Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 13.10.010 Criteria for accepting private roads.
13.10.010 - Criteria for accepting private roads.
From the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, privately owned roads may be accepted by ordinance only if the director of the department of public works certifies that such roads satisfy the following criteria:
A. An adequate right-of-way, minimum width of fifteen meters (fifty feet), is properly dedicated and recorded by plat to the metropolitan government, free of all encumbrances;
B. A level roadway pavement course, constructed of at least one hundred fifty mm (six inches) of compacted, stone base and seven meters (twenty-two feet) in width, must be in place and in good condition;
C. Adequate drainage facilities in place to maintain safe vehicular travel conditions;
D. As-built plans certified as to location by a registered land surveyor and as to design and construction by a professional engineer must be submitted and approved by the department of public works prior to acceptance of the road;
E. The road must be a minimum of one hundred eighty-two meters (six hundred feet) in length;
F. The road must serve a minimum of six, and a maximum of twenty residences; and all such residences must be single-family homes or duplexes;
G. The road must meet design standards for "local rural roads" specified in the edition of the "Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets" of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials current as of the date of acceptance of the road by the metropolitan government;
H. The road must have one, and only one, terminus on an existing public road as of the date of acceptance;
I. The road must be in existence and its location must be on file in the office of the director of public works as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter;
J. Development of property adjacent to roads accepted pursuant to this section beyond the limits specified in subsection F of this section without the approval of the director of the department of public works is prohibited. Approval shall be contingent upon a finding by the director that such further development is consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Davidson County and consistent with acceptable engineering standards of practice;
K. No public or private road may be connected to a road accepted pursuant to this chapter without the approval of the director of the department of public works. Approval shall be contingent upon a finding by the director that such connection is consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Davidson County and consistent with acceptable engineering standards of practice.
(Ord. 98-1120 § 1 (part), 1998)