All streets shall be properly integrated with the existing and proposed street system indicated on the village’s Official Map, shall be improved in accordance with the specifications contained in the current State Department of Transportation’s Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, hereinafter referred to as IDOT Standard Specifications, and the provisions of this subchapter, and shall meet the specifications set forth below.
(A) Minimum right-of-way width.
(1) Streets: 50 feet; and
(2) Alleys: 20 feet.
(B) Minimum pavement width.
(1) Streets: 30 feet;
(2) Alleys: 18 feet; and
(3) Both streets and alleys: 5%.
(C) Maximum grade. Both streets and alleys: 10%.
(D) Minimum crown. Both streets and alleys: three inches.
(E) Pavement width. Measurement of pavement width for streets shall be made from back-to-back of the curbs. Measurement of pavement width for alleys, where curbs are not required, shall be from edge-to-edge.
(F) Grades. Grades shall conform as closely as possible to the natural topography without exceeding the minimum or maximum standards specified above.
(G) Building sites. All streets shall be designed so that as many building sites, as is possible, are at or above street grade.
(H) Alleys. Alleys may be provided in single-family residential districts at the option of the developer, but may be required in other districts in the absence of other provisions for service access.
(1) When provided, alleys shall not intersect with each other or change sharply in alignment.
(2) Adequate vehicular turnaround space shall be provided at the terminus of every deadend alley.
(I) Comprehensive strength.
(1) Every concrete street, curb and gutter hereafter constructed in the village shall have a compressive strength of 4,000 P.S.I. at 28 days.
(2) The subdivider or developer shall provide to the Village Engineer at no expense to the village, concrete tests verifying compressive strength. The number of such tests shall be determined by the Village Engineer. The Village Engineer shall also have the right to request other tests, including air entrainment and slump tests, as he or she deems necessary.
(Prior Code, § 19-314) (Ord. 1700, passed 3-17-2014) Penalty, see § 153.999