Chapter 6.80 SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
Section 6.80.220 Ingress, egress and traffic safety.
Access roads used for transporting minerals from areas of
mining operations to county roads
shall be located only at points designated by the planning commission.
A complete plan or plans of the proposed construction at
the intersection of each access road
with a county road shall be submitted to the director of public works for review and
recommendation to the planning commission. An encroachment permit shall be obtained from
the director of public works prior to performing any work within a county road right-of-way.
Adequate sight distances shall be maintained, turning radii
shall be sufficient to facilitate
turning of the largest anticipated trucks, and, where necessary, a deceleration lane from the
county road shall be provided for right turn movements into an access road, and a left turn lane
provided to facilitate turns from the county road into the access road. A length of not less than
one hundred (100) feet of the access road shall be paved to county standards from its intersection
with a county road. The width of the paved area shall not be less than twenty-four (24) feet.
Traffic control devices, including signs and pavement markings
at the access road entrance,
and additional signing or marking on the county road to warn of the approaching access road,
shall be provided as determined necessary. All such work shall be provided, and may be required
to be maintained, at the permittee s and/or operator s expense.
During hauling operations, any spillage of materials on county
roads shall be promptly and
completely removed. (Ord. 2003-61 (part); Ord. 99-60 (part): prior gen. code § 8-119.1)