In addition to the requirements established
herein, all subdivision plans shall comply with the following laws,
rules, and provisions:
A. All applicable statutory provisions.
B. Chapter
155, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Millville and all other applicable laws of the appropriate jurisdictions.
C. The Municipal Development Strategy of the Town of
Millville, including all improvements shown on the Municipal Development
Strategy as adopted.
D. Any requirements or rules of appropriate state agencies.
E. The standards and regulations adopted by any Millville
commissions or officials.
F. No approvals shall be granted for extensions of subdivisions
until the developer has met all requirements of this chapter on all
portions of the subdivision previously approved.
G. Building permits may be withheld if a subdivision
does not conform to the above guidelines or purposes of these regulations.
H. Land which the Town Council finds to be unsuitable
for subdivision or development due to flooding, improper drainage,
steep slopes, rock formations, adverse earth formations or topography,
utility easements, or other features which will reasonably be harmful
to the safety, health, and general welfare of the present or future
inhabitants of the subdivision and/or its surrounding areas shall
not be subdivided or developed unless acceptable methods are determined
by the developer and approved by the Town Council to solve the problems
created by the unsuitable land conditions. Such land shall be set
aside for uses as shall not involve such a danger.
I. Existing features which would add value to residential
development or to the Town as a whole, such as trees, waterways, historic
spots, and similar irreplaceable assets, shall be preserved in the
design of the subdivision.
J. Strip development, for example and not by limitation,
several houses built along a road, while the remaining bulk of the
parcel from which the lots are partitioned remains undeveloped and
with limited access of all types, should be limited and avoided as
such may lead to undesirable consequences relative to the future development
of interior parcels and compromise the safety and integrity of the
roads involved.
K. The applicant shall place permanent reference monuments
of stone or concrete, at least 30 inches in length, and four inches
square with suitable center point, flush with the finished grade at
such locations as may be required by the Town Council. Monuments of
noncorrosive metal pipe, 3/4 inches in diameter and at least 24 inches
in length, shall be set in place, flush with the finished grade at
all intersections of streets; at all intersections of streets and
alleys within subdivision boundary lines; at all points on streets,
alleys, and boundary lines where there is a change in direction or
curvature; and at all lot corners.
In order to provide for roads of suitable location, width, and
improvement to accommodate prospective traffic and afford satisfactory
access to police, fire fighting, snow removal, sanitation and road
maintenance equipment, and to coordinate roads so as to compose a
convenient system and avoid undue hardships to adjoining properties,
the following minimum design standards for streets and roads are hereby
required:
A. The arrangements of streets shall be such as to provide
for the appropriate extension of existing streets.
B. Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage
through traffic.
C. Subdivisions abutting arterial streets shall provide
a marginal service road, or reserve frontage with a buffer strip for
planting, or some other means of separation of through and local traffic
as the Town Council may determine appropriate.
D. The minimum right-of-way width shall be measured from
lot line to lot line and be in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Arterial streets: 80 feet to 120 feet.
(2) Major collector streets: 50 feet to 80 feet.
(3) Minor collector streets: 38 feet to 75 feet.
(4) Minor streets: 30 feet to 50 feet.
(5) Marginal access streets: 40 feet.
(6) Internal roads, alleys, driveways, aisles, and parking
areas in business and industrial developments: 16 feet and built to
satisfy the requirements of the State of Delaware and the Town of
Millville.
E. All minor roadways shall be at least 25 feet between
curbs and paved for the entire distance.
F. Dual lane or boulevard type street design will be
required for primary entrance streets of all residential subdivisions
of 300 units or more, commercial developments greater than 30 acres,
or mixed use developments of 150 acres or more.
G. Upon findings by the Town that the street standards
contained in this chapter are not feasible or practical for a particular
project or parcel, the Town may require such alternate or additional
standards in accordance with generally accepted engineering principles
as may be deemed necessary.
H. Cul-de-sac streets shall have a circular turnaround
of not less than 80 feet paved in diameter to the street line, and
with a roadway of not less than 80 feet in diameter, unless the Town
Council approves a T- or Y-background.
I. Street grades shall not be less than 0.5% or greater
than 7.0%.
