(A) Conformity to trafficways plan. The location, direction, and width of all streets, roads, and highways shall conform to the official trafficways plan where such a plan is in existence and is applicable.
(B) Relation to existing street system. The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provisions for the proper extension of existing dedicated streets in existing subdivisions, where such extension is appropriate.
(C) Provisions for platting adjoining unplatted areas. The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall be such as to facilitate, and coordinate with, the desirable future platting of adjoining unplatted property of a similar character, and to provide for local circulation and convenient access to neighborhood facilities.
(D) Protection from through traffic. Minor and collector residential streets shall be laid out and arranged so as to discourage their use by through traffic. Residential streets shall not connect with industrial areas unless it is unavoidable.
(E) Arterial street frontage.
(1) Residential lots, zoned or intended to be zoned in an R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, R-1P, R-2U, R-3, R-3A, or R-3U zoning district shall not be designed to front on an arterial street or trafficway. These lots shall be designed as reverse frontage lots with a planting strip at least ten feet in width on the rear end of the lots on the arterial street or trafficway. The planting strip shall be restricted against use for vehicular access to the arterial street or trafficway.
(2) The regulations provided in this division (E)(2) shall apply to all areas of the city, except for areas lying within county territory or other incorporated municipalities. Where a residential subdivision or residential property abuts an existing or proposed arterial street, the Board may require marginal access streets, reverse frontage with screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, deep lots with or without rear service alleys, or any other treatment that may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to ensure separation of through and local traffic.
(F) Plats adjacent to railroad or expressway right-of-way. Where a subdivision borders on or contains a right-of-way for a railroad, expressway, drainage canal, or waterway, the Board may require a street or a fence approximately parallel to and on each side of the right-of-way, at a distance suitable for the appropriate use of the intervening land. The distances shall be determined with due regard for the requirements of approach grades for future grade separations. All alleys must be paved.
(G) Reserve strips. Reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be prohibited, except where their control is definitely placed in the city under conditions approved by the Board.
(H) Private roads: Private roads in residential zoning districts shall be allowed in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) The term "roadway" shall include the driving lanes, curbings, landscaping strips, and sidewalks.
(2) Private roadway shall have a minimum width of 40 feet.
(3) The roadway width shall include minimum 24 feet of asphaltic pavement for vehicular traffic, curb and gutter along each edge of roadway pavement for drainage and four feet of concrete sidewalk along each side of roadway pavement for pedestrian traffic. Roadways, with a minimum width of 50 feet, shall not be required to have concrete curb and gutter for drainage. The City Commission may waive the requirements for sidewalks along one or both sides of a private road. Curb and gutter shall not be required when sidewalks are not required, or where sidewalks are located outside the 40 foot roadway width.
(4) The roadway pavement shall be constructed of minimum 12 inches stabilized subgrade (minimum 40 LBR) minimum eight inches compacted limerock basecourse and minimum 1½ inches asphaltic surface course (in two lifts). No muck or other organic material shall not be allowed in the roadway pavement.
(5) Where individual mail boxes are desirable, they shall be installed in a 2.5 foot wide grass strip to be provided between the curb and the sidewalk.
(6) Unless otherwise provided for herein, all pavement markings and signage shall conform to "Broward County Traffic Engineering Division Standards" and "The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" standards. All pavement markings shall be of thermoplastic material. Private roads located within private communities which were constructed pursuant to a construction permit with an application date prior to December 31, 1992 are not required to conform to these requirements as long as the communities do not have memoranda of understanding for traffic enforcement with the city. The city may reject future memoranda of understanding for traffic enforcement with those communities who do not conform to "Broward County Traffic Engineering Division Standards" and "The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" standards for all pavement markings and signs and who do not use thermoplastic material for pavement markings.
(a) Speed humps shall be allowed on private streets as long as their length, width, height and other specifications are in compliance with the "Broward County Traffic Engineering Division Standards" and "The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices."
(7) No street names shall be allowed. Street number signs shall be provided at each intersection and other locations, and shall conform to Broward County Standards.
(8) Sod and irrigation shall be provided, as needed, in the 2½ foot strips in the 40-foot roadway. No trees shall be allowed.
