(a) General. All streets shall be designed with appropriate regard for topography, streams, wooded areas, soils, geologic limitations and natural features. Roadways shall further be designed to permit efficient drainage and utility systems layouts while providing safe and convenient access to property.
(b) Classification, Street Widths and Street Grades. The arrangement and classification of all streets in newly developed areas shall conform to the Thoroughfare Plan. For streets not indicated on the Thoroughfare Plan, the arrangement shall provide for appropriate extensions of existing streets. The Planning Commission shall make the final determination as to the classification of any new street, based on the potential development of the site, and its potential traffic volume as expressed in ADT (Average Daily Traffic), the character of the surrounding area, the Thoroughfare Plan and the recommendation of the City Engineer. Rights-of-way, pavement widths and street grades shall be as specified in Appendix A, which is hereby made a part of this Ordinance.
(c) Alignment.
(1) In order to provide for efficient and effective access by emergency vehicles, the street pattern shall make provision for the continuance of streets and for the connection to existing rights-of-way in adjacent areas.
(2) If a subdivision adjoins or contains an existing or proposed arterial or major collector street, direct access points to such street shall be minimized. The Planning Commission 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 said arterial or collector street, and no vehicular access across the strip.
(3) If a subdivision adjoins an existing or proposed arterial or major collector street, the Planning Commission may require drainage improvements and the construction of separate turn lanes and/or traffic signals on such streets into the proposed subdivision.
(4) Local streets shall be laid out so as to discourage use by through traffic.
(5) Streets shall intersect one another at ninety (90) degrees, or as near to ninety (90) degrees as possible, but in no case less than seventy-five (75) degrees. The intersecting street must remain within these degree parameters for a distance of not less than one-hundred feet (100') from the stop bar or right-of-way line.
(6) Street jogs shall be discouraged. In no case shall a street jog be allowed on an arterial street. Where such jogs are unavoidable, in no case shall the centerlines be offset by less than 150 feet.
(7) The maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 1,000 feet, measured from the centerline of the intersecting street to the middle of the turn around, unless specific approval for greater length is granted by the Planning Commission, upon recommendation of the City Engineer.
(8) Half width streets shall be prohibited.
(d) Dedication. The necessary rights-of-way for widening or extension of all thoroughfares, shall be dedicated to public use. When a subdivision fronts on an existing City street, or County or township road, dedication shall be made to the proper authority so as to meet the requirements of the table in Appendix A.
(e) Blocks. Blocks shall not be less than 800 feet nor more than1,400 feet and in length, except where topographic conditions specific to this individual subdivision require a greater length.
(f) Private Streets. There shall be no private streets or roadways nor any private easement used for purpose of providing access to any subdivision unless constructed and maintained to the specifications and standards of the City.
(g) Alleys. Alleys may be approved in residential subdivisions, when justified by subdivision street design, to provide vehicular access to garages or parking areas. Alleys may be approved in commercial or industrial subdivisions if no other provisions can be made for adequate service access. The minimum width for rights-of-way of any alley shall be twenty (20) feet and shall be dedicated to the public.
(h) 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.
(i) Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks. Curbs and gutters shall be required in all subdivisions within the City of Chillicothe. Sidewalks shall be required in all subdivisions where the average lot width of all lots within the subdivisions is less than eighty feet (80'). In no case shall a Certificate of Zoning Compliance be granted for a building within a new subdivision where sidewalks are required until such sidewalks are constructed on the lot(s) and approved. Sidewalks shall comply with standards as provided by the City Engineer.
(j) Driveways.
(1) All driveways shall have a maximum grade of ten percent (10 %) except under the provisions of Chapter 1197.
(2) The edge of all driveways shall be at least three (3) feet from the side lot line.
(3) No driveway shall be approved providing direct access from a single or two family residential lot to a street designated as an arterial or major collector street. (Ord. 27-11. Passed 3-14-11.)