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i t , EXHIBIT "D" Fire Road Requirements for Planned Unit Developments. 1. Definition: A planned unit development or a planned residential unit development is a. residential subdivision or portion of land resulting in Three (3) or more dwelling units as app roved and recorded in accordance NNith local planning and zoning regulations. 2. Private Road: A private road is any roadway or street serving one or more parcels and is not deeded dedicated or othenvise appropriated to a public agency for use by the general public. 3. Public Way: Public way is any street, alley, or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sly,which is deeded,dedicated,or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use. 4. Roads installed per this standard shall be named and the appropria'.e county department shall apply addresses. Public roads shall comply with the requirements of S.J.Co. Public Works and the signage shall be installed accordingly. Private roads shall be named and the signage shall be brown with white lettering and reflective in nature.Road names and addresses shall be approved by Community DevJopment Department. z 5. Surface: All requirements of "Exhibit B" (Fire Apparatus Access Road Zones) for surface requirements, structural sections, and material specifications shall apply and additionally the compaction requirements shall be ninety-five (95)percent for P.U.D.'s and the finished surface shall be asphaltic concr=--_pavement or equivalent. 5.1. Private roadways in P.U.D.'s shall have an agreement delineating maintenance and repair responsibilities by the landowners utilizing the access roadway(s) for ingress and ems and such document shall be recorded in the Official Records of the County of San Joaquin. 6. Road widths shall be as approved by the Chief or as follows: 6.1. 20-foot minimum unobstructed width when parking is not allowed and may be so posted when required by the Chief. 6.2. 28-foot minimum unobstructed width when parking is allowed on one side of the street and may be so posted when required by the Chief. 6.3. 36-foot minimum unobstructed width when parking is unrestricted- 6.3.1. nrestricted6.3.1.Rollover curbs are acceptable and preferable. 7. Minimum vertical clearance over all roadway surfaces shall be 13 feet,6 iinches. 8. The turning radius on dead end roads may be greater than.41' and need to be designed to handle the turning radius of the largest fire apparatus.The fire chief of the district shall make this determination. 9. A turnaround shall be provided no further than 150 feet from the dead end of a fire road. See "Exhibit C" for details.Turnouts.Dead-end roads shall have turnouts spaced at a maxin=of 1320-foot intervals. 10. Access-control devices: when required fire department access is restricted by the installation of a gate or other means, the Chief shall approve of the device and may require the insta►latt"on of a knox box of similar device to gain emergency access. 11. Bridges, box culverts, or low water crossings shall be designed for HS20-44 loading by a civil or structural engineer. 12. When a fire apparatus access road is required for a P.U.D., it shall be constructed and approved by the local fire authority before the County Surveyors office will file the map for record- San ecordSan Joaquin County Fire Chiefs Association Standards FARRETire Roads\Exhjbit D 2003 Fireroad Standards.doc 01/032003