(9) Street lighting shall be provided to deliver an illumination equal to that provided for public roads but not less than an average illumination of one-half footcandle within the roadway. The street light poles shall be made of concrete, fiberglass, or metal poles which meet the standards set forth below, and all cables and wires shall be underground. The poles and lines shall be located outside the roadway width.
(a) Standards for light poles. Light poles shall withstand wind loads as required by Florida Building Code, as amended by Broward County. The pole shall be non-conductive, non-corrosive, and shall be able to carry a minimum weight of 100 pounds at its top. Installation shall be done by direct burial. The pole material shall meet the following ASTM standards: D635, A153, A356, A319, A307.
(b) Design and style standards for light poles. The design and style of decorative light poles shall be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board in the same fashion as site development plans are currently reviewed under § 155.395.
(10) Sketches entitled "Typical Section for Private Roads" shall be available in the Engineering Department for inspection and may provide guidance to builders of private roads.
(11) The city will not accept the conveyance and/or the maintenance responsibility for any private road unless the private road has been inspected by the city and found to comply fully with the city's standards for public roads existing at the time of acceptance as set forth in § 154.32.
(I) Half streets. New half or partial streets shall not be permitted, except where essential to reasonable subdivision of a tract in conformance with these regulations or where satisfactory assurance for dedication of the remaining part of the street is provided. Wherever a tract to be subdivided borders on an existing half or partial street, the other part of the street shall be dedicated and paved within the tract.
(J) Future resubdivision. If lots resulting from original subdivision are large enough to permit or require resubdivision, or if a portion of a tract is not subdivided, adequate street rights-of-way to permit further subdivision shall be provided as necessary.
(K) Dead-end streets. Dead-end streets shall be prohibited, except where appropriate as stubs to permit future street extension into adjoining unsubdivided tracts, or when designed as cul-de-sacs.
(L) Cul-de-sac streets.
(1) Cul-de-sacs, permanently designed as such, shall not exceed 400 feet in length, except on finger islands.
(2) Cul-de-sacs shall be provided at the closed end with a circular dedicated area not less than 80 feet in diameter for turnaround purposes, except that on finger islands the diameter of a turnaround may be reduced to 70 feet.
(M) Street rights-of way.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated or required by the trafficways plan, or for sufficient reasons shown that exceptions should be made in specific cases, street rights-of-way shall not be less than the following.
Street Type | Right-of-Way Feet |
Major arterial thoroughfare of through section-line road. | 106 |
Secondary arterial thoroughfare or nonthrough section-line road. | 80 |
Collector. | 60 |
Minor, for apartments, business, industrial. | 60 |
Minor, for one- and two-family dwellings. | 50 |
Marginal access. | 40 |
(2) Additional right-of-way width may be required to promote public safety and convenience, or to ensure adequate access, circulation, and parking in high-density residential areas, commercial areas, and industrial areas.
(3) Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing street of inadequate right-of-way width, additional right-of-way in conformance with the above standards may be required.
(N) Alleys.
(1) Alleys shall be provided to serve multiple-dwelling, business, commercial, and industrial areas. The Board may waive this requirement where some other definite and ensured provision is made for service access, off-street loading and unloading, and parking consistent with and adequate for the uses permissible on the property involved.
(2) The width of any alley shall be at least 20 feet.
(3) Changes in alignment of alleys shall be made on a center line radius of not less than 37 feet.
(4) Dead-end alleys shall be avoided where possible. However, if unavoidable dead-end alleys shall be provided with adequate turnaround facilities for service trucks at the dead end, but with the minimum external diameter of 94 feet, or as determined to be adequate by the Board.
(O) Easements.
(1) Easements across lots or centered on rear or side lot lines shall be provided for public utilities where necessary and shall be at least 15 feet in total width.
(2) Where the subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, canal, or stream, there shall be provided a storm water easement or drainage right- of-way conforming substantially with the line of the watercourses, and such further width or construction, or both, as will be adequate, for the purpose. Parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith where necessary for service or maintenance.
(3) Easements may be required for drainage purposes of such size and location as may be determined by the City Engineer.
(P) Street alignment.
(1) Curvilinear streets are recommended for residential, minor, and collector streets in order to discourage excessive vehicular speeds and to provide attractive vistas.
(2) Whenever a street changes direction, or connecting street lines deflect from each other, by more than ten degrees, there shall be a horizontal curve.
