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23. The U.S. Postal Service requires that private roads with 6 or more residences install <br />USPS approved Cluster Box Units (CBUs),at a safe location at the mouth of the <br />private road. Contact your local Post Office for location and additional design <br />requirements before beginning construction. <br />24. Private roads shall meet the following conditions: <br />a) Private roads shall meet the minimum access requirements of the International <br />Fire Code as adopted by the County, and <br />b) Shall be designed and constructed in conformance with AASHTO Guidelines <br />for Geometric Design of Very Low -Volume Local Roads (ADT< 400) 2001, <br />as now exists or hereafter amended, and <br />C) Shall be inspected and certified by a licensed professional engineer for <br />conformance with the above referenced standards. In the alternative, an <br />applicant may request the private roadway to be inspected and subject to the <br />approval of the Public Works Director. If certification by the Public Works <br />Director/County Engineer is desired, submission of road plans and necessary <br />testing documentation that confirms compliance with Kittitas County Road <br />Standards is required, and services will be performed on a reimbursable basis, <br />and <br />d) Permanently established by an easement recorded with the Kittitas County <br />Auditor or right-of-way, providing legal access to each affected lot, dwelling <br />unit, or business, and <br />e) Will not result in land locking of existing or proposed parcels, and <br />f) Maintained by the developer or legally responsible owner or homeowners' <br />association or other legal entity made up of all benefited property owners, <br />under the provisions of an acceptable and recorded "Private Road <br />Maintenance Agreement", and <br />g) Clearly described on the face of the plat, short plat, or other development <br />authorization and clearly signed at street location as a private street or road, <br />for the maintenance of which Kittitas County is not responsible and a <br />disclosure statement of the same is filed with the County Auditor, and <br />h) The following note shall be placed on the face of the plat, short plat, or other <br />development authorization: <br />"Kittitas County will not accept private roads for maintenance as public <br />streets or roads until such streets or roads are brought into conformance with <br />current County Road Standards. This requirement will include the hard <br />surface paving of any street or road surfaced originally with gravel. " <br />25. A plat note discussing the spread of noxious weeds shall be shown on the plat and <br />shall read: "Per RCW 17.10.140 Landowners are responsible for controlling and <br />preventing the spread of noxious weeds, accordingly, the Kittitas County Noxious <br />LP -08-15 <br />McIntyre Preliminary Plat <br />Page 9of10 <br />Ju <br />