All private streets and sidewalks subject to the terms of these regulations shall have a maintenance covenant approved by the City Engineer and recorded with the Pierce County Auditor’s Office prior to or concurrent with the recording of the subdivision or plat. An active association shall be established to carry out the terms of the covenant. Private streets or easements existing prior to the effective date of this chapter will be exempted from the street maintenance covenant. Any new private street shall conform to these standards.

Maintenance of the street shall include but not be limited to street surfacing, shoulders, gates, signs, storm water facilities, landscape maintenance, and vegetation control. [Ord. 501 § 3, 2009.]