The following conditions shall govern the designation and minimum street right-of-way and roadway widths.
(A) A minimum width of highways, arterial streets, residential collector streets, local residential streets, and marginal access to be dedicated to the city shall be indicated on the Major Street Plan and, where not shown thereon, shall not be less than as follows:
Street Types | Minimum Dedicated Right-of-Way Width |
Alleys | 20 feet |
Arterial | 100 feet |
Collector | 80 feet |
Marginal access | 52 feet |
Minor | 66 feet |
(B) In underdeveloped or vacant areas, the Council shall have the discretion to identify or classify a street as a collector street.
(C) Subdivisions which abut, or include within the proposed area to be subdivided, any highway or arterial street, shall provide:
(1) A marginal access street;
(2) Reverse frontage with screen planting contained in a non-access reservation along the rear property lines;
(3) Deep lots with rear service drives; or
(4) Other treatment as may be necessary to adequately protect residential properties and to afford separation of through and local traffic.
(D) Minimum roadway widths:
Street Types | Pavement Width (Measured from Front Face of Gutter) |
Arterial | 60 feet |
Collector | 44 feet |
Marginal access | 26 feet |
Minor | 32 feet |
(Ord. 426, passed - -)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL Chapter 11-3 and 11-4 generally