The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade, construction and location of all streets in a subdivision shall conform to the official Thoroughfare Plan, to the driveway and curb cut regulations in Chapter 1117, to the access management regulations in Chapter 1115, and to the city’s standard construction drawings.
(a) Whenever a tract to be subdivided embraces any part of a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, collector or local street, so designated on the Thoroughfare Plan, the part of the public way shall be platted by the subdivider in the location and at the width indicated on the Thoroughfare Plan.
(b) Street design shall take into consideration their relationship to existing and planned streets, topographical conditions, public convenience and safety and their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of land to be served by the streets.
(c) Duplicates of the standard construction drawings shall be kept on file in the offices of the City Engineer.
(d) If a street is to be designed with a median, wherever possible, the median shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width measured from face of curb to face of curb, unless waived by the City Engineer, and be landscaped to match landscaping design in the immediate area.
(Ord. 99-207, passed 1-10-2000; Ord. 2005-133, passed 11-14-2005)