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A private road easement agreement in recordable form shall be required. It shall meet the following minimum requirements:
A. 
Legal description. A detailed legal description of the private road easement shall be submitted with its application.
B. 
Emergency and public vehicle access. The easement shall provide for unrestricted access for emergency and public vehicles used in the performance of necessary public services.
C. 
Future connections. The terms of the easement shall provide that the Township Board may require that future abutting private roads or public roads shall be connected to the existing private road.
D. 
Utilities. Below-ground utilities may be located within the private road easement.
Continued maintenance of private roads shall be the responsibility of the property owner(s) served by the roads. Private roads shall be maintained in a condition suitable for travel at the design speed, as determined by the Township Engineer, and passable for emergency vehicles, as determined by the Township Fire Chief. Prior to issuance of construction permits, said property owner(s) shall enter into a legally binding easement maintenance agreement, which shall be subject to review and approval by the Township Attorney.
A. 
The easement maintenance agreement shall acknowledge that the road surface and easement area are privately owned and therefore all construction and improvements within the easement will be contracted and paid for by the signatories to the agreement.
B. 
The agreement shall describe the method by which maintenance costs and costs of improvements will be apportioned among the original users.
C. 
The agreement shall describe the method for apportioning new users for a proportionate share of the maintenance costs and costs of improvements. The agreement shall indicate that the method of apportioning costs applies whether the new users are a result of:
(1) 
Extension of the private road or driveway beyond its initial length; or
(2) 
Connection to another private road; or
(3) 
Division of property that is served by the private road or shared driveway.
D. 
The agreement shall outline a maintenance schedule indicating intervals for road inspection. Such inspection shall be accomplished by a licensed civil engineer and be the responsibility of the signatories to the agreement. The results of the road inspection shall be submitted to the Township for review. The Township may require maintenance as described above.
The easement maintenance agreement shall contain a provision to permit the Township Board to authorize the repair of any private road which is not being maintained adequately to permit safe access by users and emergency vehicles, and to assess the cost of such repair, including the costs of engineering and administration, to the signatories to the agreement on an equitable basis. The decision to authorize repair of a private road shall be at the Township Board's sole discretion in accordance with its legislative powers.
All road easements and road easement maintenance agreements shall be recorded by the applicant at the office of the Wayne County Register of Deeds and proof of their recording shall be submitted to the Township prior to any construction work on the private road.