A. The following specifications must be met before an existing road, not in a developing subdivision, and proposed for public dedication by private individuals, can be accepted into the county road system:

1. Requests must be addressed to the county administrator in writing and include a signed petition from the landowners agreeing to give the minimum right-of-way required for road and drainage easements.

2. If available, a plat, showing all property lines and owners on the road, must be recorded in the office of the clerk of court, and copy must be filed in the county administrator’s office.

3. All property owners must grant a minimum dedicated right-of-way of fifty (50) feet for each road.

4. If an existing road not in the county system already has a dedicated right-of-way of less than fifty (50) feet, all property owners must grant the additional right-of-way needed to meet the minimum fifty (50) feet required.

5. All drainage systems (crossline pipes, roadway ditches, sideline pipe for access to property, and outfall ditches) necessary to maintain the road must be established. All crossline and sideline pipe must meet state specifications.

6. A minimum right-of-way of thirty (30) feet will be required for all outfall ditches to enable county equipment to clean and maintain existing outfall ditches or to construct new outfall ditches if needed after a road has been brought into the county system.

7. Roadbed to be twenty-eight (28) feet wide from shoulder break to shoulder break having a two and one-half inch crown in roadway for drainage to roadway ditches.

8. All roadway ditches and outfall ditches to have a minimum of one-tenth percent grade for drainage. (Ord. 96-O-1 (part), 1996)