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Hearing to consider adoption of Resolution 164-2007 to amend Standard Plan 101-C of the El Dorado County Design Improvement Standards Manual. (Cont'd 7-3-07, Item 17)
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There is no Fiscal Impact associated with this agenda item. There is no cost to the County General Fund.
Background:
The Design Improvements Standards Manual (DISM) was adopted by the Board on May 27, 1986 per Resolution 136-86. The DISM has been revised seven (7) times since its adoption. The most recent revision was approved on March 13, 2007 by the Board as part of the revisions to the County’s Grading Ordinance. Standard Plan 101-C (101-C) of the DISM was last amended in 1990.
It had been the past practice of staff performing discretionary reviews of Parcel Map applications to concur with many of the requests for waivers to 101-C standards. As a result of these past practices, Parcel Map roadways (both Publicly and Privately maintained) were approved and constructed with various widths, design speeds, grades, surfacing, etc., throughout the County.
With the recent adoption of the General Plan, there has been a renewed flow of Parcel Map applications submitted to the Development Services Department that are routed to the Department of Transportation (Department) for review, comment, and conditions. Rather than continuing to regularly process design waivers to the 101-C County Standard, Department staff (staff) is proposing that the standard be changed based on nationally recognized engineering standards.
On January 30th, 2007, at a hearing regarding an appeal of conditions related to a Parcel Map project, the Board directed staff to return to the Board with either a finding that the design parameters of 101...
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