Public Works Design Standards and Permits
Design Standards
The Public Works Design Standards provides the procedures and standards necessary for the permitting, design, and construction of roadway facilities within Mesa County rights-of-way.
Purposes:
- Protect public health
- Ensure vehicular and pedestrian safety and welfare
- Maintain smooth and efficient traffic flow
- Maintain present and future road drainage
- Balance the interests and liability of private property owners with public safety and public investments
- Balance the economy of construction and land use by designing to minimize maintenance costs
- Meet state, regional, local and private transportation needs and interests
Main design standards
Appendix and seed mixes
Amendments
Functional classification map
- Map to be used in conjunction with the Mesa County Design Standards
- Maps govern roadways in unincorporated Mesa outside the limits of incorporated communities' city limits and/or urban growth boundaries
- Map references and will be updated as local jurisdictions update their
- Functional classification maps
- City limits
- Development boundaries