DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SECTION 3 – STREET STANDARDS 6 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, included in the appendix section of these Development Standards, 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 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 new curb (lip of gutter) to centerline of road width per street classification requirements, if required by City Engineer, refer to the standard details at the end of this section. The street, sidewalk, curb, gutter and lighting improvements for new development on a singular lot that is non-contiguous to an improved street in an existing plat may be limited to the entire lot frontage on the public right-of-way. C. Subject to the limitations set forth in RCW 35.43.182 as it now exists or as may be hereafter amended, when the City determines that improvements should be delayed, property owners shall sign an agreement to support and not oppose future formation of a local improvement district for completion of the road and all utilities to City standards.
