commission" means the planning commission.

"Community" means a community plan area, community center, residential center, special plan area or specific plan area identified in the community development element of the Calaveras County general plan.

"Community road" means a road within a community plan area, community center, residential center, special plan area or specific plan area.

"Community road standards" means the standards to which a community road shall be constructed.

"County" means Calaveras County.

"Cul-de-sac" means a road that has only one point of vehicular access.

"Density" means the number of dwelling units per the area shown.

"Department" means the Calaveras County department of public works.

"Design manual" means the California Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual, Fourth Edition or successive editions as may be adopted by the state of California.

"Development" means any subdivision or improvement to property which involves any ministerial or discretionary action by the county except as noted in Section 12.02.030 of this chapter.

"Director" means the Calaveras County director of public works.

"Article I" means Sections 12.02.010 through 12.02.060 of this chapter.

"Article II" means Sections 12.02.070 through 12.02.130 of this chapter.

"Article III" means Sections 12.02.150 through 12.02.260 of this chapter.

"Article IV" means Sections 12.02.270 through 12.02.350 of this chapter.

"Article V" means Sections 12.02.360 through 12.02.390 of this chapter.

"Driveway" (FIRE) means a road which serves not more than two buildings with a total of no more than three dwelling units on a single parcel and any number of accessory buildings.

Driveway, commercial. "Commercial driveway" means an on-site road which provides access to a multiple-family residential, commercial, industrial or recreational oriented commercial development.

"Engineer" means any person legally authorized to practice civil engineering in the state of California.

"Emergency access" means a road that is constructed for the purpose of providing an alternate means of ingress and egress into a development for emergency vehicles or evacuation.

"Improvement" means all engineering construction required for or related to road construction.

"Laboratory" means any testing agency or firm approved by the director.

"Local road" means a regional road not classified as a collector or a minimum service road.

"Lot potential" means the maximum number of lots which can be created if all lands were to be subdivided to the general plan density.

"Lots created" means the total number of lots in a subdivision excluding the existing lot(s).

"Minimum service road" means a road meeting the requirements of Sections 12.02.070(c) and (f) and 12.02.370(A), and as described in Tables IV, V and VII of this chapter, found in Sections 12.02.170 and 12.02.180.

"Off-site road" means any road located off of the property proposed for development which will provide access to the property.

"On-site road" means any road located within the property proposed for development including existing roads fronting the development.

"Private road" means a road which is not dedicated for general public usage.

"Private road standards" means the provisions of this chapter that establish the template and specifications for construction of a non-county private road.

"Public road" means a road which is dedicated and established for public use.

"Public road standards" means the provisions of this chapter that establish the template and specifications for construction of public roads.

"Regional road" means a road not within a community plan area, community center, residential center, special plan area or specific plan area.

"Residential road" means a road in a community area which serves a residential area.

"Road standards" are shown in Article III of this chapter and include templates, general design standards, geometric design, drainage, erosion control, cul-de-sac, street names, signs and striping.

"Secondary access road" means a road constructed to the standards of this chapter which is intended to provide an alternate means for project access.

"Service classification" means an identification of road class based on the intended purpose of the road. Service classifications are as shown on Table I of Section 12.02.150.

"Special provisions" means the specifications and details adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors which augment the state specifications and this chapter.

"Standard county details" means those road construction details and templates approved by the county for use in all county road construction.

"Subdivision" has the meaning found in Section 16.03.0420 of the county code.

"Through roads" means roads that move traffic into and out of community plan areas, community centers, residential centers, special plan areas and specific plan areas.

"Type" refers to a road's distinction as being either a public road or a private road.

"Unacceptable level of service" has the meaning established by resolution of the board of supervisors in conformance with the Calaveras County general plan.

(Ord. 2295 § 2(part), 1992).

Any development shall require that public access roads serving the property have an acceptable service level and shall not degrade the service level to unacceptable, except as otherwise noted in Section 12.02.030 of this chapter and in the following:

A. For conditional use permits, if the potential traffic of the proposed conditional use is less than or equal to the potential traffic of a permitted use, the project may be considered without regard to service level.

B. Recreational uses may be considered without regard to service level on a case-by-case basis.

(Ord. 2295 § 2(part), 1992).

The board of supervisors may, by separate ordinance, establish traffic mitigation fees.

(Ord. 2295 § 2(part), 1992).