(A) General arrangement and layout.
Public alleys may be provided within any subdivision plat to provide secondary vehicular access to lots which otherwise have their primary access from an adjacent public street or approved common or compensating open space or courtyard which is adjacent to a public street and where the public streets and alleys are to be served by storm sewers. Public alleys may not be used or designed to provide the principal access to any tract of land and may not provide any access to property outside the subdivision plat boundaries in which the alleys are dedicated.
(B) Right-of-way width; intersections; curves.
Public alleys must have a right-of-way width of not less than 20 feet. Intersections with public alleys or public streets must be at right angles, except in those instances where the subdivider requests a variance as provided for herein. All corners at the intersection of alley right-of-way with public streets or other alleys must have at least a 25-foot radius or 15-foot angular cutbacks provided. Curves in alleys should be kept to a minimum and should have a centerline radius of not less than 300 feet. Reverse curves in alleys should be separated by a tangent distance of less than 50 feet.
(C) Dead-end alleys.
No dead-end or cul-de-sac alleys will be permitted.
(Ord. 96-0220, passed 2-20-1996; Ord. 19-1022A, passed 10-22-2019) Penalty, see § 154.99