(A) Proposed streets shall conform to the state road and county highway plans or preliminary plans as have been prepared, adopted and/or filed as prescribed by law. All streets within a subdivision shall be dedicated to the city and built to city standards.
(B) Streets shall be logically related to the topography in order to produce usable lots and reasonable grades.
(C) Access shall be given to all lots and portions of the tract in the subdivision, and to adjacent unsubdivided parcels unless the topography clearly indicates that the connection is not feasible. Access shall be defined as practical access. Reserved strips, and land-locked areas shall not be created.
(D) The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provisions for the appropriate continuation of the existing streets in adjoining areas.
(E) Where adjoining areas are not subdivided, but may be subdivided, the arrangement of streets in a new subdivision shall make provision for the proper projection of streets into adjoining areas by extending the new streets to the boundaries of the subdivision at appropriate locations. Streets must be constructed to the boundary according to city specifications or it shall be documented that it is feasible to build them to the boundary. Dedication of road right-of-way shall be required to the boundary even though the street is not constructed. It shall be the responsibility of the adjoining property owner, when his or her land is subdivided, to build the road to city standards.
(F) Where the city does not have an adequate dedicated right-of-way for an existing road adjacent to the proposed subdivision, the developer shall dedicate the required right-of-way to the city for street and utility purposes.
(G) Minor streets shall be laid out to discourage their use by through traffic. Thoroughfares shall be reserved for through traffic by providing marginal access streets, interior streets for serving lots or other means.
(H) Half or partial streets will not be permitted, except where essential to reasonable subdivision of a tract in conformance with the other requirements and standards of these regulations and where, in addition, satisfactory assurance for dedication of the remaining part of the street can be secured.
(I) Wherever a tract to be subdivided adjoins an existing half, or partial street, the part of the street within the tract shall be platted to provide the necessary road right-of-way.
(J) Dead-end streets shall be prohibited, except as stubs to permit future street extension into adjoining tracts, or when designed as cul-de-sac streets. A temporary turn-around or cul-de-sac shall be required by the city if a road will be a dead end until an adjoining tract is developed.
(K) Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or planned major thoroughfare or a railroad right-of-way, a street approximately parallel to land on each side of the thoroughfare and right-of-way may be required for adequate protection of residential properties and separation of through and local traffic. The service streets shall be located at a distance from the major thoroughfare of railroad right-of-way suitable for the appropriate use of the intervening land, as for park purposes in Residential Districts, or for commercial and industrial purposes in appropriate districts. The distances shall also be determined with due regard for the requirements of approach grades and future grade separations.
(L) The street arrangements shall not cause hardship to owners of adjoining property in platting their own land and providing convenient access to it.
(Prior Code, § 12-1378) Penalty, see § 160.999
Cross-reference:
Streets and sidewalks, see Ch. 151