Roadway surfacing shall be at least twenty-six (26) feet, including curb, provided that cul- de-sac streets shall terminate in a paved turn-around with an inside minimum radius of twenty-nine (29) feet. Additional pavement lanes may be required for commercial developments to provide acceleration-deceleration lanes and/or left turn lanes. A greater width of pavement not to exceed forty (40) feet may be required in industrial or special apartment developments.
(a) Streets shall conform to the Official Plan as adopted and shall be accessible to existing or proposed parks, schools, or other open public grounds as may be shown on the Official Plan.
(b) If a tentative or suggested plan or plat for the area has been made by the Planning Commission, the street layout shall be in general conformance thereto.
(c) Arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provision for the continuation of the principal existing streets in adjoining areas or their proper projection where adjoining land is not subdivided, insofar as they may be deemed necessary for public requirements.
(d) Streets that are obviously in alignment with others already existing and named shall bear the name of the existing streets.
(e) The street and alley arrangement shall be such as not to cause a hardship to owners of adjoining property when they plat their own land and seek to provide for convenient access to it and shall further the development of a coherent neighborhood street pattern in the vicinity of the subdivision.
(f) Where railroads or undesirable conditions exist, provision of buffer strips or other protective treatment shall be required to the extent and type as may be practicable.
(g) Frontage on high volume traffic ways shall be provided with parallel service streets or such other means of minimizing access as may be appropriate to the conditions.
(h) Residential streets shall be designed to discourage through traffic.
(i) The angle of intersection between minor streets and major streets shall not vary by more than ten degrees (10E) from a right angle. All other streets should intersect each other as near to a right angle as possible, and no intersection of streets at angles of less than sixty degrees (60E) shall be permitted.
(j) Dedication of half-width streets shall only be accepted where an existing half-width street is present so as to consummate a whole street.
(k) The width of streets in new subdivisions shall not be less than the minimum widths established herein.
(l) Approved street name signs shall be provided and erected by the subdivider and street names proposed shall not duplicate street names in the City mail delivery area.
(Ord. 2008-06. Passed 4-14-08.)
(Ord. 2008-06. Passed 4-14-08.)