(a) Streets shall be dedicated to public use by the land owner. Minor Access Streets shall be so designed as to discourage use by non-local traffic. Dead-end Alleys are prohibited. Easements for utilities shall be provided along the side or rear Lot lines and not across Lots. Streets shall have the following minimum right-of-way widths:
(1) Freeways - 200 feet.
(2) Regional Thoroughfares - 80 feet.
(3) Local Thoroughfares - 80 feet.
(4) Neighborhood Collectors - 50 feet.
(5) Minor Access Streets - 50 feet.
(6) Cul-de-sac and Dead-End Streets - 50 feet.
(7) Cul-de-sac circles, radius – 50 feet.
(8) Alleys - 20 feet.
(9) Easements - 10 feet.
(b) The following shall be constructed with curb and gutter and have minimum pavement widths between face of curbs as follows:
(1) Regional Thoroughfares - 48 feet.
(2) Local Thoroughfares - 36 feet.
(3) Neighborhood Collectors - 26 feet.
(4) Minor Access Streets - 26 feet.
(5) Cul-de-sac circles shall be constructed with a paved turnaround having a radius of 38 feet.
(c) Alleys shall have a minimum pavement width of 18 feet.
(d) Cul-de-sac and Dead-End Streets shall have a maximum pavement length of 600 feet.
(e) Pavement grades and slopes shall be as follows:
(1) Freeways, regional and Local Thoroughfares and Neighborhood Collectors may not be designed with grades which exceed a maximum of five percent (5%).
(2) All other streets and Alleys may not exceed eight percent (8%) grades.
(3) The minimum slope for any street at the gutter shall be one-half of one percent (1/2%). Street curbs or edges of street pavements shall be rounded by radii not less than twenty-five feet. Plans and profiles of each street shall be prepared on a horizontal scale of one inch equals fifty feet or larger, and a vertical scale of one inch equals ten feet or one inch equals five feet, typical street sections on a scale of three-eighths inch equals one foot. Plans and profiles of proposed sanitary and storm sewers with grades and pipe sizes shall be prepared; also plans of proposed water distribution systems, showing pipe sizes and location of valves and fire hydrants; street tree planting plan; and street lighting system if applicable, showing location, type of construction and quantity of illumination as may be required by State or City regulations in effect at the time of the filing of the Preliminary Plat.
(4) The minimum elevation for any street shall be that as set forth in Chapter 1105.
(Ord. 12-2008. Passed 4-7-08.)
(Ord. 12-2008. Passed 4-7-08.)