A seven-inch thickness of concrete pavement on a compacted subbase shall be required. The concrete must have a 28-day compressive strength of 3,000 pounds per square inch (ppsi). All steel reinforcing shall be deformed No. 3 bars on 18-inch centers both ways.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 1, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-41)
Subgrade stabilization must be six inches thick with hydrated lime. This shall be spread uniformly and sprinkled to the proper moisture content. The soil, lime and water shall be mixed until a homogenous product is obtained that is free of clods and lumps. The mixture shall be immediately rolled and compacted to 95 percent of standard proctor density.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 2, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-42)
The width of all residential streets shall be no less than 28 feet between both faces. The minimum right-of-way requirement shall be no less than 50 feet.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 3, 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-43)
The traverse pavement slope shall consist of a parabolic curve from the pavement centerline to the curb. The crown of the curve shall be one-fourth-inch per one foot of street width above the curb level grade.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 4, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-44)
(a) 
Sawed dummy joints (traverse) shall be required and shall not be more than 20 feet apart.
(b) 
Longitudinal sawed dummy joints shall be required when concrete is poured in a continuous width of 20 feet or more. The longitudinal dummy joints shall be located at the centerline of the total width.
(c) 
Expansion joints shall be placed at distances no greater than 600 feet.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 5, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-45)
(a) 
All streets shall be laid out so that they intersect at right angles with a maximum tolerance of plus or minus five percent.
(b) 
Culs-de-sac shall not be longer than 2,000 feet from the nearest intersecting street, and shall provide a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of at least 80 feet in areas zoned SF2 and SF3. Culs-de-sac shall not be longer than 3,000 feet in areas zoned SF1.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 6, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-46)
Speed limits in subdivisions shall be no more than 30 mph. The subdivider shall at his own expense provide and install speed limit signs. Speed limit signs shall be posted within 50 feet of each entry and exit point of the subdivision as well as in appropriate intervals along roadways based on the length of the street. On street parking is prohibited.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 7, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-47; Ordinance 2025-12 adopted 6/10/2025)
All streets must be named and the names must be approved by the Rockwall County 911 coordinator. The developer will provide all street name signage using the city approved format, color and logo.
(Ordinance 91-1, sec. 8, adopted 1/13/92; 2007 Code, sec. 66-48; Ordinance 2025-12 adopted 6/10/2025)
(a) 
The City of McLendon-Chisholm may, but in no event is it obligated to, accept private streets as public streets upon conformance to the following provisions:
(1) 
A petition signed by property owners representing at least 80% of the lots abutting a private street, must be submitted to the City Secretary. The petition shall be submitted on forms obtained from the City Secretary. In the alternative, the Board of Directors of the homeowners' association (HOA) for the affected subdivision may submit a petition for the City to accept private streets and the associated property as public streets and right-of-way upon written notice to all association members and upon the favorable vote of 80% of the membership. Documentation of the notice and minutes of the meeting at which the vote took place and recording the notice of the meeting must be submitted to the City Secretary at the time the petition is filed. A petition shall not be deemed "complete" until all the requirements of the petition have been included. An incomplete petition shall not be considered by the Council;
(2) 
The City has the right to inspect the private streets to determine the needed repairs prior to the City Council's legislative decision whether to accept the streets and the City shall be the sole judge of whether repairs are needed;
(3) 
All security stations, access control devices and other structures not consistent with a public street development as determined by the City must be removed or disabled at the owners' or associations' expense;
(4) 
All monies in a homeowners' association fund (or similar fund which serves the same or similar purpose), designated for street maintenance, be delivered to the City. In the absence of a homeowners' association and/or the fund or inadequate funds in the account, the property owners shall reimburse the City for any street maintenance provided during a period as determined by the City Council;
(5) 
At the expense of the owners or association, the subdivision plat must be submitted as a re-plat dedicating the rights of way and other easement to the City; and
(6) 
At the expense of the homeowners' association, all homeowners' association documents shall be amended, if necessary, to allow the Association to petition the City to accept private streets and any associated property as public streets and rights-of-way upon written notice to all Association members and upon the favorable vote of a majority of the membership.
(7) 
At the expense of the homeowners' association or owners, all stop signs must be refreshed, speed limits installed with the City's required speed limit, as per its Code of Ordinances and intervals and all street signage updated to the preferred format of the City as determined by Staff, prior to acceptance.
