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Rationale is to accommodate future underground utilities including space for utility vaults outside the right-of- way. Condition B — Prior to plat approval, improve the Hayesville Drive property frontage to current County and City of Salem standards for an urban Collector street by designing, permitting and constructing a 17 footpaved half - width including transition tapers, curb/gutter, PCC driveway approach, property line sidewalk including ADA pedestrian curb drop, closed system drainage work, and planter strip. Requirements to construct frontage improvements for subdivisions and partitions are in accordance with MCC 16.33.320. Nexus for this condition is the proposed addition of traffic to a road in need of widening and urban improvements. Condition C— Prior to plat approval, construct onsite stormwater conveyance and detention facilities. This is described in detail under Engineering Requirements. It is elevated to a Condition relevant to its timing for completion. Nexus is meeting MCPW Engineering standards for development." All other contact agencies either failed to comment or stated no objection to the proposal at the time this report was written. ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS: 5. Roads, Streets and Easement: Standards for this section are listed in Chapter 16.33.160 through 16.33.340 of the Marion County Code (MCC). Those that apply to this proposal include: 1633.160 ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. Engineering standards and requirements, including but not limited to streets, drainage, access, easements, and thoroughfare improvements, shall be those currently approved by the Marion County department of public works. As outlined in their comments, Marion County Public Works will require street and roadway improvements to be developed in compliance with engineering standards. 16.33.180 DEEDING OF RIGHT-OF-WAYROADWAY. No person shall dedicate for public use, or deed to Marion County, a parcel of land which is used or proposed to be used as access without first obtaining the approval of the board or its designee and delivering the deed to the boardfor its endorsement. No dedication is effective unless the property is accepted by the Board or its designee and recorded with the Marion County clerk's office. Required dedication will be accomplished through the platting process which requires acceptance by the Marion County Board of Commissioners. 16.33.190 CONNECTIVITY. Applicants submitting preliminary development plans shall provide for local streets oriented to or connecting with existing or planned streets, existing or planned schools, parks, shopping areas, transit stops, and employment centers located within one-half mile of the development. Applicants shall also provide for extension of local streets to adjoining major undeveloped properties and eventual connection with the existing street system. Connections to existing or planned streets and undeveloped properties along the border of the parcel shall be provided at no greater than 600 foot intervals unless the Planning Director, or designee, determines that one or more of the following conditions exist: A. Physical or topographic conditions make a street or accessway connection impractical. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, freeways, railroads, steep slopes, wetlands or other bodies of water where a connection could not reasonably be provided; or B. Buildings or other existing development on adjacent lands physically preclude a connection now or in the future considering the potential for redevelopment.