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STREETS
§ 151.001 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   DEVELOPER. Any individual, firm, or group who undertakes the development of an area of land.
   DEVELOPMENT. Applying for a building permit, making a physical change in the use or appearance of land, dividing land into two or more parcels (including partitions and subdivisions), or creating or changing a street or private road.
   PRIVATE ROAD. A private way solely for the benefit of access to a lot, tract, or parcel which does not abut a public street.
   RESERVE BLOCK. A strip of land, usually one foot in width, reserved across the end of a street or alley and terminating at the boundary of a subdivision, or a strip of land between a dedicated street of less than full width and adjacent acreage, in either case, reserved or held for future street extension or widening.
   STREETS. A right-of-way which provides access to adjacent properties for vehicular, pedestrian, public utilities, and other such uses. The term STREET shall include such designations as highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, court, place, or other such terms. A right-of-way 20 feet or less in width shall not be recognized as a STREET. STREETS within the city shall fall under the following classifications.
      (1)   ARTERIAL. A thoroughfare or arterial of considerable length primarily for intercommunication between large areas and with a roadway designed to handle a large volume of traffic.
      (2)   COLLECTOR. A street accumulating traffic from residential streets and routing it to an arterial street.
      (3) CUL-DE-SAC. A short (as hereinafter designated), dead end street with vehicular turn around at the present dead end.
      (4)   RESIDENTIAL STREET. A street used exclusively for access to abutting properties.
(Ord. 352, passed 6-8-1992)
§ 151.002 GENERAL REGULATIONS.
   (A)   Street widths. When an area is set aside for commercial uses or where probable future conditions warrant, the Council may require dedication of streets to a greater width than herein otherwise provided.
      (1)   (a)   All new street rights-of-way shall have the following minimum width, except a street may be half such width where it is apparent that the other half will be dedicated from adjacent properties.
 
New Streets
Width of Right-of-Way
Curb to Curb Dist.
Required Width of Sidewalks
Arterial
60 ft.
40 ft.
4 ft.
Collector
60 ft.
40 ft.
4 ft.
Commercial zones
60 ft.
40 ft.
6 ft.
Cul-de-sac
50 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
Residential
60 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
Turn arounds
45 ft. radius
38 ft.
4 ft.
 
         (b)   Sidewalks shall be located one foot from the right-of-way, or as designated above, except curb sidewalks. Sidewalk width does not include curb width.
      (2)   Existing streets with the indicated right-of-way widths shall have the following standards:
Existing Streets
Width of Right-of-Way
Curb to Curb Dist.
Required Width of Sidewalks
Existing Streets
Width of Right-of-Way
Curb to Curb Dist.
Required Width of Sidewalks
Arterial (Center St.) (W. Starr)
60 ft.
40 ft.
4 ft.
Commercial zones
60 ft.
40 ft.
6 ft.
Collector
60 ft.
40 ft.
4 ft.
50 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
40 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
Commercial zones
60 ft.
40 ft.
6 ft.
Cul-de-sac
50 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
Residential
60 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
50 ft.
34 ft.
4 ft.
40 ft.
30 ft.
4 ft.
30 ft. and under
26 ft.
None required
Turn arounds
45 ft. radius
38 ft.
4 ft.
 
   (B)   Private roads. Private roads shall have a minimum width of 30 feet.
   (C)   Streets and highways. Streets, private roads, or highways shall be in alignment with existing streets in the vicinity of the proposed development, either by prolongation of existing centerlines or by connection with suitable curves, shall conform to the location, alignment, and width as indicated on any official map of streets and highways or any ordinance now or hereafter adopted by the city, or by the county. Streets or private roads should intersect at or as near right angles as practicable. These regulations may be modified where the Council determines that the topography, or the small number of lots involved, or other unusual conditions, justify such modification.
   (D)   Dedication of a right-of-way. If a parcel of land to be developed includes a portion of a right-of-way, highway, or road, the location of which has been determined, the developer shall dedicate such right-of-way for the purpose of use proposed.
   (E)   Dead end streets. When it appears necessary to continue a street into a future development or adjacent acreage, streets shall be platted to the boundary of a development without a turn around. In all other cases, dead end streets shall have a turn around with a radius of not less than 45 feet to the property line.
   (F)   Radius at street intersections.
      (1)   The property line radius at street intersection has a designated right-of-way width of 80 feet or more shall be governed by the interior angle at the intersection and will be based on the square root of the interior angle formed at the intersection of the property lines which equals the radius in feet. The distance shall be increased to the next full foot above the figure established by said formula.
      (2)   The minimum angle of any intersection shall be 40 degrees.
   (G)   Street grades. No street or private road grade shall be in excess of 8% unless the Council finds that because of topographic conditions a steeper grade is necessary.
   (H)   Reserve block. Reserve blocks controlling the access to public ways or which will not prove taxable for special improvements may be required by the Council but will not be approved unless such strips are necessary for the protection of the public welfare or of substantial property rights, or both, and in no case unless the land comprising such strips is placed in the name of the city for disposal or dedication for street or road purposes whenever such disposal or dedication has the approval of the Council or such other commission as may have jurisdiction. In no case shall a reserve block be platted along a street that is dedicated to the required full width.
   (I)   Additional right-of-way widths. Where topographical requirements necessitate either cuts or fills for the proper grading of the streets or private roads, additional right-of-way width may be required to allow all cut and fill slopes to be within the right-of-way.
   (J)   Street improvements. All street and private road improvements, including pavement, curbs, sidewalks, and surface drainage shall conform to the ordinances of the city and be in accord with the specifications and standards on file in the City Hall, or, if a county road or outside the city limits, the specifications and standards in the office of the County Engineer.
   (K)   Consideration for variance. Consideration for a variance from these regulations shall be based upon a written statement by the developer in which is given complete details of conditions and reasons why a specific variance should be granted. A request for a variance from these regulations shall be filed with the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 352, passed 6-8-1992)
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