[Ord. No. 618, §1.; Ord. No. 1671 §1, 2-4-2003; Ord. No. 1748 §1, 3-16-2004]
(a) 
All new road construction shall be designed in accordance with specifications promulgated by the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic, with the exception of islands within cul-de-sacs which shall be prohibited. The plans shall be submitted for review and approval to the City Engineer through the office of the City Administrator.
(1) 
The maximum vertical grade of a new bridge constructed within the City may not be greater than 7.99 percent. All other bridge criteria shall be in accordance with the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic specifications.
(b) 
Fees for reviewing the road construction plans are included in the subdivision review fees. Where a road is to be constructed absent a subdivision, then the actual cost of the plan review shall be the review fee, as determined by the City Administrator.
(c) 
Prior to commencing new road construction a permit shall be obtained. The permit fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00), plus a seventeen dollar ($17.00) per hour inspection fee. The City Administrator shall estimate the number of inspection hours, which will be adjusted to actual hours at the end of construction. All fees must be paid prior to consideration of acceptance for maintenance by the City. These fees shall be adjusted on an annual basis, effective January first (1st) of the year in question, to reflect increases, if any, in the November offering next preceding this January first (1st) of the Cost of Living Index for all urban consumers for the St. Louis area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United State Department of Labor, as compared to the previous November offering, using the period 1967 = 100 as the base period. All such computation of increases made as provided herein shall be rounded to the nearest fifty-cent ($.50) figure, and shall not be further adjusted during the course of the year in question until the following January first (1st) of the next year in question, when such further adjustments, if warranted as provided herein, shall be made.