§ 20-50. Public roads.*

All new roads that are part of the circulation element of the Butte County General Plan (generally collector and arterial roads) and that are constructed to County Standards approved by the Department of Public Works shall be recommended to the Board of Supervisors for inclusion into the County Maintained Mileage. Additionally, all new roads will be public roads included within the County Maintained Mileage, except as specified below.

Roads that are constructed to County Standards and approved by the Department of Public Works that are not part of the circulation element of the Butte County General Plan and are not collector or arterial roads shall be recommended for acceptance into the County Maintained Mileage subject to approved funding for the future maintenance of the road and its associated facilities through a Permanent Road Division (PRD) zone of benefit, County Service Area or other Board approved Benefit Assessment District.

Roads that are constructed to County Standards approved by the Department of Public Works for parcel maps and waiver of parcel maps, or gated subdivision communities may be allowed to be privately maintained, where maintenance is provided by a Home Owners Association (HOA), Road Maintenance Association (RMA) or other means acceptable to the Planning Commission or the Board of Supervisors. All other roads shall comply with the two (2) paragraphs above.

(Ord. No. 3959, § 1, 3-13-07)

*  Editor's note —Ord. No. 3959, § 1, adopted March 13, 2007, repealed former § 20-50, and enacted a new § 20-50 to read as herein set out.