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(A) It is recommended that no street shall intersect any other street at an angle less than 90 degrees. However, at the discretion of the Planning Board, a street may intersect at less than 90 degrees but more than 75 degrees. Under no circumstances may a street intersect at less than a 75-degree angle.
(B) Property sight lines shall be maintained at all intersections of streets. Measured along the centerline, there shall be a clear sight triangle of 75 feet (150 feet for major streets) from a point of intersection. This shall be indicated on all plans. No building or obstruction shall be permitted in this area.
(C) Offset intersections are to be avoided unless the Division of Highways grants exception. Intersections which cannot be aligned should be separated by a minimum length of 200 feet between survey center lines.
(D) Intersections with arterials, collectors and thoroughfares shall be at least 1,000 feet from center line to center line, or more if required by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
(Ord. 01-2000, passed 6-27-00) Penalty, see § 150.53
(A) Permanent dead-end streets shall not exceed 800 feet in length depending on topography and shall be provided with a turn-around having a right-of-way radius of 50 feet.
(B) Where one cul-de-sac intersects with another cul-de-sac, the end of each cul-de-sac shall be no more than 800 feet from a through street.
(C) The distance from the edge of pavement on the vehicular turnaround 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 turnaround, as illustrated in § 150.42.
(D) Cul-de-sacs should not be used to avoid connection with an existing street or to avoid the extension of an important street, unless an exception is recommended by the Planning Board and granted by the Town Commissioners.
(Ord. 01-2000, passed 6-27-00; Am. Ord. 03-2000, passed 11-6-00; Am. Ord. 03-2001, passed 11-13-01) Penalty, see § 150.53
(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 turnaround facilities at the dead-end as may be recommended by the Planning Board and approved by the Town Commissioners.
(D) Sharp alignment or grade changes shall be avoided.
(E) All alleys shall be designed in accordance with North Carolina Department of Transportation Standards.
(Ord. 01-2000, passed 6-27-00)
The subdivider shall provide a surface water drainage system constructed to the standards of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, as reflected in Handbook for the Design of Highway Surface Drainage Structures, 1973, subject to review by the Town Engineer.
(A) No surface water shall be channeled or directed into a sanitary sewer.
(B) Where feasible, the subdivider shall connect to an existing storm drainage system.
(C) Where an existing storm drainage system cannot feasibly be extended to the subdivision, a surface drainage system shall be designed to protect the proposed development from water damage.
(D) Surface drainage courses shall have side slopes of at least three feet of horizontal distance for each one foot of vertical distance, and courses shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the drainage area without flooding, and designed to comply with the standards and specifications for erosion control of the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act, G.S. § 243-34.12, Chapter 113A, Article 4, and the N.C. Administrative Code Title 15, Chapter 4, and any locally adopted erosion and sedimentation control ordinances.
(E) The minimum grade along the bottom of a surface drainage course shall be a vertical fall of at least one foot in each 200 feet of horizontal distance.
(F) Streambanks and channels downstream from any land disturbing activity shall be protected from increased degradation from accelerated erosion caused by increased velocity of runoff from the land disturbing activity in accordance with the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act, G.S. § 143-34.12, Chapter 113A, Article 4, and the North Carolina Administrative Code Title 15, Chapter 4.
(G) Anyone constructing a dam or impoundment within the subdivision must comply with the North Carolina Dam Safety Law of 1967 and the North Carolina Administrative Code Title 15, Subchapter 2K.
(H) In all areas of special flood hazards, all subdivision proposals shall have adequate drainage provided to reduce exposure to flood damage.
(Ord. 01-2000, passed 6-27-00)
Statutory reference:
The first statute cited in this section contains a typographical error, the intended citation being G.S. 143-34.12. In any event that statute has been repealed and did not relate to the state Sedimentation Pollution Control Act, G.S. Chapter 113A, Article 4. See also division (F) of this section.
(A) Through traffic discouraged on (residential) local streets. 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.
(B) Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be constructed on such streets as the Board of Commissioners, on recommendation from the Planning Board, consider necessary. Such sidewalks shall be constructed to a minimum width of five feet, and shall consist of a minimum thickness of four inches of concrete. All sidewalks shall be placed in the street right-of-way, unless the development is platted as a planned unit or group development. Sidewalks shall consist of a minimum of six inches of concrete at driveway crossings.
(C) Street names. Proposed streets that 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 county irrespective of the use of a suffix such as street, road, drive, place, court, etc. Street names shall be subject to the approval of the Town Commissioners.
(D) Street name signs. The subdivider shall be required to provide and erect street name signs to the town standards at all intersections within the subdivision.
(E) 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.
(F) Offsets to utility poles. Poles for overhead utilities should be located clear of roadway shoulders, preferably at least 30 feet from the edge of pavement on major thoroughfares. On streets with curb and gutter, utility poles should be set back a minimum distance of six feet from the face of curb.
(G) Wheelchair ramps. In accordance with G.S. § 136-44.14, all street curbs in North Carolina being constructed or reconstructed for maintenance procedures, traffic operations, repairs, correction of utilities, or altered for any reason after September 1, 1973, shall provide wheelchair ramps for the physically handicapped at all intersections where both curb and gutter and sidewalks are provided and at other major points of pedestrian flow.
(Ord. 01-2000, passed 6-27-00)
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