Caroline County maintains a network of public roads and rights-of-way.
The access permit process allows the County to manage private roadway,
driveway, use-in-common drive and/or parking lot access onto County
roads. This includes ensuring that new or altered connections to County
roads are designed and constructed to proper engineering standards;
adequate intersection lines-of-sight are maintained; and interests
of public health, safety and welfare are safeguarded.
The construction, relocation, widening or other alteration of
any private road, use-in-common drive, driveway or parking lot which
creates a new vehicular connection or alters in any way any existing
vehicular connection to a County road or street shall require a permit.
Before work is started or connection made, the necessary access
permit shall be obtained from the Caroline County Director of Public
Works. The fee for such permit shall be $50 or as hereinafter amended
by resolution of the County Commissioners.
The County may require a new private road or use-in-common driveway
to be named. The Planning Commission shall review and approve private
road names. The permit holder shall be responsible for the cost of
any required street signs or traffic control devices. All signs or
other traffic control devices shall conform to the requirements set
forth by the County.
The person or entity receiving the permit is responsible for
all work performed in the County right-of-way, including but not limited
to structural tie-ins to County roads and all related drainage improvements.
The County will hold the permit holder responsible for any required
adjustments or corrections regardless of whether the permit holder
performed the work or subcontracted and assigned the work.
The permit holder shall notify the County when the work will
commence so, if necessary, arrangements can be made to have an inspector
present while the work is in progress. The permit holder may be billed
for the necessary expense of the inspector.
The permit holder or his or her subcontractors shall have a
copy of the permit on the job site at all times. The permit holder
shall be responsible for the condition of any right-of-way repairs.
Pavement repairs, if made, shall be warranted for three years.