Provision of Streets. In order to provide for streets of suitable location, width and improvement to accommodate prospective traffic and afford satisfactory access to police, fire-fighting, snow removal, sanitation and road maintenance equipment and, to coordinate streets so as to compose a convenient system and avoid undue hardships to adjoining properties, the following design standards are hereby required:
(a) Conformity with the Comprehensive Plan: The arrangement, character, extent, width, use and location of all streets shall conform to the Thoroughfare Plan of the Village of North Perry and to the following.
(1) Whenever a tract to be subdivided or improved which includes any part of a thoroughfare as shown on the Village Comprehensive Plan, such part shall be dedicated to the public for such purposes by the subdivider or applicant.
(2) The street pattern shall provide ease of circulation for pedestrians and vehicles within the Village and provide proper access to schools, playgrounds, transportation, recreation and other community features.
(b) Connecting Streets:
(1) Continuation of Streets: Streets shall be so arranged as to provide for the continuation of existing streets. Through streets connecting at intersections shall be preferred in all instances over cul-de-sac and dead-end streets. Designs shall be encouraged to eliminate a majority of cul-de-sac options.
(2) Future Connections: Connections shall be provided to adjoining properties for future access and interconnection of neighborhoods with connecting streets.
(3) Local neighborhood Connections: Local residential streets shall be laid out so as to provide for interconnection of neighborhoods. Commercial and industrial areas shall be encouraged to provide such access alleys to provide for reasonable safety and service vehicle access.
(4) Streets for business and industrial developments shall be planned to connect with major streets so as not to generate traffic on local residential streets.
(5) The intersection of service streets, or driveways from parking areas, with major streets shall be located so as to cause the least possible interference with the movement of traffic on the major streets and wherever possible shall be located not less than 125 feet from another intersection of a major or secondary street (measured from the center lines) or space not less than sixty-five (65) feet from each other.
(c) Cul-de-sac Streets:
(1) Cul-de-sacs shall be provided with a turn-around. Dead end streets are prohibited.
(2) Local cul-de-sac streets shall be permitted where parcels are isolated with no future continuous street possible.
(3) If a cul-de-sac is not open in the direction of schools, parks and playgrounds, a pedestrianway shall be provided.
(4) A collector street that is a temporary cul-de-sac due to connections that have not been completed on adjoining properties shall not be considered a permanent cul-de-sac if connecting streets have been installed to these adjacent properties.
(5) Cul-de-sacs approved by a variance, which exceed the maximum length allowed herein shall be considered as collector-type streets for construction purposes.
(6) Under no circumstances shall a cul-de-sac exceed eighteen hundred (1800) feet in length that shall be defined as the distance from centerline of streets to the centerline radius point of the cul-de-sac.
(Ord. 19-10. Passed 11-7-19.)