AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD SUBDIVISION DESIGN
1. MINOR STREETS SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCESS IN A MANNER TO DISCOURAGE USE BY THROUGH TRAFFIC.
2. COLLECTOR STREETS SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A DIRECT ROUTE FROM MINOR STREETS TO MAJOR STREETS.
3. INGRESS AND EGRESS TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED ONLY ON MINOR STREETS.
4. PEDESTRIANWAYS SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM ROADWAYS.
5. THE URBAN AREA SHALL BE DESIGNED AS A GROUP OF INTEGRATED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WITH APPROPRIATE INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
6. LOTS, BLOCKS, AND STREET SYSTEMS SHOULD BE DESIGNED FOR THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS USE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL PHYSICAL FEATURES.
ADVANTAGES OF GOOD DESIGN . . .
IN SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT
AS DEVELOPED –
267 LOTS ... 19,400 FEET OF STREETS & ALLEYS
AVERAGE ... 73 LINEAR FEET PER LOT
THE FOLLOWING POINTS WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NEW DESIGN:
1. SAFER INTERSECTIONS DUE TO WIDER LOTS AT CORNERS.
2. ACCESS TO LAND TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
3. NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS WITH MAJOR STREETS REDUCED.
4. LESS EARTH TO CUT & FILL, BETTER APPEARANCE & BETTER NATURAL DRAINAGE BY GIVING ATTENTION TO TOPOGRAPHY IN LAYING OUT STREETS.
5. MORE LAND DEVELOPED INTO LOTS.
6. LESS STREET TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN.
7. PROVISIONS FOR CONVENIENT SHOPPING CENTER WITH REAR ALLEY SERVICE.
LOT PATTERN
LOTS: • FRONT ON LOCAL & CUL-DE-SAC
• SIDE ON COLLECTORS
• BACK ON MINOR & MAJOR ARTERIALS
• 90° OR RADIAL TO STREETS
STREET PATTERN
NOTES:
STREETS SHOWN: MINOR ARTERIAL, COLLECTOR, LOCAL, CUL-DE-SAC
LOTS: • FRONT ON LOCAL & CUL-DE-SAC
• SIDE ON COLLECTORS
• BACK ON MINOR & MAJOR ARTERIALS
• 90° OR RADIAL TO STREETS
RURAL PLATTING PATTERNS
NOTES: 1. PROPERTY DIMENSIONS IN MANY CASES ARE SHOWN AS LESS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DIMENSION. THIS REFLECTS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STREET OR ROAD, AND DEDICATION OF IT TO THE PUBLIC.
2. COVENANTS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR ACCESS TO LOTS TO BE ONLY FROM SIDE ROADS.
(1986 Code)