Improvements are required in subdivisions lying in whole or in part in the Town which include new streets, any easement, extension of sewer or water systems or right-of-way connecting two public streets.
[Amended 2-5-1991]
A. 
All subdivision streets and roads shall be constructed in accordance with the State Department of Transportation secondary roads specifications and requirements, except in instances where the requirements of the Town ordinance exceed them, in which case the requirements of the Town ordinance will prevail, and except as provided in § 141-48.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
When public water is available, the service shall be extended to all lots within a subdivision, including fire hydrants installed by the subdivider in accordance with the design standards and specifications for water construction and improvements of the Town and meet the approval of the Council.
C. 
When public sewerage facilities are available the service shall be extended to all lots within a subdivision, and septic tanks will not be permitted.
D. 
The Town Council shall not approve any subdivision where a sanitary sewer system is not provided unless the Council shall receive in writing from the Health Department a statement to the effect that the area contained in the subdivision is generally satisfactory for the installation of septic tank systems, and that it will not, so far as can be determined, create hazards to public health, and that such approval by the Council is only with the understanding that where septic tank systems are to be installed, these must be approved on an individual lot basis by the Health Department.
[Added 2-5-1991]
A. 
Owners of land that has been or is proposed to be subdivided as provided in this chapter, and the lots so subdivided have been or are to be improved by apartment houses as defined in § 175-2 and described in § 175-20 of Chapter 175, Zoning, and the streets, roads and alleys in such apartment subdivision have not been accepted into the state highway system and serve only or are primarily for the general welfare of the inhabitants of the apartment subdivision and do not serve as a connector to other public rights-of-way, may petition the Council of the Town of Edinburg by a writing signed by the owners of at least 2/3 of the lots in the apartment subdivision, and by such petition request that they be allowed to restrict ingress and egress to the subdivision.
B. 
The Council of the Town of Edinburg may, within its discretion on a case-by-case basis, permit such restrictions subject to the following conditions:
(1) 
Such restriction shall not be asserted in opposition to the public ownership as granted pursuant to § 15.2-2265 of the Code of Virginia.
(2) 
The streets shall not be blocked to ingress and egress of government, emergency or public service company vehicles.
(3) 
All necessary maintenance of such streets shall be paid for by the owners of the lots.
(4) 
In the event that the maintenance, repair or operation of the streets in the apartment subdivision is to be assumed by the Town of Edinburg under any circumstances, the owners at the time of the Town taking over such maintenance, repair and operation shall, among themselves, bear the cost of bringing the streets and roads up to State Department of Transportation specifications as they are in force at the time. The requirements stated in the preceding sentence shall be reflected by a statement in any deed granting any interest in any lot of the subdivision.
(5) 
The subdivider must submit assurances satisfactory to the Council that a property owners' association has been legally established under which the owners of the lots in the apartment subdivision served by the substandard streets or roads will be assessed for the cost of maintaining those streets and roads and that each property owner agrees that no request will be made to have their lot served by a publicly maintained street unless and until the privately maintained substandard street serving such property has been brought to State Department of Transportation specifications at no cost to the Town or the Department, in accordance with the current subdivision street requirement, as amended from time to time, of the Virginia Department of Transportation.
(6) 
In no case will a waiver or modification be granted for a surface construction of dirt or loose gravel. A hard surface road of some appropriate material, based on generally accepted engineering standards, is required in every case.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A drainage system shall be provided in each subdivision to ensure adequate drainage of both natural and storm water for all streets and adjoining properties as approved by the State Department of Transportation and the Town Council.
Street signs of an approved design shall be installed at the expense of the developer at all intersections.