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RESOLUTION NO. 98.5
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING A GENERAL POLICY OF THE CITY OF
REXBURG RELATIVE TO THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION OF STREET WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF REXBURG, DESIGNATING THE COST SHARING AND
PARTICIPATION LEVELS OF THE CITY, AND DESIGNATING THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPERS IN CONNECTION WITH STREETS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF REXBURG, IDAHO, THAT:
The responsibilities of the developer and of the City for the construction of bridges and
streets shall be as follows:
(A) All bridges and/or culverts across canals, ditches, and streams lying entirely within a
single subdivision within the City or within property to be developed within the City, and used
primarily for the benefit of circulating local traffic shall be constructed or paid for entirely by the
developer. Irrigation ditches that are located within the street right-of--way shall be relocated
outside of the street right-of--way or may be replaced with a culvert and headgate system as
approved by both the City and Irrigation/Canal Company controlling the irrigation water in said
irrigation ditch.
(B) The City shall design and construct all bridges/culverts on local, collector, and
arterial streets when such bridges/culverts are deemed necessary by the City, except as required
in subsection (A) above.
(C) Construction of "controlled access" streets within the City shall be the responsibility
of the City; however, the developer shall be responsible for dedicating to the public aright-of-
way of up to a 125' feet maximum width along any controlled access street adjacent to or within
the developer's subdivision or property.
(D) Except as provided below, the design and construction of all arterial, collector and
local streets, within or bordering the developer's subdivision or property, shall be the developer's
responsibility, all such design and construction being consistent with the City Specifications.
The construction inspection shall be completed by the City, or by an entity approved by the City
to perform such inspections, at the Developer's cost.
The Developer shall be responsible for the dedication of the right-of--way for such arterial
collector and local streets for up to a maximum width of 62.5' feet per each side of the street
along which his subdivision or property borders, and up to 125' feet for roads running through
the subdivision property. The developer shall be responsible for the design and construction of
the sidewalk, curb and gutter, and atwenty-two and one-half foot (22 '/z') width of street
surfacing per each side of the street for all streets within his property/subdivision or along which
his subdivision or property borders. The construction inspection shall be completed by the City,
or by an entity approved by the City to perform such inspections, at the Developer's cost.
The ballast depth of any paved street surface for which the developer has responsibility
shall consist of up to a three inch (3 ") depth of Asphalt Plant Mix, a four inch (4") depth of 3/4"
Aggregate For Base, and up to a twenty inch (20") depth of Granular Borrow for any subdivision
or property located within a Commercial, Industrial or High Density Residential zone, or for
which such zoning is requested. The developer shall be responsible for a paved street section
having a ballast depth of two and one-half inches (2'/2") of Asphalt Plant Mix, three and one-half
inches (3'/2") of 3/4" Aggregate For Base, and twelve inch (12") depth of Granular Borrow for any
subdivision or property not located within a Commercial, Industrial or High Density Residential
zone or for which a zoning classification other than such zone is requested.
The City shall be responsible for the costs of the extra width of street paving over and
above the twenty-two and one-half foot (22'/2') width per side of the street, and the extra
depth(s) of street paving over and above those ballast depths specified above as being the
developer's responsibility; provided, however:
(1) If the developer chooses to develop his subdivision or property in such a
manner that there is no private access to an adjacent arterial street, irrespective of whether or
not the arterial street has been designated as a controlled access street, the developer shall only be
responsible for designing and constructing the curb and gutter, sidewalk and storm drainage
facilities along said arterial street frontage; and the City will be responsible for the cost of
designing and constructing the entire paved portion of the street section along said street
frontage.
(2) If the developer chooses to develop his subdivision or property in such a
manner that there is no private access to an adjacent collector or local street, the developer shall
still be responsible for the costs of constructing the sidewalk, curb and gutter, paved street
surfacing and storm drainage facilities along said collector or local street frontage in accordance
with the allocation of responsibility set forth above.
(3) If the developer develops his subdivision or property in such a manner that any
street therein is roughly parallel with and immediately adjacent to a canal, river, freeway,
controlled access arterial street or other such similar facility or topographical feature whereby the
access to and use of such street is from one side only, the developer shall be responsible for the.
entire width of street section and all sidewalk, curb and gutter and storm drainage facilities along
both sides of the street. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City will be responsible for the extra
asphalt plant mix and ballast depth as set forth in this subsection above.
E. Where a bike path is required along a particular street, the Developer shall be
responsible for the cost of a normal 5' wide sidewalk and the city shall be responsible for the
increase in cost of the wider bike path.
F. All streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, storm drains or other public improvements which
the developer is required to construct shall be constructed in accordance with the City's currant
Standard Drawings and Standards Specifications.
PASSED By the Council and APPROVED By the Mayor this 4th day of
November, 1998.
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ruce Sutherland, Mayor
ATTEST:
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