A. Surface drainage from streets and other areas shall be disposed of through an adequate system approved by the city engineer and in accordance with the city's stormwater management ordinance 1 .
B. Street name and regulatory signs corresponding in design to those adopted as standard for the city shall be supplied and installed by the subdivider.
C. Street names or numbers shall be approved by the city.
D. Alleys shall be required at the rear of all lots used for commercial or industrial use, unless adequate provisions are made for service, access, delivery, loading, parking and utility easements. Alley right of way widths shall not be less than twenty five feet (25').
E. The alignment of major streets shall conform with the adopted comprehensive plan of Hayden Lake. The layout of streets shall provide for the continuation of principal streets existing in adjoining subdivisions. The layout of streets shall also provide for the future projections of streets into areas which are not presently subdivided. Private streets in new subdivisions may be approved by showing sufficient justification or need.
F. Street design shall be governed by the highway standards for the Association Of Highway Districts Of Kootenai County, Idaho, latest version.
G. In those instances where streets shall not be approved and accepted under the jurisdiction of the highway district, the streets shall be designed as follows unless a variance is granted by the city council as provided herein:
1. Streets designed to be permanently closed at one end shall be in the form of a cul-de-sac and shall be no longer than five hundred feet (500') with a turnaround radius of at least sixty feet (60') or as otherwise required by the fire district. The city council may approve private streets as provided herein for lots created before 1994 and that are fifty feet (50') or less in width and over one thousand feet (1,000') long.
a. Private streets that serve no more than two (2) residential units may exceed five hundred feet (500') in length, shall be built with a paved surface not less than sixteen feet (16') wide and shall terminate in a hammerhead design that includes a sixty six foot (66') turning area as approved by the fire district.
b. Private streets that serve no more than four (4) residential units may exceed five hundred feet (500') in length, shall be built with a paved surface not less than twenty feet (20') wide and shall terminate in a cul-de-sac with a radius of at least fifty feet (50').
2. Connecting street centerlines deflecting from each other at any one point more than ten degrees (10°) shall be connected by a curve of at least a one hundred foot (100') radius for minor streets and at least a three hundred foot (300') radius for major streets.
3. Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as practical.
4. Street centerlines shall be offset by a distance of at least three hundred feet (300').
5. Street grades shall conform to the natural contour of the land as much as possible, but shall not be less than one-half percent (0.5%) or more than six percent (6%).
6. Right of way widths shall be sixty foot (60') minimum.
7. Half streets shall be prohibited unless there exists a dedicated half street of an adjoining plat in which case the other half shall be dedicated on the proposed plat to make the street complete.
8. All public streets shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete according to appropriate highway district specifications.
9. Streets shall conform closely to the natural contour of the land, except where a different grade has been established by the city engineer or the agency furnishing municipal services to the community. Grades shall not be less than thirty one-hundredths percent (0.30%) on any street and not more than eight percent (8%). Changes in grades shall be connected by easy vertical curves. (Ord. 189, 3-4-2003)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 11, chapter 2 of this code. |