(A) Layout. The layout of streets in a subdivision plan shall conform to existing regulations and policies and shall be based on a thorough consideration of:
(1) Topographic considerations and drainage;
(2) Public convenience and safety;
(3) The existing street pattern;
(4) The future circulation needs of nearby lands; and
(5) The proposed uses of land to be served.
(B) Right-of-way.
(1) Street right-of-way widths shall be as designated on the major street plan.
(2) In all other instances, the following table shall apply:
Alleys | 20 feet |
Collector streets | 80 feet |
County highways | 100 feet |
Marginal access streets | 66 feet |
Minor streets (multiple-family dwellings) | 66 feet |
Minor streets (single-family dwellings) | 66 feet |
State highways | 120 feet |
Township highways | 80 feet |
(3) All streets with 66-foot rights-of-way shall have a pavement width of 30 feet face of curb to face of curb.
(4) Greater right-of-way widths may be required where indicated by physical features and sound principles of highway design.
(C) Minor streets. Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage high-speed or through traffic.
(D) Boundary streets. Streets shall not be laid out on the boundary of a subdivision. Exceptions to this may be permitted where the streets are desirable for further expansion or where streets shall conform to the existing street system.
(E) Intersections. Street intersections with main highways shall be limited to not more than one per quarter mile unless topographic and physical conditions require a lesser distance. Street intersections shall be at right angles. Where unusual conditions exist, the Plan Commission may permit intersections of less than 90 degrees but not less than 60 degrees. In all cases, street intersections and junctions shall be laid out so as to facilitate the safe flow of traffic. In no case shall two junctions be offset less than 125 feet.
(F) Cul-de-sacs. A cul-de-sac shall be not more than 500 feet in length measured along the centerline from the centerline of the street of origin to the center of the turnaround, and each shall have a terminus generally circular in shape, with a diameter of 120 feet and a center on or within 30 feet of the cul-de-sac centerline.
(G) Marginal access streets. Wherever a subdivision borders on or contains the right-of-way of a limited access street, highway or thoroughfare, or a railroad or a utility right-of-way, a street may be required approximately parallel to and on either side of the right-of-way a distance suitable to the service of such uses as front thereon.
(H) Half-streets. Half-streets shall not be permitted except to complete an existing half-street which is dedicated and accepted, or to conform to the major street plan.
(I) Reserve strips. Reserve strips controlling access to streets shall not be permitted. All streets intended to provide the subdivision with future means of ingress and egress shall extend to the subdivision boundary.
(2000 Code, § 155.046) (Ord. 876, passed 8-4-1975) Penalty, see § 154.999