J. Each property corner at street intersections shall
be rounded off by an arc, the radius of which shall be not less than
20 feet. Curbs at street intersections shall be rounded off concentrically
with the property lines. The design of the intersection should provide
clear sight distance for oncoming vehicles, and there should be a
suitable leveling of the street grade within and approaching the intersection.
[Added 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-15]
A. General standards.
(1) Stormwater management systems shall be designed to
prevent flooding and the degradation of water quality related to stormwater
runoff and soil erosion from proposed development.
(2) Priority shall be placed on site design that maintains
natural drainage patterns and watercourses. Alterations to natural
drainage patterns shall not create flooding or degradation in water
quality for adjacent or downstream property owners.
(3) The use of swales and buffer strips vegetated with
native materials is encouraged as a method of stormwater conveyance
so as to decrease runoff velocity, allow for biofiltration, allow
suspended sediment particles to settle, and to remove pollutants.
(4) Drainage systems and retention ponds shall be designed
to be visually attractive. The integration of stormwater conveyance
systems and retention and detention ponds in the overall landscape
concept is recommended. Stormwater retention ponds designed to be
a true wet pond will be designed in such a manner as to provide adequate
aeration using such devices as fountains or aerators, etc. Ponds with
a natural contour, rather than square or rectangular design and appearance,
shall be encouraged.
(5) A landscaping plan for a stormwater pond and its buffer
area, indicating how aquatic and terrestrial areas will be vegetatively
stabilized and established, is required. Landscape plants should be
those recommended by the Sussex Conservation District for Best Management
Practices.
(6) The use of the stormwater retention ponds for other
than parkland or additional open space shall be prohibited, however,
the stormwater pond will not be used in the calculation of open space
or parklands.
(7) Maintenance. Whenever a landowner, developer or development
is required to provide on-site stormwater retention and/or surface
drainage to wetland, or whenever other protective environmental measures,
including monitoring devices are required, such measures or facilities
shall be provided and maintained at the landowner, developer or HOA
expense. The landowner, developer or HOA shall provide satisfactory
assurance to the municipality, whether by written agreement or otherwise,
that the landowner, developer or HOA will bear the responsibility
for providing and maintaining such methods or facilities.
All utility facilities, including but not limited
to gas, electric power, telephone, and CATV cables, shall be located
underground throughout the subdivision. Wherever existing utility
facilities are located above ground, except where existing on public
roads and rights-of-way, they shall be removed and placed underground.
All utility facilities existing and proposed throughout the subdivision
shall be shown on the preliminary plan. Underground service connections
to the street property line of each platted lot shall be installed
at the subdivider's expense.
Streetlights shall be required in all subdivisions
unless specifically exempted by the Town Council. The installation
of streetlights, including number, type, and spacing, shall be as
specified by the Town Council or its staff.
All construction work on improvements required
herein shall be subject to inspection and approval by the appropriate
authorized public officials. Upon the completion of each improvement,
the subdivider shall furnish the Code Enforcement Officer and inspection
consultant with an accurate and detailed description of the location
and completion date of the improvement as it was actually constructed.
No underground installation shall be covered with soil or other fill
until inspected and approved.
The Town Council shall hire an inspection consultant not associated with the subdivider or improvement contractors to oversee and certify that improvements meet the standards set forth in Article
III of this chapter. The inspection consultant's fee will be paid by the subdivider in a manner consistent with the standards established by the Delaware Division of Highways, Sussex County, Delaware. If the Town Council feels the hiring of an inspection consultant is unwarranted because of minimal improvements required of a subdivision, it shall state on the approved final plat plan: "No inspection consultant needed."
To the extent possible, the Town requires the
preservation of existing feature which would add to a residential
development or to the Town as a whole, such as mature trees or woodlands,
watercourses, historic sites, views and similar irreplaceable assets.
The preliminary plan should show the number and location of mature
trees or tree stands and other features and further indicate the affect
that the development will have on those amenities. The subdivider
shall refrain from causing any change in grade or destruction or removal
of any trees within the development until approval of the preliminary
plat has been granted.
If the subdivider has not begun substantial construction of the improvements required by Article
IV of this chapter and the construction improvement program within two years of the date of the recording of the final plat in the Sussex County Recorder of Deeds, the approval granted by the Town Council shall be deemed void and, prior to commencing construction, the subdivider must remake application for approval of the subdivision plan in accordance with the procedure set forth in this chapter.