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Hold a public hearing and take appropriate
action. Should the
Board of Supervisors choose to approve these Subdivision Ordinance
text amendments, as recommended by the Planning Commission, an
ordinance is provided as Attachment A.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on
the proposed Subdivision Ordinance text amendments on July 25,
2002 and voted to recommend the following:
SECTION 4 - PLAT PREPARATION PROCEDURES, GENERAL
4-16 Bonding
Requirements
Prior
to acceptance of dedicated a dedication for public
use and/or maintenance of facilities, of any right-of-way
located within any subdivision or section thereof, which has
constructed or proposed to be constructed within the subdivision
or section thereof, any street, curb, gutter, sidewalk, bicycle
trail, drainage or sewerage system, waterline as part of a public
system or other improvements dedicated for public use, and
maintained by the locality, the Commonwealth, or other public
agency, and for the provision of other site-related improvements
required by this Ordinance or other ordinances for
vehicular ingress and egress, for public access streets, for
structures necessary to ensure stability of critical slopes, and
for stormwater management facilities pursuant to the Fauquier
County Stormwater Management Ordinance, financed or to be
financed in whole or in part by private funds, if
the owner or developer shall,
(1)
certify to the agent for the governing body that the construction
is complete and the costs have been paid to the person
constructing such facilities; or
(2)
furnish to the agent for the governing body a certified check or
cash escrow in the amount of the estimated costs of construction
or a personal, corporate or property bond, with surety
satisfactory to the governing body, in the amount sufficient for
and conditioned upon the construction of such facilities, or a
contact for the construction of such facilities and the
contractors bond, with like surety, in like amount and so
conditioned; or
(3)
furnish to the agent for the governing body as to the bank or
saving and loan association, the amount and the form.
The
amount of such certified check, cash escrow, bond or letter of
credit shall include the total of the estimated cost of
construction based on unit prices for new public or private sector
construction in the locality and a reasonable allowance for
estimated administrative costs, inflation, and potential damage to
existing roads or utilities.
SECTION 7 - MINIMUM STREET
IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED
7-10 Grades
The
grades of streets submitted on subdivision plats shall be approved
by the Virginia Highway Department Engineer prior to final action
by the agent for the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors and
shall be in accordance with the road designs and standards of the
County of Fauquier. Where
the grade of any street exceeds 5% and on grades of less than 5%
where soil conditions and the general topography make such
necessary as determined by the governing body or its agent in
conjunction with the engineer for the Virginia Department of
Transportation, paved roadside ditches of a design satisfactory to
meet the standards set forth in this Ordinance and the Virginia
Department of Transportation standards shall be required.
SECTION 8 -
SPECIAL AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF STREET STANDARDS
8-2
Ditch Cross Section
All
public streets, accessways, or service drives in subdivisions
having lots containing from 20,000 square feet to 5 acres shall be
graded and paved in accordance with the typical section that is
currently provided in the Fauquier County construction
specifications and standards for the various classifications of
streets as designated. The
standards are shown as Type 1-B, 2-B, 3-B, 4-A and 4-B. Where curb and gutter is used in lieu of roadside ditches,
roadways shall be constructed to standard typical sections for
curb and gutter streets. Where
any street grade exceeds 5% and on grades of less than 5% where
soil conditions and the general topography makes such necessary as
determined by the governing body or it agent on recommendation of
the Virginia Department of Transportation Resident Engineer for
Fauquier County, paved roadside ditches shall be installed and
extended to the nearest roadway culverts or outfall ditch in
accordance with the current County construction specifications and
standards.
SECTION 9 - PRELIMINARY PLATS
9-5 Preliminary
Plan Requirements
16)
Preliminary plans indicating the provision/layout for all
utilities, including but not limited to, water supply, sewage
disposal, BMP's, and stormwater management facilities as
outlined in the Fauquier County Stormwater Management Ordinance.
28)
Location of any existing or proposed bridges.
Location of any proposed major culverts, SWM and BMP
facilities as outlined in the Fauquier County Stormwater
Management Ordinance.
SECTION
10 - FINAL PLATS
10-5 Additional
Submission Requirements
B) Final
Construction Plans for subdivisions, resubdivisions or revisions,
including the following minimum information as part of the final
plans:
9)
Storm drainage system plans including stormwater management
as outlined in the Fauquier County Stormwater Management
Ordinance. Plans
should be sufficient to build structure and outfall.
Drainage divides and summary should be shown on the plans.
C)
Calculations for drainage, stormwater management, BMP's,
waterline flows, sewerage flows, or other areas where necessary
for agency review of engineering methods, sealed and signed by a
Virginia Licensed Professional Engineer or surveyor (with a 3-B
license). These
calculations may be included on pages of the construction plans. Stormwater Management plans shall be prepared in accordance
with the Fauquier County Stormwater Management Ordinance.
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