1111.02 STREETS.

   Streets in proposed subdivisions shall conform to at least the following minimum requirements:

   (a)   Location and Arrangement. 

      (1)   The proposed subdivision shall conform to the various elements of the Findlay and Hancock County Comprehensive Land Use Plans and shall be considered in relation to the existing and planned major and secondary thoroughfares and such streets shall be platted in the location and width indicated on such Plan.

      (2)   The street layout shall provide for continuation of secondary thoroughfares and minor streets in adjoining subdivisions or the proper projection of streets when adjoining property is not subdivided.

      (3)   The street layout shall include minor streets so laid out that their use by through traffic shall be discouraged.

      (4)   Should a proposed subdivision border on or contain an existing or proposed major or secondary thoroughfare, the Commission shall require marginal access streets, reverse frontage or such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation of traffic and reduction of traffic hazards.

         (Ord. 1996-117. Passed 1-7-97.)

      (5)   Should a proposed subdivision border on or contain a railroad, expressway or other limited access highway right of way, the Commission may require the location of a street approximately parallel to and on each side of such right of way at a distance suitable for the development of the intervening land. Such distances shall be determined with due consideration of the minimum distance required for approach grades to future grade separation.

      (6)   Half streets shall be prohibited, except where absolutely essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in conformity with the other requirements of these regulations, and where the Commission finds it will be practicable to require the dedication of the other half when the adjoining property is developed. Wherever there exists adjacent to the tract to be subdivided a dedicated or platted and recorded half street, the other half shall be platted.

      (7)   Permanent dead-end streets shall not be permitted. Temporary dead-end streets shall be permitted only as part of a continuing street plan, and only if a temporary turnaround satisfactory to the Commission in design is provided and provisions for maintenance and removal are advanced. Temporary dead-end streets longer than 200 feet shall not be permitted.

   (b)   Right-of-Way Widths. Street right-of-way widths shall conform to at least the following minimum requirements:

	Type of Street	Right-of-Way Widths
(1)	Major thoroughfare	120 feet or in conformance with Hancock County Major Thoroughfare Plan
(2)	Secondary thoroughfares	80 feet
(3)	Individual service streets	60 feet
(4)	Multiple-family residential streets (where platted)	60 feet
(5)	Minor (single-family residential) streets	60 feet
(6)	Marginal access streets	35 feet
(7)	Turnaround street	110 feet
(8)	Cul-de-sac streets-turnarounds
	A. Industrial	75 foot radius
	B. Residential and others	60 foot radius
(9)	Length for cul-de-sac streets shall not exceed	600 feet

   (c)   Street Geometrics. Standard for maximum and minimum street grades, vertical and horizontal street curves and sight distances shall be established by the City Engineer and approved by Council, or, in unincorporated areas, by the County Engineer and be approved by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners.

   (d)   Street Intersections. Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible to ninety degrees. Curved streets, intersecting with major thoroughfares and secondary thoroughfares shall do so with a tangent section of centerline not less than fifty feet in length, measured from the right-of-way line of the major or secondary thoroughfare.

   (e)   Street Jogs. Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than 125 feet shall be prohibited unless a variance is approved.

   (f)   Boulevard Streets. Where a subdivision includes a boulevard or similar space in excess of City design specifications; the restrictive covenants filed with the plat shall include measures to assure the continued maintenance of the additional space, placing the responsibility therefor with the owners of property in such subdivision.
(Ord. 1992-41. Passed 9-15-92.)