DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SECTION 3 – STREET STANDARDS 6 GUARD RAILS Guard rails may be required by the City Engineer where deemed appropriate in the interest of public safety, health, and welfare. All guard rails shall conform to the criteria in Washington State Department of Transportation Design Manual as may be amended or revised. ALLEYS Alleys, where provided at the rear of lots, shall have a minimum right-of-way width of twenty feet, and shall be per City of Ellensburg Standard Street Details. Dead-end alleys and alleys with sharp changes in direction are prohibited. For existing lots that have no alternative access or for newly created lots that front on arterials and collectors, the City Engineer may allow alley access as the primary access. LATECOMERS For existing platted lots, the City may enter into latecomer agreements with developers prior to installation of infrastructure to provide for the reimbursement of a pro-rata share of the cost of construction by the service users of any real estate who have not contributed to the original cost of such facilities and who subsequently connect to the system pursuant to the Ellensburg Municipal Code, as it now exists or as may be hereafter amended. EXISTING UNIMPROVED STREET REQUIREMENTS S I N G L E F A M I L Y R E S I D E N T I A L A. The following minimum standards shall apply to the development of single-family residential dwelling units on an unimproved right-of-way (existing plats): 1. Roadway improvements shall include, but are not limited to: street, sidewalk, planter strip, curb and gutter, surface water treatment/flow control and associated conveyance systems, street signs, hot or warm mix asphalt, gravel base course, gravel top course, geotextile fabric, excavation, saw cutting, roadway fill material, striping, and street light improvements for entire right-of-way frontage. Developer or Developer’s Contractor shall pave/overlay existing roadway from new curb (lip of gutter) to centerline of road width per street classification requirements, if required by City Engineer, refer to the Standard Street Details at the end of this section. 2. An improved turn-around shall be provided consistent with the current edition of these standards if the lot to be developed is located at the end of any road that is over 500 feet in length. 3. All utilities which have not already been installed to serve the site shall be constructed to full City Standards as set forth herein and installed underground. The list of affected utilities shall include but not be limited to: water, sewer, storm drainage, natural gas, electrical, and communications. 4. Existing subgrade soils may require additional compacted depths or installation of geotextile fabric for base stabilization as directed by the City Engineer. 5. Rolled curb and gutter will be allowed on residential streets. At intersections with collectors or arterial streets, rolled curb shall be transitioned to full height curb ten feet prior to the radius point of the intersection. 6. At a minimum, one (1), 4 foot wide concrete walkway shall be constructed to connect back of curb to the sidewalk (through the planter strip) per each lot of record. B. All new developments will require roadway improvements and shall include, but are not limited to: street, sidewalk, planter strip, curb and gutter, surface water treatment/flow control and associated conveyance systems, street signs, hot or warm mix asphalt, gravel base course, gravel top course, geotextile fabric, excavation, saw cutting, roadway fill material, striping and street light improvements, and utilities in full compliance with these development standards, which shall include completion of the conditions in A-3 above. Developer or Developer’s Contractor shall pave/overlay existing roadway from
