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(A) Upon receipt of tentative approval as provided in § 152.035, the proprietor shall deliver the final plat to the City Clerk to be submitted to the City Council where it will be acted upon within 20 days of the date of submission.
(B) After review and consideration, the City Council shall:
(1) Approve the final plat, if it conforms to the provisions of the city ordinances and department regulations and instruct the Clerk to certify the Council’s approval on the plat, showing the date of the Council’s approval; or
(2) Reject the plat if it does not conform to the provisions of division (B)(1) above, and instruct the Clerk to return the plat to the proprietor, along with a copy of the proceedings setting forth the reasons.
(Prior Code, § 152.32) (Ord. D-962, passed 10-19-1970, effective 10-29-1970)
DESIGN STANDARDS
(A) The arrangement of streets in a new subdivision shall make provision for the continuation of the principal existing streets in the adjoining subdivisions (or their proper projection when adjoining property is not subdivided) insofar as they may be necessary for public requirements. Streets that are continuous shall bear the same name throughout. The City Planning Commission may, in addition, require the continuation of such minor streets as are necessary for the extension of public improvements or for access by adjoining property owners. Where, in the opinion of the City Planning Commission, topography makes such conditions or conformity impracticable, or where the Council or the City Planning Commission has adopted a plan for a community or neighborhood area of which the subdivision is a part, and such plan provides for coordination with the street system of the city different from said continuations or projections of existing streets, and the subdivider’s plat conforms to such community or neighborhood plan, the Council may approve the subdivider’s plat.
(B) Where land lies adjacent to the lands embraced in a plat, which in the opinion of the City Planning Commission is suitable for subdividing but which has not yet been subdivided, a strip of land within the bounds of the plat two feet in width and abutting the boundary line separating such unplatted
land from the plat shall be reserved for the full length of a half street, or other public way, which abuts said boundary line and for the full width of any street or other public way terminating at said boundary line. All such reservations shall be designated by the plat as “Two-Foot Reservation”, and held by the owner as a reservation until adjacent lands along the boundary and outside the plat shall be dedicated or otherwise established as a street or other public property, at which time such “Two-Foot Reservation” shall automatically become a street or other public property, all of which shall be stated in the dedication.
(C) Where the plat submitted covers only a part of the subdivider’s plat, a sketch of the prospective future design of the unsubmitted part shall be furnished, and the street system of the part submitted shall be considered in the light of adjustments in connection with the street system of the part not submitted.
(D) Where the parcel is subdivided into larger tracts than for building lots, such parcels shall be divided so as to allow for the opening of major streets and the ultimate extension of adjacent minor streets.
(E) Subdivisions showing unplatted strips or private streets as the only means of connecting two or more public streets will not receive approval.
(F) Insofar as is practical, acute angles between streets at their intersections are to be avoided.
(G) (1) Names of new streets shall not duplicate existing street names either by sound or sight; however, any proposed street which, in future plats, can be extended in a logical manner to connect with an existing named street shall bear the same name.
(2) All proposed street names shall be approved by the County Road Commission.
(Prior Code, § 152.45) (Ord. D-962, passed 10-19-1970, effective 10-29-1970)
(A) The width of major and secondary streets shall conform to the widths designated on the official maps relative to streets or to such widths as the City Planning Commission may determine to be necessary to carry out the intended function of the Trafficways Plan.
(B) The minimum width of streets whose ultimate length is in excess of 500 feet shall be 60 feet and shall not be less than 50 feet in any case. In cases where physical conditions appear to make the required minimum width of street impractical, the City Planning Commission may modify this requirement.
(C) Streets designed to have one end permanently closed (cul-de-sac) shall be not less than 50 feet in width and shall have a turning circle at the closed end with a radius of not less than 55 feet and a pavement width of not less than 22 feet. Such streets shall not extend for more than 450 feet from the centerline of the nearest intersecting street. Where conformance to this provision results in lots of greater depth than 150 feet at the end of such cul-de-sac, the maximum length of such streets may be increased to 500 feet. In cases where physical conditions make this maximum length of cul-de-sac impractical, the City Planning Commission may modify this requirement in any proposal for subdividing lands where a street cannot be extended in any practical manner to intersect the cul-de-sac within 450 feet of its terminus because of the existing adjacent development. The property line at the intersection of the turning circle and the straight portion of the street shall be rounded with a radius of not less than 20 feet.
(D) Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed street or major trafficway, the City Planning Commission may require marginal access streets adjacent to such major trafficway where such lots front on such major street.
(E) Whenever a subdivision is adjacent to a railroad right-of-way, there shall be a street which is parallel to the railroad so as to restrict the number of grade crossings. The intersection of the centerline of the parallel street with that of any street that crosses the railroad shall not be less than 150 feet from the line of the railroad right-of-way.
(F) Access and right-of-way to all proposed streets across railroad rights-of-way, watercourses, or ditches shall be provided by the subdivider at his or her expense in a standard manner approved by the City Engineer.
(Prior Code, § 152.46) (Ord. D-962, passed 10-19-1970, effective 10-29-1970)
Cross-reference:
No block may be more than 1,320 feet in length between the centerlines of intersecting streets, except where, in the opinion of the City Planning Commission, extraordinary conditions unquestionably justify a departure from this maximum. In blocks over 600 feet in length, the Commission may require at or near the middle of the block a public way or easement of not less than ten feet in width for use by pedestrians and/or as an easement for public utilities. All easements for public utilities shall not be less than 12 feet wide.
(Prior Code, § 152.47) (Ord. D-962, passed 10-19-1970, effective 10-29-1970)
(A) All lots shall conform in width and area requirements to the zoning regulations, as amended.
(B) In all quadrangular lots, and insofar as it is practicable all other lots, the side lines shall be at right angles to straight lines and radial to curved street lines.
(C) Double frontage lots, when less than 200 feet in depth, are prohibited unless the City Planning Commission determines that the application of this regulation will impose an undue hardship upon the proprietor, and that the area of such lots is more than twice the minimum lot area required.
(D) Corner lots shall have extra width sufficient to permit the construction of a structure comparable in size to those common to the subdivision, as well as provide standard side yards as determined by the zoning regulations.
(E) No lot, outlot, or other parcel of land in a recorded plat shall be further partitioned or divided except as follows.
(1) Groups of small lots may be combined to form standard lots to meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the particular zoning district as established by the zoning regulations.
(2) Existing lots larger than the minimum for the zoning district may be split into not more than three pieces to form new parcels which meet or exceed the minimum lot size for the particular zoning district.
(F) In no case shall standard lots be split into independent parcels which do not meet minimum requirements for the zoning district.
(Prior Code, § 152.48) (Ord. D-962, passed 10-19-1970, effective 10-29-1970)
The City Planning Commission may recommend the acceptance of the dedication of parks, playgrounds, and other public open spaces when it appears that the community will benefit from such dedication.
(Prior Code, § 152.49) (Ord. D-962, passed 10-19-1970, effective 10-29-1970)
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