(a) Street location and arrangements. When a major plan has been adopted, streets be required to conform to the plan.
(b) Local or minor streets. Such streets be so arranged as to discourage their use by through traffic.
(c) Street continuation and extension. The arrangement of streets be required to provide for the continuation of existing streets from adjoining areas into new subdivisions by the and/or the City Council.
(d) Stub streets. Where adjoining areas are not subdivided, the arrangement of streets in new subdivisions be required to be extended to the boundary line of the tract to make provision for the future projection of streets into adjacent areas. Outlots may be substituted for stub streets by the and or City Council.
(e) Alleys. Alleys shall not be permitted.
(f) Acceleration/deceleration lanes. Where entrances to a plat are from an arterial , the and/or City Council require an acceleration/deceleration lane.
(g) Cul-de-sac streets. Cul-de-sacs shall not be more than 1,500 feet in length. The and City Council give special consideration to longer cul-de-sacs under certain topographic conditions or other unusual situations.
(h) Private streets. Private streets and roads generally be prohibited.
(i) Street names.
(1) Street names shall not duplicate any existing
name in the
, except where a new
is a continuation of an existing
.
(2) Street names that
be spelled differently but sound the same
also be avoided.
(3) Duplications can be avoided by checking new
names with the
’s Master Listing and the
Road Commission’s Master Listing.
(4) All new streets
be named “Avenue”, “Road”, “Street”, “Highway”, “Drive”, “Lane”, “Path” or “Trail”; and cul-de-sacs shall be named “Circle”, “Court”, “Way” or “Place,” unless approval for a substitute is granted by the
.
(5) All
signs, including traffic control signs,
be purchased by the
and all costs involved in the initial purchase and installation of said signs shall be billed to the
. After the initial installation, the
will be responsible for the cost of maintaining said signage.
(j) Clear vision.
(1) There
be a clear vision zone at all corners of intersecting roads or road junctions, consisting of a triangular area defined by:
A. The point of intersection of the
lines; and
B. The line drawn between two points extended along such
lines a distance of 25 feet from the point of intersection, and within which area no obstruction to vision, excluding existing topography,
be permitted from a height of two feet to eight feet above the centerline elevation of abutting streets.
(2) Where existing and anticipated traffic volumes, traffic speeds, intersection configurations, and geographic and topographic conditions
require a greater clear vision zone, the area of the clear vision zone
be shown as an
on the plat.
(Ord. 215, passed 9-5-1990)