1114.12 SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS.
(a) General - Unless otherwise specified by the City, the City's Engineering Standards for Infrastructure Construction shall supersede any other design standards. Outside of the City Standards and supplemental specifications, ODOT design standards shall be followed on all public infrastructure construction.
(b) Construction. The Construction and Material Specifications dated January 1, 2007, and issued by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), except as modified, revised, or replaced by supplemental specifications as may be issued by ODOT and the Public Works Director, shall govern the making of all improvements required by these Regulations.
(c) Standard Drawings. All subdivision detail designs shall comply with the current edition at the time of plan submittal of the Standard Construction, Traffic, and Bridge Drawings (Standard Drawings) issued by the Ohio Department of Transportation, except as otherwise provided for by the specifications of these Regulations and any supplemental specifications as may be issued by ODOT and the Public Works Director.
(d) Geometric Design. Thoroughfares shall intersect one another at right angles or as nearly at right angles as conditions permit. No thoroughfare shall intersect another at an angle of less than eighty degrees.
(1) "T" intersections of local thoroughfares are to be encouraged.
(2) Multiple intersections involving the junction of more than two thoroughfares shall be prohibited.
(3) Local thoroughfares intersecting with a major thoroughfare shall have a tangent section of center line not less than fifty feet in length.
(4) Property lines at thoroughfare intersections shall be rounded with a radius of ten feet, or of a greater radius where the Planning Commission may deem necessary. The Planning Commission may permit comparable cut-off or chords in place of rounded corners.
(e) Names of new thoroughfares shall not duplicate, or be similar to, existing dedicated thoroughfares. New streets which are extensions of or in alignment with existing thoroughfares shall bear the name of the existing thoroughfares. All new thoroughfares shall end with one of the following: Avenue, Street, Road, Drive, Court, Place, Way, Lane or Circle. Names shall be in compliance with Section 903.02.
(1) Thoroughfares serving business developments and accessory parking areas shall be planned to connect with arterial thoroughfares so as not to generate traffic on local or residential thoroughfares. The Planning Commission may require marginal access thoroughfares to provide maximum safety and convenience.
(2) For design requirements, procedures, specifications, and guidelines not described or otherwise set forth in these Regulations or the City's Engineering Standards, the design of the proposed subdivision shall be governed by the current edition at the time of plan submittal of the Location and Design Manual, Volume 1: Roadway Design (henceforth, Location and Design Manual) issued by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
(f) Traffic Control. All traffic control requirements, procedures, specifications, and guidelines not described or otherwise set forth in these Regulations shall be governed by the current edition at the time of plan submittal of the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). (Ord. 2011-008. Passed 3-15-11.)