Title 14 LAND MANAGEMENT*

Chapter 14.28 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS


14.28.030 Streets.

A. Circulation System Design. Street systems shall be designed to permit the safe, efficient, and orderly movement of traffic; to have a simple and logical pattern; to respect natural features and topography; to present an attractive streetscape; and to permit linkage of major collector streets and subdivisions.
B. Layout and Alignment.
1. Proposed streets shall be coordinated with the existing street system in the surrounding area and, where possible, shall provide for the continuation of existing streets abutting the development.
2. All streets shall be opened to the exterior property lines of the development unless permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround or intersection with another street.
3. Reserve strips controlling access to streets are prohibited except where their control is placed with the county, under conditions approved by the planning commission.
4. No half streets shall be permitted.
C. Alleys.
1. Paved alleys are permitted in commercial and industrial developments to provide service access, off-street loading and unloading, and parking consistent with and adequate for the use proposed.
D. Cul-de-sacs.
1. Dead-end streets designed to be permanently closed at one end shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred (1700) feet in length measured from the right-of-way to the center point of the turn-around.
2. Turn-arounds shall be provided at the closed end of a street and shall have a minimum radius of fifty (50) feet.
3. Temporary dead-end streets, which extend for a greater distance than the depth of one abutting lot, shall be provided with a temporary turn-around conforming to the illustration in this section.
E. Intersections.
1. No more than two streets shall intersect at any one point.
2. All streets shall intersect as nearly as possible at ninety (90) degree right angles.
3. Streets entering upon opposite sides of a given street shall have their center lines directly opposite or shall be off set a minimum distance of two hundred (200) feet, measured along the centerline of the streets being intersected.
4. Street intersections shall be located at least two hundred (200) feet from the right-of-way of any railroad track, measured from the centerpoint of the intersection to the railroad right-of-way line nearest the intersection.
F. Widths. Minimum street and right-of-way widths shall be as follows:

Street Classification
Width
(Right-of-Way)
(Street)
Minor Street
50’
20’
Major Street
66’
24’
Alley
20’
12’

G. Required Improvements. Construction Requirements, Generally. All streets and roads to be dedicated for public use shall be constructed in accord with the South Carolina Standard Specifications for Highway Construction Manual, latest edition. Specifically:
1. Earthwork shall be completed in accord with Section 200.
2. Base and subbases shall be constructed in accord with Section 300, as applicable to the proposed base course.
3. A licensed professional engineer in the state of South Carolina shall certify road construction. Inspections are to be performed by the engineer, or by his/her representative. Upon completion the professional engineer shall compile and submit a certification package to the county. The package shall include all related construction documents, lab and field-testing reports, one set of mylar record drawings, and a stamped and signed certification statement by the professional engineer that the road has been constructed in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 200 and 300 of the South Carolina Standard Specifications for Highway Construction Manual, latest edition.
4. All subdivisions receiving preliminary plat approval prior to July 1, 2004, are exempt from the requirements of this section.
H. Private Streets Homeowners Association. All new private streets must be dedicated to a homeowners association with each lot accessing the new private street having equal ownership of the private street through the homeowner’s association. The homeowners association will designate responsibility for the maintenance and construction of the private street(s). The homeowner’s agreement is to be recorded at the time of recording of the plat. (Ord. 04-O-04, 2004; Ord. 03-O-02 (part), 2003; Ord. 99-O-25 § 7, 3, 1999)