§ 20-2. Acceptance of new streets into parish road system (two-year waiting period).

Acceptance of new streets into parish road system will have a two-year waiting period from the date of inspection. All roads requesting to be accepted into the parish maintenance system shall adhere to the following requirements:

(1)

Road shall be designed and built in accordance with DOTD Standard Specifications unless more stringent requirements are shown herein.

(2)

The director of public works or his designee shall inspect the road for compliance with specifications;

(3)

The developer of the road shall provide a maintenance guarantee in the amount of $45.00 per linear foot of hard surface road pending review of the economic index at the time of issuance of guarantee. The cost per linear foot may vary at the time of inspection The parish engineer and/or the parish inspector will verify road length.

(4)

The DPW shall establish the beginning date for the two-year waiting period.

(5)

During this time the developer will be responsible for all road maintenance of which will include any maintenance requests made by DPW.

(6)

At 18 months, the parish will inspect the road and one of the following shall occur:

a.

If it passes inspection, the inspector will re-evaluate at 24 months. If still is found to be in acceptable condition, it will be presented to the parish council for acceptance into the maintenance system.

b.

If any failures are found during the 18-month inspection, they shall be repaired by the developer or the bond shall be called in and used to make necessary improvements. The DPW and parish engineer may then reduce the amount of the bond to be pro-rated for the amount of the area that has failed, and extend that amount for an additional 18 months.

c.

If for any reason the developer does not maintain the road or repair failures before the 24 months, the bond shall once again be called in and used to make necessary improvements before taking it into the parish road system.

d.

A maintenance guarantee shall be required on the infrastructure of all phases within an ongoing development that will be utilized for "construction access" for other future phases. A maintenance guarantee shall be maintained and will continue to be in effect throughout the duration of a development unless a separate "construction access" is provided and approved by the DPW or his designee. Inspections will be conducted throughout all phases until the development is completed.

In the event that streets within a phase that is being used for a construction access sustains damages due to construction traffic; ALL repairs must be completed in accordance with parish standards and approved by DPW prior to beginning or seeking approval for additional phases within the development.

(Ord. No. 17-13, 3-13-17; Ord. No. 18-42, 8-27-18; Ord. No. 19-09, 3-11-19)

State law reference

Powers of parish governing authorities as to roads, R.S. 48:481.

Editor's note

Ord. No. 17-13, adopted March 13, 2017, amended § 20-2 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former § 20-2 pertained to acceptance of new streets into parish road system and derived from Code 1975, § 25:2; Mins. of Aug. 14, 1984; Ord. No. 97-31, adopted Dec. 8, 1997; and Ord. No. 98-2, adopted Jan. 26, 1998.