(b) 
For private streets that cannot meet the requirements of sections (A) [subsection (a)] above, the following procedure may be considered by the City Council to accept the private streets:
(1) 
In order for the City Council to consider a petition requesting the City take over ownership and maintenance of a private street under this section, the petition must be signed by a minimum of 90% of the property owners abutting the private street and must be submitted to the City Secretary. The petition shall be submitted on forms obtained from the City Secretary. In the alternative, the Board of Directors of the homeowners' association (HOA) for the affected subdivision may submit a petition for the City to accept private streets and the associated property as public streets and right-of-way upon written notice to all association members and upon the favorable vote of 90% of the membership. Documentation of the notice and minutes of the meeting at which the vote took place and recording the notice of the meeting must be submitted to the City Secretary at the time the petition is filed. A petition shall not be deemed "complete" until all the requirements of the petition have been included. An incomplete petition shall not be considered by the Council;
(2) 
At the petitioner's expense, the subdivision or properties shall be platted or re-platted, as the case may be, dedicating 100% of the right-of-way needed for the project including any additional utility easement needed for the improvements;
(3) 
The petition shall request the City finance, design, repair and construct a new street to City standards along with water and sanitary sewer lines (sewer if available in the area); water line design and construction to be coordinated with the appropriate water service;
(4) 
Unless otherwise agreed to by City Council, the City would be responsible for 50% of the street paving design and construction cost, unless budgetary constraints are evident and the City would be responsible for none of the water line and system upgrades relating to providing fire flow and sanitary sewer design and construction costs;
(5) 
Unless otherwise agreed to by City Council, the petitioners would be responsible for 50% of the street paving design and construction cost, all of the sanitary sewer design and construction cost, and all of the water line improvement cost;
(6) 
Should the City Council agree to the proposed project and cost responsibilities, the City, barring unforeseen delays, would have up to 24 months to begin construction to allow time for budgeting and design of the project;
(7) 
The project may be financed to no more than 20 years with reimbursement collected from each property owner. Financing and payback will be determined at the time of the application, or no later than sixty (60) days prior to the date construction of the improvements is scheduled to begin. The City may enter into an agreement with property owners which shall identify the estimated cost of the improvement or expansion, the schedule for initiation and completion of the improvement or expansion, a requirement that the improvement or expansion be designed and completed to City standards and any other terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the City. The agreement shall provide for the method to be used to determine the amount of the reimbursement by the property owner for construction of the improvements or expansion in accordance with this section;
(8) 
The City may finance the project through the issuance of bonds or through any other authorized mechanism, in such manner and subject to such limitations as may be provided by law; and
(9) 
Nothing in this section shall be deemed in any way to be an exclusive method of enforcing the payment of the costs against the property owner, and shall not be deemed in any manner to be a waiver of the City's right to validly assess the property owners concerned for costs of the installation of improvements or expansion and to fix and enforce liens against the properties, all of which may be done as provided herein in the manner allowed by law. The liens are security for the expenditures made and interest accruing as allowed by law.
(10) 
At the expense of the homeowners' association or owners, all stop signs must be refreshed, speed limits installed with the City's required speed limit and intervals and all street signage updated to the preferred format of the City, prior to acceptance.
(c) 
This section (C) [subsection (c)] applies to a private road consisting of asphalt, gravel, caliche, or is otherwise unimproved in an established residential subdivision used as the principle means of ingress and egress and has reached a condition of exigency. The homeowners' association or owner(s) may petition the City to take over the road. The City may improve and pave the road to an asphalt standard approved by the City Engineer.
(1) 
Property owners of a private road that fall into this Section (C) [subsection (c)] category will follow the steps as detailed in Section B [subsection (b)] with appropriate documentation identifying the exigencies and how said exigencies should be addressed.
(2) 
Cost sharing requirements and financing options identified in Section B [subsection (b)] will be followed.
(3) 
A condition of exigency exists when any one or more of the following documented events have occurred within a year prior to a petition to the City Secretary:
(A) 
The condition of the road(s) has prevented or significantly degraded the ability of emergency services to respond to property owners on the road(s).
(B) 
The condition of the road(s) has prevented or significantly degraded the ability of school buses to utilize the road(s).
(C) 
The condition of the road(s) has prevented or significantly degraded the ability of utility, trash and delivery service vehicles from being able to use the road(s) on a regular basis.
(D) 
The condition of the road(s) and drainage has degraded to where it has negatively impacted culverts or bridges and potentially affecting the safety and welfare of the residents in the subdivision and/or other neighborhoods during heavy rains.
(E) 
Prior attempts and outcomes by the owners or homeowners' association have failed to address the road conditions.
(F) 
Any other event(s) identified by the petitioner that the City deems relevant to the determination of an exigency.
(4) 
At the expense of the homeowners' association or owners, all stop signs must be refreshed, speed limits installed with the City's required speed limit and intervals and all street signage updated to the preferred format of the City, prior to acceptance.
(5) 
After acceptance of the petition by the City Council, barring unforeseen delays, construction of the road should commence within six (6) months unless budgetary constraints require waiting until the beginning of the next fiscal year. Upon completion, any future improvements will be a City responsibility.
(d) 
Upon certification of the requisite number of signatures on the petition by the City Secretary, if such is presented in accordance with division (A)(1), (B)(1) or (C)(1) [subsection (a)(1), (b)(1) or (c)(1)] above, the City Council shall consider the petition at its first available meeting upon due notice being given to the HOA or owners, if applicable.
(Ordinance 2025-17 adopted 7/9/2025; Ordinance 2025-24 adopted 6/24/2025)