(A) For the purposes of administration, design and enforcement these regulations recognize the hierarchical classification of area roadways within the Federal Functional Classification System recommended and approved by the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The functional classification of area roadways has been somewhat abbreviated herein with specific distinctions within the higher order roadways collapsed. These regulations recognize arterial and collector roadways as higher order roadways eligible for federal funding.
(B) Those roadways classified as local roadways are, by default, those roadways, which have not been identified as eligible for federal funding.
(1) Arterial. Arterials are major thoroughfares designed to carry traffic between municipalities and other activity centers and to provide connections with major state and interstate roadways. Arterials are identified in the areas comprehensive transportation plan and recognized by ODOT and FHWA as roadways eligible for federal funding.
(2) Collector. Collectors distribute traffic between lower order local roadways and higher order arterials. Their purpose is primarily to promote free-flow traffic and direct access for lots adjoining collectors shall be limited where possible. Collectors may provide linkages to adjoining developments to improve circulation. Collectors are identified in the area’s comprehensive transportation plan and recognized by ODOT and FHWA as roadways eligible for federal funding.
(3) Local roadway. Local roadways provide access to residential, open space, commercial, industrial or other abutting property. Local roadways include sub-collector streets, residential streets, and cul-de-sac streets. Other local roadways are classified as special street types and are addressed in § 152.059 of these regulations.
(a) Sub-collector. Sub-collectors are local streets designed to provide access to adjoining property and carry traffic between local residential streets or cul-de-sacs and higher order collectors and arterials. Sub-collectors shall be provided when residential subdivisions exceed 50 single-family dwellings, or the subdivision has only one entrance from a collector or arterial street.
(b) Residential. Residential streets have a length of 1,000 feet or less, connect to only two other streets and are the lowest order streets providing access to residential lots and carrying only the traffic generated by adjoining residential land uses. Residential subdivisions should be developed so that the maximum number of housing units have frontage on local residential and cul-de-sac streets rather than on higher order roads.
(c) Cul-de-sac. A local street that has a single means of access and that terminates in a circular vehicular turnaround. Cul-de-sacs should be encouraged where feasible to the extent that they provide low traffic volumes and neighborhood identity. Lengths of cul-de-sacs are limited to 600 feet. An overall development plan containing more than three cul-de-sac streets and no through streets may be disapproved by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 20-04, passed 12-27-2004)