The Planning Commission and City Council, shall prepare, adopt, and maintain, with assistance from the City Engineer, Streets Superintendent, and public safety officials, a Transportation Master Plan indicating the proposed location of all arterial and collector streets, along with any other local street deemed necessary or appropriate by staff, the Planning Commission and City Council. The City Council shall review and approve the Transportation Master Plan and construction of any streets shall be in conformance with the Plan and the Development Guidelines to the extent allowed by law.

Permits for utilities or improvements shall not be issued on any land located within a proposed street right-ofway contemplated in the Transportation Master Plan unless each of the following can be shown:

1. The applicant will be denied a substantial property right observed by other property owners within the same district.
2. The interests of the property owner outweigh the need of the City and the citizens at large to have the road constructed in the planned location through an engineering study performed by a professional licensed traffic engineer.
   

A development layout may not be filed with the City nor recorded in the office of the Utah County Recorder until it has been submitted and reviewed by appropriate City staff and, if deemed necessary by the City Council, for consistency with the Transportation Master Plan.

Applicants for development approval shall demonstrate how traffic from the proposed development will circulate into the traffic pattern of the City. The City will require, at the applicant’s expense, a detailed traffic analysis in order to justify any assumptions made by an applicant for development approval, if the City Engineer, or designee, determines the development is large enough to have an impact to the surrounding area.

At a minimum, each applicant for development approval will be required to construct or extend a road network that will:

1. Provide a safe, efficient and convenient traffic circulation pattern.
2. Provide adequate access to all adjacent properties and eliminate the potential for landlocked parcels.
3. Extend adequate utilities and infrastructure to provide municipal services.
4. Create a circulation system that will provide adequate public safety and emergency access to protect both human life and the built environment.

The roadway network must be provided regardless of whether the proposed development is classified as commercial, industrial or residential development. Failure to demonstrate that the provisions above have been satisfied may result in the denial of development approval.

In all zones, permits for any building or structure, or any part thereof shall not be issued on any land proposed to be set aside for a public trail unless the trail is constructed by the applicant or each of the following can be shown:

1. The applicant will be denied a substantial property right enjoyed by other property owners within the same district.
2. The applicant can show an alternative solution for the proposed trail that will allow in every way, the original intent of the Trails portion of the Transportation Master Plan including, but not limited to, circulation, safety, service provision, and access to adjacent properties.
3. The interests of the property owner outweigh the need of the City and the citizens at large to have the trail constructed in the planned location.

All trails intended to be dedicated to Payson City in accordance with the Transportation Master Plan and applicable adopted area specific plans shall be constructed in a manner consistent with the Payson City Development Guidelines. Any development located near a public trail may be required to provide a concrete or asphalt neighborhood connection to the trail system in the most practical location.

When a connection to a public trail is required, the connection area shall be wide enough to provide PCC 13, Zoning Ordinance As Adopted March 3, 2021 Payson City Zoning Ordinance appropriate fencing, attractive landscaping, and any necessary utilities. At a minimum, the trail connection area shall be twenty (20) feet wide and dedicated to Payson City in the form of an easement of public right-of-way as determined by the City Engineer.

The layout of roads and streets in all developments must be consistent with the major and local streets included in the Transportation Master Plan and specific area plans adopted by the Payson City Council. Developments that encompass or are located adjacent to a collector or arterial status street shall be designed and developed so the public street is improved in an efficient and safe manner.

The layout and design of all roads and streets is subject to approval of the City Engineer. It is the responsibility of the applicant for development approval to construct all roads within and adjacent to the project consistent with the Transportation Master Plan, PCC 12, Subdivision Ordinance, and the Payson City Development Guidelines. The right-of-way width for roads and streets shall be as follows:

1. A local street shall have a minimum right-of-way of sixty (60) feet.
2. A collector street shall have a minimum right-of-way of seventy-six (76) feet.
3. An arterial street shall have a minimum width of ninety-eight (98) feet.
4. Developments located within the boundaries of a defined planning area shall accommodate the road and street cross-sections included in the specific area plan adopted by the City Council.

Roads and streets shall be designed and constructed with the proper sub-base, base, asphalt, curb and gutters, sidewalks and planter areas. The applicant is responsible for the costs associated with the proper construction of all roads and streets in the development, including the additional thickness of asphalt for collector and arterial status streets. At a minimum, the roadways must be improved consistent with the Payson City Development Guidelines. If geotechnical studies recommend additional sub-base, base, or asphalt thickness, the additional improvements will be required at the cost of the applicant.