Tuolumne County Municipal Code Ch. 11.16 Road Standards for Commercial and

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

Sections:

• 11.16.010 Development site access standards.

• 11.16.020 On-site building access standards.

• 11.16.030 When standards must be met.

Commercial development shall be served by a paved road meeting the standards for local roads in Chapter 11.12, or as otherwise required by permit.

When no site development permit or site review permit is required, industrial development shall be served by a road meeting standards in Chapter 11.12, except that an asphaltic concrete surface shall not be required if the existing off-site access road is not paved. If a site development or site review permit is required, the road shall be constructed or improved to the level required by that permit. (Ord. 2052 § 1, 1994; Ord. 1875 § 3 (part), 1991; Ord. 1559 § 1 (part), 1991).

Buildings shall be accessible to fire apparatus by way of roadways with a minimum of four inches of compacted aggregate base, or other surfacing as required by permit, capable of supporting a forty thousand pound axle load. These access roadways shall be extended to within one-hundred fifty feet of all portions of the exterior walls of the first story of any building. The width of these access ways shall be twenty feet, except that where buildings do not exceed twenty-four feet in height, and/or three thousand square feet in total floor area, access roads may be eighteen feet in width. In the case of a land division, easements for any such access roads within the division shall be dedicated. (Ord. 1875 § 3 (part), 1991; Ord. 1559 § 1 (part), 1987).

A. Dedications shall be made on the final map or parcel map.

B. Roads must be constructed or improved to required standards prior to occupancy of any new or remodeled structure for which a permit is required. (Ord. 1875 § 3 (part), 1991; Ord. 1559 § 1 (part), 1987).