Street standards and maintenance fund for large lots

(a) A street serving areas zoned for lots of three acres and over shall have a six-inch minimum fine select borrow base course with surface treatment acceptable to the director of public works and director. Preparation of the surface, application of surface and utilization of equipment shall conform to standards adopted by and on file in the department of public works, subject to the condition that a portion of a roadway where the grade is eight percent or greater shall be built to paved requirements of this chapter. Pavement widths shall conform to the agricultural standards as set forth under section 23-34.* Where a subdivision street connects with a State highway, the standards of the pavement within the State highway right-of-way shall conform to standards adopted by the State department of transportation. (b) A street meeting only the minimum requirements of this section shall not be dedicable. (c) A maintenance escrow fund, when required by the director, shall be established by the subdivider with an escrow depository approved by the director prior to final approval for recordation. The fund shall be reviewed by the corporation counsel and approved by the director. * Editor’s Note: Pavement widths are set forth in section 23-41.