[Adopted 5-5-1986 as Title One, Ch. IX of the 1986 Code]
No proposed street, or part thereof, shall be
accepted by the city until there has been submitted to the City Council
a report by the City Planning Board and the Director of the Municipal
Services Department that there is a public need for such street and
that said street shall conform in a harmonious relationship to the
future development of the city.
No street shall be accepted by the City Council
until the person or persons requesting the acceptance pay the total
cost of the initial improvement of grading and graveling the street
to a cross section and grade approved by the Director of the Municipal
Services Department and guarantee to reimburse the city for such costs
within such time as the Council shall limit and post a corporate bond
certified by the City Solicitor as valid and enforceable by the city
in amount and with surety satisfactory to the City Council.
Applications by the owner or his or her authorized
representative for the acceptance of a street by the city shall be
made in writing to the Planning Board, along with a plan of the street.
The plan of the street shall be such as to meet the minimum requirements
as detailed herein and shall be approved by the Director of the Municipal
Services Department.
The streets on all plans submitted shall be
in harmony and coordination with the existing street system of the
city.
A.
Where the herein-specified minimum widths may be impracticable,
such as in the continuation of some existing streets, the extension
shall be of a width at least as great as that of such existing streets.
B.
Where a plan is now on file and has been approved
by the Director of the Municipal Services Department but the street
or streets on said plan have not been formally accepted by the city,
then the plan widths of said street or streets shall govern.
C.
Where the plan submitted covers only a part of the
applicant's tract, a sketch of the prospective street system of the
unsubmitted part shall be furnished so that the street system of the
part submitted may be considered in the light of adjustments and connections
with the street system of the part not submitted.
The street or streets on any plan submitted
shall have satisfactory access to an existing public street or public
highway, with no reserve strips controlling this access, except where
the control of such strips is definitely placed in the authority of
the city under conditions approved by the City Council.
The minimum right-of-way width for a street
shall be 50 feet. This width shall be measured from lot line to lot
line. The requirement for width may be modified by the Planning Board
when the topography or other physical conditions make a street of
the required width impracticable or when, in the Planning Board's
opinion, the street in question should exceed the minimum width required.
Wherever necessary to permit the construction
of curbs having a minimum radius of 25 feet at the street corners
without curtailing the sidewalk to less than normal width, the property
line at such street corner shall be rounded or otherwise set back
sufficiently to permit such construction. Normally, the radius of
the property line shall be not less than 10 feet. Larger radii or
cord distances may be required by the Planning Board when in its opinion
such design is advisable.
Streets designed to have one end permanently
closed (culs-de-sac) shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround
roadway having a minimum radius for the outside curve of at least
70 feet.
As far as practicable, acute angles between
streets at their intersections are to be avoided, and where a deflection
angle of more than 10° in a street line occurs at any point on
the street a curve of reasonable long radius is to be introduced.
Monuments shall be placed on the side lines
of the street at all angle points, all points of curvature and at
such intermediate points as shall be required by the Planning Board
or at related points approved by the Planning Board. The monuments
shall be of such material, size and length as may be fixed as a standard
by or approved by the Planning Board.
Where the requirements for the acceptance of
a street impose greater or more stringent restrictions in some other
section of the city ordinances, codes or state laws, then the most
stringent restrictions shall apply. The above requirements are in
addition to, not in lieu of, existing planning and subdivision regulations.
Upon approval of the proposed street by the
Planning Board, the City Council may formally accept said street on
behalf of the city.
