(a) Right of Way Widths, Grades, Radii.
Minimum | Minimum Curve Radii Feet | |||
Grades Width (feet) | Max. | Min. | ||
(1) Primary thoroughfares, major thoroughfares, State highways, parkways | 84* | 6% | 0.5%*** | 300 |
(2) Secondary thoroughfares | 74* | 6% | 0.5%*** | 200 |
(3) Minor streets | 50-60** | 12% | 0.5%*** | 100 |
(4) Alleys paralleling thoroughfares and in business districts - | 20 | 8% | 0.5%*** | |
(5) Other alleys | 16 | 10% | 0.5% | |
(6) Crosswalkways | 10 | 10% | 0.5% | |
(7) Easements (on each side of property line) | 5 | |||
* Except in cases where an approved major street section of the Regional Thoroughfare Plan or of the Official Map of Thoroughfares specifies a greater or lesser width.
** The fifty feet minimum will be acceptable only for cul-de-sacs, loop streets and those short side streets which have no property frontage.
*** At the gutter.
(b) Cul-de-sacs (Courts).
(1) The maximum length of cul-de-sacs shall be 600 feet.
(2) The terminal of a cul-de-sac shall be a circular area with a minimum diameter of 100 feet (right of way).
(c) Minimum Pavement Widths.
Feet | |
(1) Primary streets, main thoroughfares, State highways - | 50* |
(2) Secondary thoroughfares | 40* |
(3) Minor streets abutting property on both sides, which is restricted by deeds or zoning to not over two families per residence - | 26** |
(4) Other minor streets - | 32** |
(5) Cul-de-sacs shall have a turnaround pavement with inside radius - | 14 |
with outside radius - | 40 |
* Except in cases where the approved major street section of the Regional Thoroughfare Plan or of the Official Map of Thoroughfares or of the State Highway Department specifies a greater or lesser width. The owner is not required to provide more than the cost of a minor street pavement as specified in subsections (c)(3) and (4) hereof.
** The Planning Commission may permit a pavement of not less than twenty feet in width for minor streets and roads where the subdivision or area is located outside the corporate limits and where conditions A. and B. exist, and inside the corporate limits where condition C. exists:
A. The tract is not abutting and is not within one and one-half miles from any State highway, and
B. The tract does not have and is not within one mile from any area now having municipal water, sewer or waste collection service.
C. The topography is such that it would not be feasible from an engineering standpoint to build a street of wider width. In such instances parking would be prohibited on both sides of the street and a note indicating that no parking shall be permitted shall be placed on the recorded subdivision plat. The subdivision that falls within this determination shall meet all other requirements of these Regulations including right of way, vertical grade and dimensions of cul-de-sacs. A guard rail shall be required where the incline of the slope exceeds 3:1 and where the height of the embankment is three feet or greater.
(Ord. 1970-119. Passed 12-30-70.)