(A) Type of streets required. All subdivision lots shall abut on an approved public or private street. All public and private streets located within the jurisdiction of the village shall be designed and constructed to meet the minimum construction requirements for public streets of the state’s Department of Transportation’s publication, Subdivision Roads, Minimum Construction Standards, July 1, 1985, or as hereafter amended.
(1) Public streets. All streets proposed for public use in the village shall be dedicated to the village. A written maintenance agreement sufficient for recording in the office of the Register of Deeds shall be submitted with the final plat. Said maintenance agreement will provide for the subdivider or a property owner’s association to maintain the street, drainage facilities, and right-of-way until such time as the street is accepted for maintenance by the village.
(2) Private streets. Private streets shall be platted as a part of any subdivision or development as provided in Chapter 154. All private streets shall be designed and constructed to meet the minimum construction requirements for public streets of the state’s Department of Transportation’s publication, Subdivision Roads, Minimum Construction Standards, July 1, 1985, or as hereafter amended. All private streets shall have a written maintenance agreement sufficient for recording in the office of the Register of Deeds. Said maintenance agreement will provide for the developer or a property owner’s association to perpetually own and maintain the streets, drainage facilities, and rights-of-way within the development.
(B) Subdivision street disclosure statement. All streets shown on the final plat shall be designated in accordance with G.S. § 136-102.6, and designation as public shall be conclusively presumed on offer of dedication to the public. Where streets designated private or are dedicated to the public but not accepted into the village before lots are sold, a statement explaining the status of the street and the required ownership and maintenance agreements required in divisions (A)(1) or (A)(2) above shall be included with the final plat.
(C) Half-streets. The dedication of half-streets at the perimeter of a new subdivision shall be prohibited. The proposed subdivision shall provide the amount of right-of-way required to meet the standards required in divisions (A)(1) or (A)(2) above.
(D) Marginal access streets. Where a tract of land to be subdivided joins a principal arterial street, the subdivider may be required to provide a marginal access street parallel to the arterial street or reverse frontage on a minor street for the lots to be developed adjacent to the arterial. Where reverse frontage is established, private driveways shall be prevented from having direct access to the principal arterial. No private driveway shall access more than three homes at any given time. If more than three homes are accessed by a driveway, it is then considered a road and shall be built to standards stated under this section.
(E) Access to adjacent properties. Where, in the opinion of the Village Council, it is necessary to provide street access to an adjoining property, proposed streets shall be extended by dedication to the boundary of such property and a temporary turn around provided.
(F) Design standards. The design of all public and private streets and roads within the jurisdiction of this chapter shall be in accordance with the standards and requirements for public streets of the state’s Department of Transportation’s Subdivision Roads, Minimum Construction Standards, July 1, 1985, or as hereinafter amended. In any case, where standards or requirements in this chapter are different from those in the Subdivision Roads, Minimum Construction Standards, the more stringent requirement shall be required.
(1) Intersections.
(a) Subdivision streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles, and no street shall intersect any other street at an angle less than 60 degrees.
(b) Property lines at intersections should be set so that the distance from the edge of pavement of the street turnout to the property line will be at least as great as the distance from the edge of pavement to the property line along the intersecting streets. This property can be established as a radius or as a sight triangle. Greater offsets from the edge of pavement to the property lines will be required, if necessary, to provide sight distance for the vehicle on the side street.
(c) Offset intersections are to be avoided unless exception is granted by the Division of Highways. Intersections which cannot be aligned should be separated by a minimum length of 200 feet between survey centerlines.
(d) Intersections with arterials, collectors, and thoroughfares shall be at least 1,000 feet from centerline to centerline, or more if required by the state’s Department of Transportation.
(2) Cul-de-sacs. Permanent dead end streets should not exceed 500 feet in length unless necessitated by topography or property accessibility, and in no case shall be permitted to be over 900 feet. Measurement shall be from the point where the centerline of the dead end street to the center of a turn around of the cul-de-sac. Where one cul-de-sac intersects with another cul-de-sac, the end of each cul-de-sac shall be no more than 500 to 900 feet from a through street, measured as stated above. The distance from the edge of pavement to the vehicular turn around to the right-of-way line shall not be less than the distance from the edge of pavement to right-of-way line on the street approaching the turn around. Cul-de-sacs should not be used to avoid connection with an existing street or to avoid the extension of an important street, unless exception is granted by the Village Council.
(3) Alleys.
(a) Alleys shall be required to serve lots used for commercial and industrial purposes, except that this requirement may be waived where other definite and assured provision is made for service access.
(b) The width of an alley shall be at least 20 feet.
(c) Dead end alleys shall be avoided where possible, but if unavoidable, shall be provided with adequate turn around facilities at the dead end as may be approved by the Village Council.
(d) Sharp changes in alignment and grade shall be avoided.
(G) Thoroughfare plan. The provision of street and road rights-of-way shall conform to and meet the requirements of any thoroughfare plan adopted by the Village Council and the state’s Board of Transportation.
(H) Other requirements.
(1) Through traffic discouraged on residential collector and local streets. Residential collector and local streets shall be laid out in such a way that their use by through traffic will be discouraged. Streets shall be designed or walkways dedicated to assure convenient access to parks, playgrounds, schools, or other places of public assembly.
(2) Street names. Proposed streets which are obviously in alignment with existing streets shall be given the same name. In assigning new names, duplication of existing names shall be avoided, and in no case shall the proposed name be phonetically similar to existing names in the village irrespective of the use of a suffix such as street, road, drive, place, court, and the like. Street names shall be subject to the approval of the Village Council.
(3) Street name signs. The subdivider shall be required to provide and erect street name signs in accordance with the requirements of the village.
(4) Permits for connection to state roads. An approved permit is required for connection to any existing state system road. This permit is required prior to any construction on the street or road. The application is available at the office of the nearest district engineer of the Division of Highways.
(Prior Code, Ch. 12 Art. IV § 405)