For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A roadway set aside primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street. An alley is designed to have a pavement width narrower than that required for a street, with no parking allowed. An alley shall only be utilized as outlined in the traditional neighborhood design standards.
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (ADT). The average number of vehicles that pass a defined point during a 24-hour period.
BICYCLE LANE. A portion of a roadway designated by striping, signing and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicyclists.
BICYCLE PATH. A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic, either within the highway right-of-way or with an independent right-of-way.
BICYCLE ROUTE. A segment of a system of bikeways designated by the jurisdiction having authority with appropriate direction and information markers, with or without a specific bicycle route number.
BIKEWAY. A thoroughfare suitable for bicycles; may exist either within the right-of-way of other modes of transportation, such as highways, or along a separate and independent corridor.
BLOCK. The land lying within an area bounded on all sides by streets.
BLOCK LENGTH. The distance, measured along each side of a street, between one intersecting through street (not a cul-de-sac or loop street) and the next intersecting through street.
BLOCK PERIMETER. The sum total of the linear street frontage around a block.
CITY. The City of Locust, North Carolina.
CLEARANCE. The distance from the roadway to an object or feature.
CLEARANCE, HORIZONTAL. The lateral distance from edge of the traveled way to a roadside object or feature.
CLEARANCE, VERTICAL. The vertical distance between the roadway surface and an overhead object or feature.
CONNECTIVITY. The ability to enter and exit each parcel in more than one direction.
CONTINUITY. The quality of uninterrupted connections, both within the neighborhood network and between the neighborhood and the major street system.
CUL-DE-SAC. A short local street having one end open to traffic and the other end permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround. Its length is measured from the center of the through street to the center of the vehicular turnaround.
DESIRABLE. A condition that should be met when attainable. Desirable values will normally be used where the social, economic or environmental impacts are not critical.
DRIVEWAY APPROACH. An approach designed and intended to serve as access from a roadway to a lot or parcel of land that is adjacent to the roadway.
EASEMENT. A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner to, or for use by, the public, a corporation or other entity.
FRONTAGE. All property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing to terminating), measured along the line of the street; or if the street is dead-ended, then all of the property abutting one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.
GRADE. The change in elevation between two points along the vertical alignment of a roadway; usually expressed as the change per 100 feet or percent.
GUTTER. A generally shallow waterway adjacent to a curb used, or suitable for, drainage of water.
INTERSECTION. A point at which two (or more) streets join another street at an angle, whether or not the streets cross the other.
LOCAL STREET. A street whose primary function is to provide access to abutting properties.
NCDOT. The North Carolina Department of Transportation.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. A travel route designed primarily for pedestrian travel.
PERMANENT DEAD-END STREET. A street open to traffic at one end and, due to physical or environmental constraints, impracticable to extend beyond its present terminus at the other end.
PRIVATE DRIVE. A vehicular travel way not dedicated or offered for dedication as a public street, but resembling a cul-de-sac or a local street by carrying traffic from a series of individual residential driveways for townhouses or condominiums to the public street system. The designation of private drive shall only be utilized for townhomes or condominium developments. A private drive may be considered for public maintenance.
PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. A vehicular travel way not dedicated or offered for dedication as a public street, providing access to parking lot(s) for two or more principal buildings in a group housing, group nonresidential development, manufactured dwelling parks, or recreational vehicle parks. A private driveway shall not be considered for public maintenance.
PUBLIC STREET. A dedicated and accepted public right-of-way for vehicular traffic, and in city jurisdiction and extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities. PUBLIC STREETS also include street rights-of-way offered for dedication, but not yet accepted, in which the roadway design and construction have been approved under public standards for vehicular traffic. Alleys are specifically excluded.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a travel way for vehicles and also available, with the consent of the appropriate governmental agency, for installation and maintenance of sidewalks, traffic control devices, street name signs, historical marker signs, water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewer lines, gas lines, power lines, and communication lines.
RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH. The shortest horizontal distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way of a street.
SHARED PARKING. Parking that can be used to serve two or more individual land uses without conflict or encroachment.
SHARED ROADWAY. Any roadway upon which a bicycle lane is not designated and which may be legally used by bicycles, regardless of whether it is specifically designated as a bikeway.
SHARED-USE PATH. A path or trail that is physically separated from the motorized vehicular traffic of a roadway. It is designed exclusively for non-motorized uses, including bicycle riders, pedestrians, and other non-motorized, recreational uses. This shared-use path may be either within the roadway right-of-way or within an independent right-of-way.
SIDEWALK. An improved surface intended to facilitate pedestrian access to or along adjacent streets, properties or structures, and which is located within the right-of-way of a public street, within the common elements (common area) of a private street or private drive, within a sidewalk easement, or along the length of any facade abutting parking areas.
SIGHT DISTANCE. The distance visible to the driver of a passenger automobile, measured along the normal path of roadway. The minimum sight distance available on a road should be sufficiently long to enable a vehicle traveling at or near the design speed to stop before reaching a stationary object in its path.
STREET. A general term used to describe a right-of-way within the urban service. This right-of-way provides a channel for vehicular and pedestrian movement between certain points in the community, which may provide for vehicular and pedestrian access to properties adjacent to it, and which may also provide space for the location of underground and above-ground utilities. A STREET shall include a right-of way, the street pavement, curb, and gutter. A STREET is primarily used as a channel for vehicular movement, and secondarily as a drainage channel for stormwater.
STREET CLASSIFICATION. The grouping of highways by major geometric features and/or the character of service they provide. Streets may also be classified, based on the level of government responsible for the facilities, the method of financing the facilities, and/or the route numbering.
STREET IMPROVEMENT. An improvement to an existing street shall include adding capacity at an intersection or along a street or reconstructing a street. In addition, these standards may be used to complement projects when minor retrofits are needed.
(Ord. passed 8-8-2019)