(A) General requirements.
(1) The streets shall conform in effect, to the Master Plan as adopted.
(2) If the tentative lay-out has been made by the City Engineer, the street shall be in general conformance thereto.
(3) In cases where variations and exceptions from the standards and improvements requirements and open space requirements are deemed necessary, the variations shall be recommended by the Planning Commission to the City Council.
(4) Every subdivision shall have a dedicated means of ingress and egress.
(B) Streets, alleys and walkways.
(1) Right-of-way minimum width:
(a) Major streets and parkways: 66 feet;
(b) Local streets: 66 feet;
(c) Alleys and service drives: 20 feet;
(d) Walkways: ten feet; and
(e) Easements: 20 feet.
(2) Streets shall intersect one another at right angles or as near right angles as condition permit.
(3) Street lay-outs shall be in conformity with a plan for the most advantageous development of adjoining unplatted or underdeveloped areas and shall provide for access to those areas.
(4) Dead-end streets shall be accepted and approved only if adequate additional area be provided at the end of the dead-end street so that a terminal-circle, equivalent to that of a cul-de-sac be provided until a time as a street may be extended outside the subdivision.
(5) Wherever there exists, adjacent to the tract to be subdivided, a dedicated or platted and recorded half-width street or alley, the other half-width shall be platted.
(6) Alleys shall be platted in all business districts. Alleys shall not be accepted in residential districts, unless specifically required by the Planning Commission.
(C) Blocks.
(1) No block on any local street shall be more than 1,000 feet in length, except where in the opinion of the Planning Commission, conditions justify a departure from this maximum. In blocks of more than 900 feet in length, the Planning Commission may require at or near the middle of the block, a walkway or easement for public utilities.
(2) The number of intersecting streets along the highways and major streets shall be held to a minimum; wherever practicable, blocks along the traffic-ways shall not be less than 1,320 feet in length.
(D) Lots.
(1) Lots shall conform in width and area to the zoning district in which the subdivision is located.
(2) No lot shall have both the front and back abutting on a public street.
(3) Side lots shall be approximately at right angles to the right-of-way line of the street to which the lot faces.
(4) Every lot shall abut on a dedicated street.
(E) Minimum pavement width.
(1) Highway, major streets and parkways: 42 feet, face of curb to face of curb.
(2) Local street and cul-de-sacs: 32 feet, face of curb to face of curb.
(Ord. 89, passed 2-14-1966)