(A) Street layout. Adequate streets shall be provided by the developer and the arrangement, character, extent, width, grade and location of each shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan of the town and shall be considered in their relation to existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions, to public safety and convenience, and in their appropriate relationship to the proposed uses of land to be served by such streets. The street layout shall be devised for the most advantageous development of the entire neighborhood.
(B) Relation to adjoining street system. Where necessary to the neighborhood pattern, existing streets in adjoining areas shall be continued, and shall be at least as wide as such existing streets and in alignment therewith.
(C) Projection of streets. Where adjoining areas are not subdivided, the arrangement of streets in the subdivision shall make provision for the proper projection of streets into such unsubdivided areas.
(D) Street jogs. Whenever possible, street jogs with center line offsets of less than 125 feet shall be avoided.
(E) Half-streets or adjacent streets. In the case of collector, minor or marginal access streets, no new half-streets shall be platted.
(F) Street intersections. Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as practicable, giving due regard to terrain and topography.
(G) Dead-end streets. Dead-end streets shall be prohibited except as short stubs to permit future expansion.
(H) Cul-de-sacs. Cul-de-sacs shall not exceed 600 feet in length and shall have a turnaround of not less than 100 feet in diameter.
(I) Marginal access streets. Where a subdivision has frontage on an arterial street, there shall be provided a marginal access street on both sides or on the subdivision side of the arterial street, if the arterial street borders the subdivision, unless the adjacent lots back up to the arterial street, or unless the Commission determines that such marginal access streets are not desirable under the facts of a particular case for adequate protection of the lots and separation of through and local traffic.
(J) Streets on Comprehensive Plan. Where a subdivision embraces a street as shown on the Comprehensive Plan of the town, such street shall be platted in the location and of the width indicated by the Comprehensive Plan. A traffic impact analysis may be required by the Town Engineer to determine if the dedication of right-of-way on the Comprehensive Plan meets the test of rough proportionality.
(K) Minor streets. Minor streets shall be laid out so as to discourage their use by through traffic.
(L) Pavement widths and rights-of-way. Pavement widths and rights-of-way shall be as follows:
(1) Undivided arterial streets shall have a right-of-way width of at least 80 feet, with a pavement width of at least 48 feet. Divided arterials shall have right-of-way width based on 12-foot lanes, 15-foot median and ten-foot parkways.
(2) Collector streets shall have a right-of-way of at least 60 feet and a pavement width of at least 36 feet.
(3) Minor streets shall have a right-of-way of at least 50 feet and a pavement width of at least 30 feet.
(4) Nonresidential marginal access streets shall have a right-of-way width of at least 50 feet and a pavement width of at least 30 feet. Residential marginal access streets shall have a right-of-way width of at least 50 feet and a pavement width of at least 30 feet.
(M) Curbs.
(1) Curbs shall be installed by the developer at the time of development on both sides of all interior streets, and on the subdivision side of all perimeter streets; however, on perimeter streets, the developer may, at the option of the town, and in lieu of placing curbs at such location at the time of final plat approval, enter into an agreement with the town to pay for the construction of such curbs when the same becomes necessary in order to provide for adequate drainage on the streets.
(2) The developer shall provide in the dedication paragraph of the plat, if the option provided for in this division (M) is chosen, the following language: developer (owner), his heirs, successors and assignees agree to pay for the installation and construction of all curbs on perimeter streets which have not been installed at the time of the approval of this plat.
(3) Subdivisions containing individual lots one acre or more in size are not required to install curbs in accordance with this division (M).
(N) Street names. Names of new streets shall not duplicate or cause confusion with the names of existing streets, unless the new streets are a continuation of or in alignment with existing streets, in which case names of existing streets shall be used.
(O) Street lights. Street lights shall be installed by the developer at all street intersections within the subdivision.
(P) Street signs. Street signs shall be installed by the developer at all intersections within or abutting the subdivision. Such signs shall be of a type approved by the town, and shall be installed in accordance with standards of the town.
(Ord. 353, passed 7-10-2013)