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§ 153.050 GENERAL STATEMENT.
   (A)   The regulations in §§ 153.051 through 153.066 shall control the manner in which streets, lots, and other elements of a subdivision are arranged on the land. These design controls shall help ensure convenient and safe streets, creation of usable lots, provision of space for public utilities, and reservation of land for recreational uses. The planning of attractive and functional neighborhoods shall be promoted, minimizing the undesirable features of unplanned, haphazard growth.
   (B)   The Village Planning Commission has the responsibility for reviewing the design of each feature subdivision early in its design development. The Commission shall ensure that all of the requirements of §§ 153.051 through 153.066 are met.
(Ord. 367, passed 8-27-1973)
§ 153.051 CONFORMITY TO DEVELOPMENT PLANS; ZONING.
   The arrangement, character, width, and location of all primary and secondary roads shall conform with the village’s major streets plan. Streets not contained in the aforementioned plan shall conform upon the design standards of the Village Planning Commission, based upon the design standards set forth in §§ 153.052 through 153.066. In addition, no final plat of land within the area in which an existing zoning ordinance is in effect shall be approved unless it conforms with such ordinance.
(Ord. 367, passed 8-27-1973)
§ 153.052 SUITABILITY OF LAND.
   If the Village Planning Commission finds that land proposed to be subdivided is unsuitable for subdivision development due to flooding, bad drainage, steep slopes, inadequate water supply, schools, transportation facilities, and other such conditions which may endanger health, life, or property; and, if, from investigations conducted by the public agencies concerned, it is determined that in the best interests of the public the land should not be developed for the purpose proposed, the Commission shall not approve the land for subdivision unless adequate methods are advanced by the subdivider for meeting the problems that will be created by the development of the land.
(Ord. 367, passed 8-27-1973)
§ 153.053 STREET DESIGN.
   The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade, and location of all streets shall conform to the major streets plan of the village, or subsequent amendments thereof, and shall be considered in their relation to existing and planned streets, topographical conditions, and public convenience and safety, and in their appropriate relation to the proposed use of the land to be served by such streets. The subdivider shall provide, within the boundaries of the subdivision plat, the necessary right-of-way for the widening, continuance, or alignment of such streets in conformity with the major streets plan.
(Ord. 367, passed 8-27-1973)
§ 153.054 HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT.
   The radius of curvature on the centerline of streets shall not be less than the following:
 
Street Classification
Minimum Horizontal Visibility
Arterial street
500 feet
Collector street
300 feet
Local street
150 feet
 
(Ord. 367, passed 8-27-1973)
§ 153.055 VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.
   All changes of grade shall be connected to vertical curves of a minimum length in feet equal to 20 times the algebraic difference in the rate of grade for arterials and industrial streets, which shall be 15 times. Minimum vertical visibility shall conform to the State Department of Transportation’s regulations in effect on the dates of the approval of the preliminary plat.
(Ord. 367, passed 8-27-1973)
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