(A) The classification and location of all streets shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan of the city and these regulations and shall be planned in relation to existing and proposed streets, topographical conditions, public safety and convenience, and anticipated land use.
(B) Each lot or parcel of ground within a new subdivision shall be adjacent to a public street.
(C) The street system in each new subdivision shall continue and extend existing, connecting streets in adjoining subdivisions, except that minor streets shall not be required to cross major streets unless such continuation and crossing is deemed necessary to promote pedestrian or vehicular circulation and safety.
(D) The street system in each new subdivision shall be extended and dedicated to any property adjacent to the subdivision, except in those instances in which the adjacent property is not and cannot be subdivided.
(E) The minimum offset measured between the centerlines of parallel streets shall conform to the City of Tuscola Design and Construction Standards except as provided in division (H) of this section, provided that the length, width, and shape of blocks shall be determined with due regard to the need for convenient access, circulation, control, and safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
(F) No private streets shall be permitted.
(G) When a subdivision borders on and has lots fronting on or contiguous to a present or proposed major street as depicted or described in the Comprehensive Plan, necessary traffic service to lots of the subdivision bordering such facility shall be provided by a marginal access street, local, or collector street, as set forth in the Comprehensive Plan.
(H) Access to a major street from a marginal access street, local street, or collector street shall be taken at approximately 1/3 mile intervals, unless subdivision frontage is less than 1/3 mile, in which case the subdivision shall have no more than one access point to the major street, at a location to be approved by the City Council.
(Ord. 81-0-19, passed 5-11-81; Am. Ord. 2011-O-4, passed 3-14-11) Penalty, see § 154.99