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Growth Area (UGA) may defer to the associated city's development standards in the absence of a variance <br />process. <br />Roads will be approved as private roads instead of public when all of the following conditions are met: <br />A. The road is not deemed to be a necessary part of a present or future public neighborhood <br />circulation plan adopted in the Kittitas County comprehensive plan, transportation plan, <br />applicable community plans, or capital improvement plans. <br />B. The road shall be permanently established by right-of-way, tract, or easement providing legal <br />access to each affected lot, dwelling unit, or business and sufficient to accommodate required <br />maintenance and improvements, and to include provision for all future use by adjacent property <br />owners when applicable <br />C. Any private road serving as access to two lots or more shall file a maintenance and upgrading <br />agreement appurtenant to all the property owners having a vested interest in the private road <br />prior to recording the final plat with the Kittitas County auditor's office with a copy to be <br />provided to the Kittitas County Building Department and Kittitas County Public Works. Reference <br />the auditor's file number on the plat. The maintenance and upgrading agreement shall provide <br />for a funding mechanism that provides for road maintenance of private roads and associated <br />parking areas by a capable and legally responsible owner, homeowners' association or other legal <br />entity made up of all benefited property owners. The term "benefited property owners" shall <br />include the owners of record of all properties with frontage, including access rights, on the <br />private road or otherwise have legal access, whether constructed or not, to the private road. <br />D. Private roadway signs may either be provided by the applicant or by the department of public <br />works. A signing and striping plan, per KCC 12.04.11.060 (Submittal Procedure) shall be submitted <br />and approved prior to any sign installation. Names for private roads shall be approved by the <br />County Engineer. <br />E. The placement of utilities shall be coordinated as much as possible with the placement of private <br />roads and public rights-of-way. <br />F. Private roads shall be continuously open and unobstructed for use by emergency, public service, <br />and utility vehicles. Gates shall meet the requirements of KCC 12.04.08.110. <br />Private roads shall comply with the following conditions: <br />A. Shall meet the minimum access requirements of the International Fire Code as adopted by the <br />County, KCC 20, or Kittitas County Road Standards, whichever is more stringent, and <br />B. Shall be designed and constructed in conformance with AASHTO Guidelines for Geometric <br />Design of Very Low -Volume Local Roads (ADT< 400), most recent edition, and <br />Title 12 Kittitas County Code I Draft No. 5 — Working Draft for Adoption 6/12/2018 <br />40 <br />