The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade and location
of all streets shall conform to the Official Map of the Borough of
Middletown or the Community Master Plan of the Borough of Middletown,
if one has been adopted, and shall be considered in their relation
to existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions, to public
convenience and safety and in their appropriate relation to the proposed
uses of the land to be served by such streets. Where not shown on
the Official Map or Community Master Plan, the arrangement and other
design standards of streets shall conform to the provisions found
herein.
A. The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provisions
for the continuation of existing streets in adjoining areas.
B. Where adjoining areas are not subdivided, the arrangement of streets
in new subdivisions shall make provisions for the proper projection
of streets.
C. When a new subdivision adjoins unsubdivided land appropriate for
subdivision, then the new streets shall be carried to the boundaries
of the tract proposed to be subdivided.
D. Proposed streets shall conform to any local, county and state road
or highway plans which have been prepared, adopted and/or filed as
required by law.
E. Alleys shall be discouraged in residential districts. In commercial
and industrial areas, adequate alleys or off-street loading and unloading
space, where needed for loading and unloading or access purposes,
shall be provided.
F. Minor streets shall be laid out to discourage through traffic.
G. Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 150 feet shall
be avoided.
H. Whenever the proposed subdivision or land development contains or
is adjacent to a highway designated as a "limited-access highway"
by the appropriate highway authorities, provision shall be made for
a marginal access street at a distance acceptable for the appropriate
use of the land between the highway and such street. The Borough Engineer
may also require rear service access, reverse frontage lots or such
other treatment which will provide protection for abutting properties,
reduction in the number of intersections with major streets and separation
of local and through traffic.
I. New half or partial streets will not be permitted, except where essential
to reasonable subdivision of a tract in conformance with the other
requirements and standards of this chapter and where, in addition,
satisfactory assurance for dedication of the remaining part of the
street can be secured.
J. Wherever a tract to be subdivided borders an existing half or partial
street, the other part of the street shall be plotted within such
tract.
K. New reserved strips, including those controlling access to streets,
shall be prohibited.
L. Dead-end streets designed to be so permanently shall not be longer
than 500 feet nor shorter than 200 feet and shall be provided with
a turnaround having an outside diameter of at least 80 feet and a
property line diameter of at least 100 feet.
M. Names of new streets shall not duplicate existing or platted street
names or approximate such names by the use of suffixes such as "lane,"
"way," "drive," "court" or "avenue." New streets shall bear the same
name of any continuation or alignment with an existing or platted
street.
Streets shall be logically related to the topography so as to
produce usable roads and reasonable grades. The grade of streets shall
be as follows:
A. Center-line grades.
(1) Center-line grade shall be not less than 1/2 of 1%.
(2) Center-line grades shall not exceed:
(a)
Collector and major street: 7%.
(b)
Minor street and cul-de-sac: 10%.
(c)
Rear service or alley: 12%.
(3) Vertical curves shall be used at changes of grade where the algebraic
difference exceeds 1% and shall be designed in relation to the extent
of the grade change.
B. Leveling area. Where the grade of any street at the approach to an
intersection exceeds 7%, a leveling area shall be provided having
grades not greater than 4% for a distance of 25 feet, measured from
the nearest right-of-way line on the intersecting street.