The street and alley layout shall provide access to all lots and parcels of land within the subdivision.
A. Minimum street standards shall be:
Street Designation | Right Of Way | Pavement Width | Median |
Arterial | 100 feet | 4 12-foot lanes | 16 feet |
Frontage road | 40 feet | 20 feet (no parking); pavement 28 feet (parking on 1 side) | None |
Industrial | 60 feet | 40 (parking on 1 side) | None |
Local | 50 feet | 30 (11 feet lanes, 8 feet parking on 1 side); 22 (no on street parking, 4 off street parking per lot required) | None |
Primary | 80 feet | 4 12-foot lanes | None |
Secondary | 60 feet | 32 (parking on 1 side) | None |
Note: No street surface shall be less than 20 feet inside of curb to inside of curb.
B. Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than one hundred twenty five feet (125') shall be avoided. Cul-de-sacs shall not exceed one thousand feet (1,000') in length, unless necessitated by extreme topography.
C. Neighborhood streets shall be designed so as to discourage through traffic.
D. Proposed streets shall be adjusted to the contour of the land so as to produce usable lots and streets of reasonable gradient.
E. Certain proposed streets, where appropriate, shall be extended to the boundary of the tract to be subdivided so as to provide for normal circulation of traffic within the vicinity.
F. Wherever there exists a dedicated or platted portion of a street or alley adjacent to the proposed subdivision, the remainder of the street or alley shall be platted to the prescribed width within the proposed subdivision.
G. Reserve strips controlling the continuation of streets, utilities, etc., shall be prohibited except where their control is definitely placed in the city council.
H. Widths of all streets shall conform to the widths recommended by the engineering advisory committee and planning commission and approved by the city council.
I. Cul-de-sac streets shall terminate in a circular right of way with a minimum diameter of one hundred feet (100').
J. Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to the required widths shall dedicate additional width along either or both sides of said street. If the subdivision is along one side only, one-half (1/2) of the required extra width shall be dedicated.
K. Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles, and no street shall intersect any other at an angle less than sixty five degrees (65°).
L. At the intersection of other streets, the property line corners shall be rounded by arcs with radii of not less than twenty five feet (25'), or chords of such arcs.
M. At intersections of streets and alleys, the property line corners shall be rounded by arcs with radii of not less than ten feet (10') or chords of such arcs.
N. Intersection of more than two (2) streets at one point shall be avoided.
O. Where parkways or special types of streets are involved, the commission may apply special standards to be followed in the design of such parkways or streets.
P. Whenever the subdivision contains or is adjacent to a railroad right of way or a highway designated as a "limited access highway" by the appropriate highway authorities, provision shall be made for a marginal access street or a parallel street at a distance acceptable for the appropriate use of the land between the highway or railroad and such streets.
Q. No street shall have a name which will duplicate or so nearly duplicate as to be confused with the name of an existing street unless the proposed street is an extension of an existing street, in which case the duplication shall be mandatory.
R. Alleys shall be discouraged in residential areas but should be included in commercial and industrial areas where needed for loading and unloading or access purposes, and where platted, shall be at least twenty feet (20') in width.
S. Dead end alleys shall be avoided.
T. Parking provisions on neighborhood streets:
1. On streets less than twenty eight feet (28') in width, there shall be no parking.
2. On streets of twenty eight feet (28') to thirty five feet (35') in width, parking on one side shall be permitted.
3. On streets of thirty six feet (36') or more in width, parking shall be permitted on both sides of the street. (Ord. 2013-20)