(A) Use of national standards.
(1) Geometric design standards. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (“AASHTO”) policies on highway design are approved references and are to be used together with this chapter.
(2) Traffic control standards. All traffic control devices shall be in accordance with the latest Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (“MUTCD”) prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the City of Phoenix Traffic Barricade Manual.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public thoroughfare that affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
(a) MAJOR ALLEY. Serves multi-family residential, commercial, and industrial areas.
(b) MINOR ALLEY. Serves single-family residential areas.
DEVELOPER. The individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, syndicate, trust, or other legal entity that files the application and initiates proceedings for the development and/or subdivision of land in accordance with the Apache Junction City Code, Vol. I.
EASEMENT. A grant by the owner for the use of specified land by the public, a corporation or persons, for specific uses and purposes and so designated and recorded in the county recorder’s office.
MEDIAN. A raised or flush area designed to separate and control vehicular movement typically located near or in the center of the right-of-way.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. A public walk dedicated entirely through a block from street to street and/or providing access to a school, park, recreation area or shopping center.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. Any land which by deed, conveyance, agreement, easement, dedication, usage, zoning condition, process of law or other means is reserved for or dedicated to the general public for street, highway, alley, public utility, pedestrian walkway and other public purpose.
STREET. Any existing or proposed avenue, boulevard, road, bridge, viaduct or easement for public vehicular access or area shown in a plat duly filed and recorded in the county recorder’s office, and includes all land within the right-of-way whether improved or unimproved and also such improvements as pavement, shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, parking spaces, bridges, viaducts and traffic control devices.
(a) ARTERIAL STREET. One of exceptional continuity that is intended to carry the greater portion of through traffic from 1 area of the city to another and is generally positioned at one-mile intervals.
(b) COLLECTOR STREET. One designed with the primary purpose of collecting and distributing traffic to and from arterial streets.
1. INDUSTRIAL COLLECTOR. A street serving commercial, industrial or other land uses expected to generate high traffic volumes or substantial heavy truck traffic.
2.
RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR. A street serving predominantly residential land
uses.
(c) CUL-DE-SAC. A short local street having but one end open for vehicular traffic, the opposite end being terminated with a permanent turnaround.
(d) DRIVEWAYS.
1.
COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY. Access for retail, office, high density residential
or government/community service building.
2. INDUSTRIAL DRIVEWAY. Access for large industrial, office park, mixed use or warehouse developments which may also accommodate heavy truck movements.
3. PARKING LOT ACCESS WAY. Passage to and circulation among parking areas within an integral apartment or townhouse complex.
4.
RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. Access to single-family residence from local or collector street only.
(e) LOCAL STREET. Typically, one of limited continuity with the primary purpose of service to only those lots which are adjacent.
(f) PRIVATE STREET. One not owned or maintained by the city.
(g) PUBLIC STREET. One owned and maintained by the city.
(h) RURAL STREET. One located within a low density area.
(C) Street types. The city has the following four street types:
(1) Parkways. Parkways provide for efficient movement of large volumes of through traffic with direct access being limited.
(2) Arterial streets. Arterial streets with or without raised medians provide regional continuity and carry large volumes of traffic between areas of the city and through the city. Full access to abutting commercial and multi-family land uses is limited to median openings where there is a raised median. Single-family residential developments shall not have direct access to an arterial street, unless approved by the city engineer.
(3) Collector streets. Collector streets provide direct access to abutting land uses, handle local traffic, and provide access to the arterial street system and are normally connected with local streets.
(4) Local streets. Local streets provide direct access to abutting land uses, handle local traffic and provide access to the collector street system.
(D) Street classification. Following is a listing of each street classification followed by the number of the detail that depicts the standard street cross-section for that classification.
Street Type | Detail |
Local | AJ-20.1 |
Collector | AJ-20.2 |
Minor and Major Arterials | AJ-20.3 |
Principal Arterials | AJ-20.4 |
Parkway | AJ-20.5 |
(1) Street classifications are determined by location and/or intended use.
(2) All developments shall provide for public arterial and collector streets at their normal alignments except in the Lost Dutchman Heights, or as approved by the city engineer.
(E) Street names. Street names shall be consistent with the natural alignment and extension of existing streets. New street names shall not duplicate in whole or in part or be confusing with existing street names. The city council reserves the right to modify street names to conform to city standards.
(F) Intersections to arterial streets. Interior streets shall not intersect arterial streets other than at the 1/4- and 1/2-mile points of the arterial or as approved by the city engineer.
(Ord. passed - - )