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 Colonial Beach
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix B. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
 Section 5. DESIGN STANDARDS

  § 5-2. Access Requirements.  

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  • 5-2-1. Controlled Access Points. Whenever a proposed subdivision contains four (4) or more lots and is adjacent to a limited access highway, expressway, a state primary road, or a road identified as a major thoroughfare in the comprehensive plan: provisions shall be made for a service drive or marginal street approximately parallel to such right-of-way at a distance suitable for the establishment of screening and buffering the residential lots from such highway. The size of the buffer shall be determined with due consideration of the minimum distance required for ingress and egress to the main thoroughfare. The right-of-way of any major highway or street projected across a limited access highway or expressway shall be of adequate width to provide for the cuts or fills required for any future separation of grades.

    5-2-2. Shared Driveway Entrances Required. Whenever a proposed subdivision contains fewer than four (4) lots, shared driveway entrances shall be required along all primary roads in the Town of Colonial Beach. Shared driveway entrances promote and help to maintain traffic capacity and/or improve the level of service standards as specified in the comprehensive plan for existing transportation facilities in the Town.

    5-2-3. Internal Streets Required. A tract of land proposed to be subdivided shall be served by an internal street constructed to the standards of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) unless a private street is authorized by way of a PUD zoning.

    5.2.4 Any previously platted lot in the Town of Colonial Beach which is located on an underdeveloped road, where there are no existing houses shall be brought up to VDOT standards prior to the issuance of building permits for the respective lot(s). In such locations the subdivision roads and infrastructure shall be brought up to the minimum standards contained herein. All costs shall be borne by the developer.

    5-2-5. VDOT Permit Required. All subdivisions or individual lots installing a new access point to the state road network shall first obtain a Land Use Entrance Permit from VDOT. If three (3) or more lots are using the same access point then a paved entrance with a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet wide shall be installed by the subdivider in accordance with VDOT standards.

    5-2-6. Boulevard Spine Road Required. All subdivisions which contain forty-nine (49) lots or more shall be served by a road designed as a boulevard. Such boulevard roadways shall have a raised, landscaped median and utilize curb, gutter and sidewalk along both sides or utilize a six-foot wide asphalt trail along one (1) side of the boulevard with connections to sidewalks along local streets in the subdivision. Additionally, this trail option allows for engineered ditches to manage stormwater incorporating low impact development (LID) techniques.