(A) Continuation Of Existing Streets: Proposed streets shall, as near as practicable, provide for the continuation, connection or projection of streets in surrounding areas; or may conform to a plan for one of Clinton's neighborhoods as may have been approved by the city.
(B) Circulation: The street pattern shall provide ease of circulation within the subdivision, but the local streets therein shall be so laid out that their use by through traffic will be discouraged. Insofar as practical, the street arrangement should provide proper access to schools, playgrounds, transportation and other community features. New street openings shall generally be prohibited within six hundred feet (600') of any major intersection or crossing such as those formed by a railroad and a highway, two (2) or more highways, or from the head of any major bridge, grade separation structure or like facilities, as measured along the centerline from the intersection or from such structures.
(C) Topographical And Cultural Features: In sloping terrain, streets shall generally run parallel to the contour of the land, or preferably cross at a slight angle therewith. The general objectives are to avoid steep street grades; heavy concentrations of storm surface runoff; abnormal differentials in building elevations at opposite sides of the street; and excessive grading operations. Appropriate treatment shall be given to encourage the preservation of existing views, wooded areas, creeks, and other attractive natural features of the plat.
(D) Portion Of Tract: Where the plat to be submitted includes only a part of the tract owned by the subdivider, the council should require topography and a sketch layout of the future street system on the unsubdivided portion.
(E) Relation To Major Streets: Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial street, involving heavy volumes of high speed vehicular traffic, the planning commission and city council may require marginal access streets, or a reverse lot frontage with screening contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, and such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of the proposed industrial, commercial or residential development to assure separation of through and local traffic. Before requiring any marginal streets or reverse frontage arrangements, the planning commission and city council shall take into account and decide upon the physical location of the major public utility lines as they relate to the existing and potential development along both sides of the highway.
(F) Marginal Streets (Reverse Frontage Arrangements): The planning commission and city council shall take into account and decide upon the physical location of the major public utility lines as they relate to the existing and potential development along both sides of the highway.
(G) Frontage Along Railroads: Where a subdivision borders on a railroad right of way, the planning commission and city council may require a street approximately parallel to the side of such right of way, and at a reasonable distance therefrom, dependent on the nature and intended use of the subdivision. Such distance shall also be determined with due regard for the requirements of future grade separation facilities and access roads or ramps thereto. The back lot line shall abut the railroad right of way except in special cases determined acceptable by the city.
(H) Street Intersections: The angle of intersection at street intersections should intersect each other as near to a right angle as possible and no intersection of streets at angles of less than sixty degrees (60°) shall be permitted.
(I) Street Jogs: Street jogs shall be avoided whenever possible. However, where permitted, the minimum centerline offset distance between roads entering a common right of way from opposite sides will be one hundred twenty five feet (125').
(J) Half Streets: Half streets shall be prohibited. In case a half street is adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half of the street shall be platted within such tract.
(K) Reserve Strips: Reserve ("spite" or "devil") strips controlling access to streets shall not be permitted. Streets shall be located on the edge of, or one lot depth away from, the boundary of the tract.
(L) Dead End Streets: Dead end or stub end streets are prohibited. However, where it is necessary to provide circulation to undeveloped property adjacent to the boundaries of the proposed subdivision, a temporary cul-de-sac with a turnaround radius of not less than seventy five feet (75') shall be provided within the subdivision and adjacent to its limit for what would otherwise be a stub end street.
Provision will be made by the subdivider that when the right of way is extended into the adjacent property that portion of the turnaround in excess of the right of way width will revert to the adjacent property owner or owners, and curbs and gutters will be provided.
(M) Cul-De-Sacs: Cul-de-sacs, designed to be so permanently, shall not be longer than five hundred feet (500'), and shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of at least eighty feet (80'), and a street property line diameter of at least one hundred feet (100'). No cul-de-sac may intersect with another cul-de-sac.
(N) Alleys: Alleys in residential developments will be prohibited. Service roadways will be required in commercial and industrial developments, except where other provisions for suitable access and off street loading and unloading is assured. Alleys may be provided at the rear of all lots or tracts intended for multiple-family building use; however, they will not be encouraged.
(O) Right Of Way: In the case of the extension of an existing adjoining right of way, having a width less than the minimum requirement, the planning commission may approve the extension thereof at the same width.
(P) Street Names: Names of new streets shall not duplicate the names of existing streets of record. New streets which are extensions of or in alignment with existing streets shall bear the name of the existing streets. All names shall meet with the approval of the planning commission. (Ord. 869, 11-5-2001)