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Mil] <br />STAFF EVALUATION OF PRIVATE ROAD JUSTIFICATION <br />SUBDIVISION: Falling Cedars Subdivision - Preliminary Plan <br />DATE: January 15, 1991 <br />The standards contained in the Subdivision Regulations <br />pertaining to public and private roads are listed below as <br />amended 10/16/90 (effective 12/3/90). The Planning Staff <br />comment regarding each is provided in italics. <br />IV- B- 3 -d -1. Roads - Public roads are generally required in <br />all subdivisions and will be required where it <br />is found that: <br />1. The subdivision roads would be accepted by <br />the State for maintenance if: <br />a. They are built in a manner which satis- <br />fies the minimum State design and <br />construction criteria for subdivision <br />roads; and <br />(The applicant proposes to maintain Falling <br />Cedars Drive to the County's private Class B <br />gravel road standards. Allowing the road to <br />remain at Class B standards would result in <br />less grading and less vegetation removal.) <br />b. They would satisfy other requirements <br />for addition to the State maintenance <br />system, including, but not limited to, <br />the general density standard of at <br />least two occupied residences for each <br />one -tenth of a mile of subdivision <br />road; or <br />(The road is approximately three- tenths of a <br />mile long, so it must provide ingress and <br />egress for at least 6 occupied residences. <br />When six of the nine proposed lots are <br />developed, Falling Cedars Drive may be <br />accepted by the State for maintenance if <br />criteria (a) above is also met.) <br />2. The subdivision roads extend existing <br />roads which are public; or <br />