The Dillon County Council passed their second reading of the Dillon County Road Acceptance and Maintenance Ordinance at their last meeting.
The ordinance says that Dillon County will only be maintaining public roads that meet the requirements.
The ordinance states:
Dillon County Road Acceptance and Maintenance Ordinance
Pursuant to the powers granted to County Governments under South Carolina Code Title 4 Chapter 9 (4-9-25 and 4-9-30) and the general laws as they apply to County Governments, the County Council of Dillon County enacts this ordinance which shall be known as the Dillon County Road Acceptance and Maintenance Ordinance.
(a) Dillon County Council shall accept and maintain all roads open to public use and existing as of March 23, 2011 provided:
1. The public use of such roads is recognized by all contiguous property owners, and so stated in a signed document recorded in the Clerk of Court’s Office,
2. The road provides the only access to two or more developed properties,
3. The road does not constitute a private drive or private access easement,
4. That appropriate drainage and site easements, and road bed easements as determined by the County Director of Public Works, are available and that access and use of these easements is legally assured and granted in documents recorded in the Clerk of Court’s Office,and
(b) Roads that are constructed after March 23, 2011 shall comply with the Dillon County Road Specifications attached hereto and incorporated herein.
(c) The County shall continue to maintain all public roads used by the public at large over which the County has a prescriptive easement and which roads are public roads prior to the enactment of this Ordinance. This ordinance is effective on third reading.
Dillon County Road Specifications for County Maintained Roads
Dillon County requires:
1. Roads have to be properly constructed and approved for public transportation.
2. All roads must have a minimum of fifty (50) feet right-of-way.
3. All roads must be properly drained.
4. The County will not be responsible for providing access drives to individual lots.
5. At least one (1) occupied dwelling must be located on any road prior to the County accepting it.
6. Right-of-way must be recorded on the plats in the Office of the Clerk of Court prior to the County accepting roads.
7. All roads must be named and approved by the E 911 Commission.
8. All roads must have stop signs in place by the property owner. The County reserves its right to abandon the roads according to State Statutes if it is determined that maintenance of these roads is too much of a burden on the County. Before the roads will be accepted into the County system, they will be inspected by the Road Supervisor and/or the County Administrator.
Developer must obtain applicable permits from all local and state agencies such as (but not limited to) South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, South Carolina Department of Transportation, and United States Army Corp of Engineers, etc.
The reading was approved on a motion by Councilman Harold Moody and seconded by Councilman Andrew Graves. The motion was approved.
A public hearing was also held on this ordinance at the meeting.
A third reading must be passed for the ordinance to go into effect.
