(a) Classification and Street Width. Right-of-way and pavement widths shall be designed as shown on the following Table. Pavement widths shall be measured from face to face of curb.
Street | ADT Range | Minimum ROW (ft.) | Minimum Pavement Width | Minimum Grade | Maximum Grade |
Arterial | Over 5,000 | 100 | 52 | .5% | 6% |
Major Collector | 1,000-5,000 | 80 | 36 | .5% | 6% |
Minor Collector | 500-1,000 | 70 | 36 | .5% | 7% |
Local | Less than 500 | 60 | 30 | .5% | 8% |
Cul-de-Sac | -- | 50 | 26 | .5% | 8% |
Typical sections and standards for these streets are found in the “Village of Ashville Regulations and Material Specifications”.
The arrangement and classification of all streets in newly developed areas shall conform to the Thoroughfare Plan. The Planning and Zoning Board shall make the final determination as to the classification of any street upon which there is disagreement, based on the character and potential development of the surrounding area, and the street classification table above.
(b) Alignment.
(1) The street pattern shall make provision for the continuance of streets into adjoining areas and for the connection to existing rights-of-way in adjacent areas.
(2) If a subdivision adjoins or contains an existing or proposed principal arterial street or minor arterial street, the Planning and Zoning Board may require marginal access streets or reverse frontage with a planting strip of a minimum width of twenty (20) feet on the rear of those lots abutting the street, and no vehicular access across the strip.
(3) Local streets shall be laid out so as to discourage use by through traffic.
(4) Streets shall intersect one another at ninety (90) degrees, or as near to ninety (90) degrees as possible, but in no case less than eighty-five (85) degrees. The approaches to the intersection shall be maintained at the angle of intersection for a minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet.
(5) Street jogs shall be discouraged. Where such jogs are unavoidable, in no case shall the centerlines be offset by less than 125 feet.
(6) The maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 600 feet, measured from the centerline of the intersecting street to the middle of the turn around.
(7) Half streets shall be prohibited.
(8) Vertical curves shall be provided where street profile grade breaks have an algebraic difference greater than one percent (1%). Vertical curves shall be designed according to current DOT design criteria with sight distances based on design speeds and minimum length of twenty (20) times the algebraic distance of grades or forty feet (40'), whichever is longer.
(9) Horizontal curves shall be provided for deflections in street alignments according to current ODOT design criteria. Minimum horizontal radii shall not be less than 200'.
(10) Minimum center line off set of adjacent intersections shall be as shown on the following Table:
Street Type | Distance |
Arterial-Arterial | 1,320' |
Arterial-Collector | 1,320' |
Arterial-Local | 300' |
Collector-Collector | 300' |
Collector-Local | 250' |
Local-Local | 175' |
(11) The minimum curb radius shall be twenty-five feet (25') without curb, the minimum pavement radius shall be thirty-five feet (35') to the edge of pavements.
(c) Dedication. The necessary rights-of-way for widening or extension of all thoroughfares, as delineated in the Thoroughfare Plan, shall be dedicated to public use. When a subdivision fronts on an existing Village street, or County or township road, dedication shall be made to the proper authority so as to meet the requirements of the table in subsection (a) above.
(d) Blocks. Blocks shall not exceed 1,500 feet in length except where specific topographic conditions require a greater length.
(e) Street Names. The names of new streets shall not duplicate names of existing dedicated streets except that new streets which are extensions of existing streets shall bear the names of such existing streets. All new roadways shall be named according to the following manner:
Direction | Over 1,000 Feet | Under 1,000 Feet |
North/South | Street | Place |
East/West | Avenue | Court |
Diagonal | Road | Way |
Curving | Drive | Circle |
(f) Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks. Curbs, gutters and sidewalks shall be required in all subdivisions where the lots average one hundred (100) feet or less of frontage, as shown on the preliminary plat. Sidewalks shall be required for all subdivisions, regardless of frontage, located within 1,500 feet from a public school.
(g) Driveways.
(1) No driveway shall be approved providing direct access from a single or two family residential lot to a street designated on the Thoroughfare Plan as an arterial street, except where no alternative access is available.
(2) Driveway approaches shall be constructed in conformity with the “Village of Ashville Regulations and Material Specifications”.
(3) Private driveways shall be paved with asphalt, concrete or similar material so as to provide a permanent hard, durable and dustless surface.
(4) Depressed driveways shall be prohibited if the elevation of the sidewalk at the driveway is within twenty inches (20") vertical distance from the lowest point of the adjacent street. (Ord. 2000-14. Passed 7-24-00.)