(3) To ensure adequate sight distance, minimum center line radii for horizontal curves shall be as follows.
Street Type | Feet |
Minor streets | 150 |
Collector streets | 300 |
Secondary arterial streets and section-line roads | 500 |
Major arterial thoroughfares. | 750 |
(4) A tangent at least 100 feet long shall be provided between reverse curves on collector streets, and at least 250 feet long on major and secondary thoroughfares and section-line roads.
(Q) Street intersections.
(1) Streets shall be laid out to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles. No street shall intersect another at an angle of less than 60 degrees, except at a "Y" intersection of two minor streets.
(2) Multiple intersections involving the junction of more than two streets shall be prohibited, except where found to be unavoidable by the Board.
(3) "T" intersections of minor and collector streets are to be encouraged.
(4) As far as possible, intersections with arterial streets shall be located not less than 800 feet apart, measured from center line to center line.
(5) Streets entering opposite sides of another street shall be laid out directly opposite each other or with a minimum offset of 125 feet between their center lines.
(6) Property line radii at street intersections shall be 15 feet for minor streets. Where the angle of intersection is less than 60 degrees, a greater radii may be required by the Planning and Zoning Board.
(R) Excessive street widths. Streets shall not be platted to a width more than 150% of the minimum width specified in these regulations for the type of street involved. No street shall be platted for center island development, except where the center islands may be desirable or necessary for traffic.
(S) Sidewalks. Concrete sidewalks shall be required in all residential, multiple-family, and business areas, except as specifically exempted herein below, and along all arterial highways, and shall be constructed along that side of any lot which faces a street between the lot line of the side of the lot which faces the street and the swale area of right-of-way. Sidewalks shall be constructed in conformity with those ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city relating to the specifications for the construction of sidewalks.
(1) Sidewalks six feet in width shall be provided on all streets that meet the requirements of being classified as major arterial thoroughfares of through section-line roads and secondary arterial thoroughfares of nonthrough section-line roads. The streets shall meet the right-of-way requirements of division (M)(1) of this section.
(2) Sidewalks five feet in width shall be provided on all streets that meet the requirements of being classified as collector and minor streets, and for apartment, business, and industrial areas. The streets shall meet the right-of-way requirements of division (M)(1) of this section.
(3) Sidewalks four feet in width shall be provided on all streets that meet the requirements of being classified as minor streets, for one- and two-family dwelling areas, and on marginal-access streets. The streets shall meet the right-of-way requirements of division (M)(1) of this section.
(4) Sidewalk construction on internal streets in M-3, M-4 and M-5 zoning districts may be waived by the City Commission upon (a) recommendation from the Growth Management and Engineering Departments taking into consideration pedestrian safety due to potential conflicts with motor vehicle, bicycle and other traffic, and (b) an applicant's petition wherein the applicant agrees to and actually contributes an amount equal to the estimated cost of the sidewalk improvements (as determined by the city) to fund sidewalk construction or maintenance by the city.
(T) Minimum street grade and elevation. All roads in new subdivisions within the city shall have a minimum crown of road elevation of six feet MSL. The longitudinal slope criteria shall be 0.3% for valley-gutter sections and curb and gutter sections, and 0.5% for swale section. These minimum requirements shall also apply to nonplatted subdivisions which include private streets or ways.
(U) Review and approval of as-built road rock grades by the Engineering Department prior to paving shall be part of the inspection criteria.
('69 Code, § 14-19) (Ord. 69, passed 11-5-62; Am. Ord. 455, passed 9-19-77; Am. Ord. 500, passed 2-26-79; Am. Ord. 901, passed 9-6-89; Am. Ord. 922, passed 4-2-90; Am. Ord. 977, passed 11-20-91; Am. Ord. 1018, passed 12-16-92; Am. Ord. 1061, passed 1-5-94; Am. Ord. 1150, passed 2-21-96; Am. Ord. 1191, passed 11-20-96; Am. Ord. 1300, passed 4-7-99; Am. Ord. 1540, passed 4-19-06; Am. Ord. 1715, passed 5-2-12; Am. Ord. 1718, passed 5-16-12; Am. Ord. 2021-02, adopted 3-17-21; sought to be reconsidered, Commission passed 4-21-2021) Penalty, see § 154.99