No street, alley, or other public way dedicated for public use within the city will be accepted by the city as a public street and no maintenance or improvement will be authorized thereon unless the following requirements have been completed with.
(A) Prior to opening any street, alley, or other public way, the property owner, owners, or developer shall submit a preliminary plan to the City Council for its approval. The preliminary plan shall show the location of the proposed street, alley, or other public way, the right-of-way width, all adjacent property owners, water courses, and such other information as the City Council may require.
(B) Minimum standards for new streets, extensions of existing streets, or alleys for which approval is required shall be as follows:
(1) A minimum right-of-way width of 60 feet dedicated for street purposes. In addition, the City Council may require a right-of-way width greater than 60 feet if the street is to be used as a major thoroughfare or where greater widths are required by a major street plan;
(2) A minimum right-of-way of 20 feet for all service alleys;
(3) Streets shall conform to the general street plan or major thoroughfare plan of the city as to location; and
(4) Streets shall intersect at right angles and the street alignment shall not change more abruptly than a vertical curve of 1,000 foot radius except where existing conditions justify a modification of this requirement by the City Council.
(C) If the street plan is approved, the owner, owners, or developer shall be required to make the following improvements at no cost to the city prior to the city accepting the street or alley as a public street.
(1) The right-of-way shall be cleared and graded to its final grade for the full width of the right-of-way. Grades shall not as far as practical exceed 5%.
(2) Streets shall be crowned and adequate street drainage ditches provided in accordance with the street improvement construction specifications of the city.
(3) Top soil, gravel, or other suitable base course material shall be put in place for a minimum width of 30 feet, which shall be the minimum width for an improved street. Additional improved street widths may be required for major thoroughfares by the City Council, provided, the improved width of alleys need not exceed 20 feet.
(4) Grading and seeding to prevent erosion.
(D) When the requirements of this section have been met to the satisfaction of the City Council and the City Engineer, the City Council may by resolution accept the street or alley for public use.
(E) The City Council will no longer accept for dedication and maintenance any private streets unless they are paved prior to the dedication.
(Res. -, passed 3-20-1975; Res. -, passed 1-2-1986)