(A) (1) The proposed street shall provide access to all lots and parcels of land within the subdivision for all major subdivisions (as defined i.e., four lots or more).
(2) All lots shall have access within the subdivision.
(3) Drive cuts shall not be permitted onto existing public (dedicated) roadways for major subdivisions.
(B) Proposed streets, where appropriate, shall be extended up to the boundary lines of adjacent property to provide for normal circulation of traffic within the vicinity.
(C) Proposed streets shall provide for continuation of existing, planned or platted streets on adjacent tracts.
(D) All streets including those proposed to provide the continuation of streets to adjacent property shall be constructed to the boundary lines of the subdivision and in accordance with the standards of this chapter.
(E) Proposed streets shall be designed to minimize through traffic movement.
(F) (1) No street names may be used which will duplicate, or be confused with the names of existing streets. The streets which are logical extensions or continuations of any existing streets shall bear the names of such existing streets.
(G) (1) Subdivisions in excess of 50 lots (commercial, residential or industrial) shall provide de-acceleration, acceleration and bypass lanes off arterial (primary and/or secondary) or collector (major and/or minor) road classifications.
(2) If all lot sizes in the subdivision are greater than three acres in area the developer may reduce street pavement width for local streets to 24 feet for dedicated or non-dedicated streets, all other standards set forth shall not be waived/reduced. When streets are reduced to 24 feet on-street parking shall be prohibited (this must be part of the covenants and deed restrictions).
(H) The number of access roads required into a subdivision will be based upon the number of lots, sound engineering design and continuity of the county road system. If in the opinion of the Plan Commission staff additional access points are needed it shall make recommendations for additional entrances to the developer and the Plan Commission. If the Plan Commission determines that additional access roads are needed it will advise the developer at the time of preliminary approval.
(Ord. passed 7-20-1992; Ord. 1995-6-3-2, passed 7-3-1995)