§ 5.9. Improvement of Adjacent (Perimeter) Streets and Utilities.

a.

When a proposed subdivision, whether residential or nonresidential, abuts on one or both sides of an existing substandard street, or on a planned or future road as shown on the Thoroughfare Plan, being substandard according to the then existing current Thoroughfare Plan, the developer shall be required to improve the subdividers share of the existing on-site facility as that term is defined herein, including appurtenant sidewalks, barrier-free ramps, storm drainage structures, screening and landscaping, median openings and/or left turn lanes (if a divided thoroughfare), water quality or erosion controls, and other utilities as defined in Section 1.13, to bring the same to City standards, or to replace it with a standard City street as determined by the traffic impact analysis, if required, at no cost to the City.

b.

The developer's share of improvements to a substandard perimeter road shall be eighteen and one-half feet (18.5') of pavement (including curb, if any), which is approximately equivalent to half of a collector street width (i.e., two through traffic lanes), along the entire front footage of the subdivision, unless the traffic impact analysis, if required, indicates that some other pavement width is needed to achieve and maintain an acceptable level of service on the roadway. If the subdivision is to be located on both sides of the roadway, eighteen and one-half feet (18.5') of pavement shall be constructed by the developer on each side of the road along the entire front footage of the subdivision on each respective side of the road, unless the traffic impact analysis determines otherwise. Design and construction of the roadway shall be in accordance with the City's Thoroughfare Plan (with respect to right-of-way width and general location, the TCSS Manual, and with any other applicable City codes and ordinances. Depending upon the specific roadway in question, and upon the traffic impact analysis results, any over-sizing above the 18.5-foot width shall be borne by the City, the County, the State or by some other entity. The City Council may, at its option, accept escrow funds in lieu of immediate roadway construction if the subdivision derives principal access from another improved roadway and if delaying construction and improvement of the road will not harm or otherwise inconvenience neighboring property owners or the general public. The City may defer construction for other reasons and request escrow or require the construction of a larger roadway section. If a larger roadway section is required the City shall participate in the cost of oversize construction in conformance with adopted policies or ordinances.

c.

The developer's share for major bridges and similar region-serving drainage structures and for railroad crossings (including the appurtenant roadway paving, sidewalks/pedestrian pathways, abutments, safety railings and cross-arms, median areas, etc.) shall be in accordance with the City of Terrell's policies for the construction of such facilities.

d.

Streets which dead-end at power lines or similar rights-of-way or easements, and which are intended for future extension across these rights-of-way or easements, shall be constructed in the right-of-way or easement for the entire distance across the right-of-way or easement, and shall be further restricted as set forth in Section 3.1 of this Ordinance. As with any other dead-end street, a note shall be placed on the final plat clearly labeling the dead-end streets that will, at some point, be extended across the power line easement (or right-of-way), and signage shall be placed at the end of the constructed street stub, such as on the barricade, also stating that the street will be extended in the future. Signage size and lettering shall be large enough to be legible by a person with normal vision at a distance of twenty feet (20').