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Item 7D - Private Street Regulations Kimley>>> Horn Shivers' Farm- Single Family Southlake, Texas Zoning Case#: ZA26-XXXX June 2026 Private Street Development Standards: The internal private streets shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with Article V—Street and Right-of-Way Requirements, Section 5.05, "Private Street Standards in Residential Subdivisions," of the City of Southlake Subdivision Ordinance No. 483-E. Section 5.05 Private Street Standards in Residential Subdivisions: (As amended by Ord. No. 483-E) A. Maintenance Cost: A homeowner's association is responsible for the cost of maintenance of private streets. The City shall have no responsibility for and shall not pay for any portion of the cost of maintaining a private street. B. City Services: The City has no obligation to maintain private streets. Depending on the characteristics of the proposed private street subdivision, the City may not provide certain other services. Among the services which may not be provided are routine police patrols, enforcement of traffic and parking ordinances, and preparation of accident reports. C. Maintenance Standards: Maintenance, amenities, and landscaping of private streets shall conform to the same standards regulating the maintenance, amenities, and landscaping of public streets. D. Retention of Easements: A utility, drainage, and emergency access easement shall be retained in private streets by the City and other utility companies: 1. providing unrestricted use of the property for utilities and their maintenance; 2. extending easement rights to all utility providers including telecable companies operating within the City; 3. providing the City with the right of access for any purpose related to the exercise of a governmental service or function, including but not limited to fire and police protection, inspection and code enforcement; and 4. permitting the City to remove any vehicle or obstacle within the private street lot that impairs emergency access. E. City Assumption of Maintenance: The City shall be the sole judge of whether repairs to a private street are needed. If a homeowner's association, its successors or assigns, fail or refuse to adequately maintain private streets and related appurtenances, the City shall have Kimley>>> Horn Page 2 the right, but not the obligation, to assume temporarily the duty of performing the association's maintenance obligations at any time after the expiration of sixty (60) days after receipt by the association, its successors or assigns of written notice from the city specifying the nature and extent of the failure to maintain. 1. Upon assuming such maintenance obligations, the City shall have the right to collect, when they become due, the assessments levied by the homeowner's association for the purposes of repairing and maintaining the private streets and related appurtenances, and if necessary, the City shall have the right to enforce the payment of delinquent assessments in the manner set forth in the association's documents. 2. The City shall also have the right to levy an assessment upon each lot on a pro rata basis for the cost of such maintenance, which assessment shall constitute an assessment lien upon the lot against which each assessment is made. 3. Under no circumstances, shall the City be liable to the association or any lot owner or their respective heirs, successors or assigns for negligent acts or omissions relating in any manner to maintaining, improving and preserving the private streets and related appurtenances. F. Access Restrictions: The entrances to all private streets shall be marked with a sign stating that it is a private street. An access control device such as a gate or cross arm shall be constructed at each entrance. Means shall be provided of ensuring access to the subdivision by the City and other utility service providers with appropriate identification. If the association fails to maintain reliable access as required 5-12 to provide city services, the City shall have the right to enter the subdivision and remove any gate or device which is a barrier to access at the sole expense of the association. G. Restricted Access Entrance Design Standards: Private streets which have access controlled by a gate, cross arm, or other access control device shall conform to the following requirements: 1. The street must have a minimum uninterrupted pavement width of 24 feet at the location of the access control device. 2. If an overhead barrier is used, it shall have a minimum height above the road surface as required by the Fire Code for fire lanes. 3. The design of all gates, cross arms and access control devices, including automatic opening systems and manual backup systems, shall be approved by the Fire Department before installation. Kimley>>> Horn Page 3 4. The gates, cross arms, and access control devices shall be tested and accepted by the Fire Department before being put into operation. 5. Gate designs may incorporate one or two gate sections to meet the required minimum width of 24 feet. 6. If the entrance incorporates a median, guard shack, or similar structure that necessitates a divided gate arrangement, the gate and street pavement widths may be reduced if approved by the Fire Department. This approval shall be contingent upon the subdivision with private streets having a second approved means of access, but in no case shall any single gate or street pavement have a clear opening of less than 15 feet. H. Visitor Entrance Design Standards: At least one entrance to a subdivision with private streets shall be equipped for visitor access. In addition to the above Restricted Access Entrance Design Standards, the visitor entrance shall be equipped with a call or code box located at least 50 feet from the boundary of the subdivision to provide for visitors calling in an automobile queuing. A turn-around space with a minimum outside radius of 30 feet shall be located between any call or code box and the access control device to allow vehicles denied access to safely exit onto public streets in a "head out" position. A sign shall be erected next to the edge of such turn around space to prohibit vehicle parking in such space. A residents entrance used in combination with a visitor entrance shall comply with the requirements of this paragraph. I. Resident Only Entrance Design Standards: In addition to the above Restricted Access Entrance Design Standards, an access control device that requires residents to use a key, card, or code to gain access shall setback internally a minimum of 50 feet from the boundary of the subdivision to provide for automobile queuing; except, that resident entrances equipped with an electronic opener that allows residents to remotely open the 5-13 access control device and enter the subdivision without having to stop are exempted from this requirement. A sign shall be erected next to any resident entrance that does not meet the 50 foot setback requirement of this paragraph and does not provide a turn-around space with a minimum outside radius of 30 feet to indicate that it is for resident use only and not for visitors. J. Cost of Design Standards: The homeowner's association shall pay the cost of complying with required design standards.