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Public Works PRIVATE STREET MAINTENANCE POLICY Purpose Periodically, the City receives requests to take over ownership and maintenance of private residential streets. The purpose of this policy is to define and standardize the City’s position on accepting private residential streets for ownership and maintenance. Policy For a private residential street to be accepted for ownership and maintenance by the City of Mounds View, it must meet the City’s current minimum design guidelines for street width, street cross sectional design, street right-of-way and building setback requirements. The following criteria reflect the City’s current design standards. (NOTE - all reference to street width is from back of curb to back of curb) Street Design • Streets must be a minimum of 30' wide, streets less than 34' wide shall have parking restricted to one side. • Streets must have concrete curb and gutters which meet City design standards. • Streets must be constructed to the same design cross section and load bearing strength as a City street. • Streets must be inspected by City personnel during construction to verify that proper design, materials and construction techniques are utilized. This excludes many of the existing private streets in the City. However, when these streets reach the end of their service life and need to be reconstructed, the private owners may elect to reconstruct them to City design standards under City inspection. • Streets may not have guest parking areas directly fronting on them. • The boulevard area of any one street may not have driveway coverage greater than 35%. • Streets must have direct access to other publicly owned and maintained roadways. Right-of-Way/Easements/Setbacks • A minimum 50' right-of-way centered on the street will need to be provided over all street and boulevard areas maintained by the City. If the street is wider than 30' additional right-of-way will be required. The streets will then be open to the general public for traffic movement and the boulevard areas will be subject to the installation of private utilities. • Streets must have a 10' boulevard area behind the curb line devoid of all trees and structures, with the exception of mail boxes. Utility boxes, transformers and pedestals must be outside the aforementioned 10' boulevard area. • Maintenance of any existing sidewalks in the boulevard areas shall remain the responsibility of the applicant. • A minimum 25' setback must be provided from the street right-of-way to any buildings. This generally equals a 35' setback from the back of curb to any building.