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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 Page 88 H. Street Projections into Future Adjoining Subdivisions. 1. The location of proposed streets shall allow for the proper conveyance of the storm drainage system. 2. Where a street is indicated to dead end into an adjacent unplatted area, the applicant shall provide easements or written approval from the adjacent landowner to discharge his storm drainage from the street onto the adjacent land. 3. Stub streets shall end at the property line with a temporary cul-de-sac or other turnaround per KC Standard Plan 9-10. 4. Type III barricades shall be permanently installed at the end of all stub streets that do not end in a cul-de-sac or turnaround. I. The County Engineer may determine that the AASHTO’s Policy on Geometric Design of Highway and Streets, current edition, can be substituted for the WSDOT Design Manual on a case-by-case basis. 12.04.04.050 Private Roads. Although community local access roads are usually best served by public roads, controlled and maintained by the county, private roads may be appropriate for some local access roads for residential, commercial, or industrial uses. At the discretion of the county engineer, proposed private roads within an adopted Urban Growth Area (UGA) may defer to the associated city’s development standards in the absence of a variance process. Roads will be approved as private roads instead of public when all of the following conditions are met A. The road is not deemed to be a necessary part of a present or future public neighborhood circulation plan adopted in the Kittitas County comprehensive plan, transportation plan, applicable community plans, or capital improvement plans. B. The road shall be permanently established by right-of-way, tract, or easement providing legal access to each affected lot, dwelling unit, or business and sufficient to accommodate required maintenance and improvements.