Elkhart County Highway
Maintenance   Engineering

 

INITIAL SUBDIVISION ACCEPTANCE

 

Each year Elkhart County accepts residential and commercial subdivisions into it's Highway System. These subdivisions are classified as an Initial or a Final acceptance. 

Upon constructing a new subdivision a developer typically has two years from the recording of the plat to meet required construction specifications, a developer will then request that Elkhart County initially accept the subdivision. Once the county initially accepts a subdivision it is responsible only for snowplowing and tree related issues. The developer is still responsible for all other maintenance issues that may develop in the subdivision, to include road failure, drainage problems, etc. This initial acceptance period usually lasts for (3) three years.

After three years the developer asks the county to assume final acceptance of a subdivision. At that point the county inspects the subdivision for discernable issues that already have or are likely to cause a failure in the future. Any issues that are found are addressed with the developer for resolution. At the point of final acceptance the county is responsible for all maintenance in the subdivision.  

Some developments have been approved with "Private" roads. In these developments all maintenance is the responsibility of the property owners.

           

2004

Arbor Kove Bridlewood Estates Lot 17 - 49 Brookside
Copper Ridge Copperfield Fourth Deerfield Estates Section One
Dover Trace Section Two Golden Pond Section Two Hidden Meadow East Section Two
Hidden Meadow East Section
Three		 Orchard Ridge Third Remington Park Section Four
Sand Brooke Section Three Southfield Place Spring Meadow Farm Golf Club
Weaver Woods Section One Wildwood Estates IV Wildwood Estates V
Wogoman Industrial Park Second Wyndtree Phase Two  
New Subdivision Roads = 7.18 miles

 

2005

Baugo Cove Cedar Creek Section Three Cedar Creek Section Five
Cobus Ridge Copperfield Fifth Copperfield Sixth
Crystal Springs Second Emerald Chase Section One Emerald Chase Section Two
Emerald Chase Section Three Farmington Hidden Meadow East Section Four
Hidden Meadow East Section Five Jemian Trace Phase III Meadow Glen West Section One
Meandering Meadows Fourth Parkway at 17 Phase One Prairieview Farm
The Farm Section One The Summit Section Five  
New Subdivision Roads = 8.66 miles

 

2006

Bridlewood Estates Second Brookview Farms Phase One Brynnwood Villas
Concord Grandview Copperfield Seventh Crystal Oaks Section Two
Eagle Ridge Elkhart East Area E Phase One Fieldstone Crossing, Third,  Section Two
Fieldstone Crossing, Third,  Section Three Hemminger Hills Estates Hively Crossing
Meadow Glen West Section Two Mohawk Minor Remington Park South
 River Pine Sandy Hill Park II Sandy Hill Park III
Serenity Place The Summit Section Six Timberstone
W.S. Lehman Weaver Woods Section Two West Leaf Manor
Whitethorn Farm Wyndtree Estates Yellow Creek Trails
New Subdivision Roads = 10.37 miles

 

2007

Beck Industrial Park - Phase II Chelton Glen - Phase One Copperfield - Eighth
Dutch Settlement Elkhart East Area "D" - Phase II Fairfield Farms - Fourth
Horizon Place - Section 1 K.T.L. Industrial Park Lake Terrace
Meandering Meadows  - Fifth Nova Place Song Bird Meadows
Southfield Place - Second Stoneybrooke Shores - Section One Stoneybrooke Shores - Section Two
The Farm - Section II Timberstone - Second D.P.U.D.  
New Subdivision Roads = 5.39 miles

 

2008

Bennington Heights Copperfield Ninth Fieldstone Crossing Third, Section Four
Hampton Estates Hidden Meadow - Section Three North Shore Landings - Section One
Replat of Lot 8 Elkhart East-Area E -  Phase 1 Replat of Lot 22 Lakeland Gardens - Second Sylvan Meadows Subdivision
The Summit - Section Seven Westleaf Manor - Second Yellow Creek Trails - Phase 2
New Subdivision Roads =3.11 miles