Public roads shall be of sufficient width, suitably located,
and adequately constructed to conform to the Comprehensive Plan, and
to accommodate the prospective traffic and afford access for firefighting,
snow removal, school buses, and road maintenance equipment. The arrangement
of roads shall be in harmony with surrounding areas and adjoining
properties, and shall be coordinated so as to compose a convenient
system. Public roads shall be graded and improved in accordance with
the Town of Martinsburg Road Specifications as adopted by the Town
Board. Storm drainage facilities, water mains, sewers, lights,
signs, trees and fire hydrants shall be provided as required.
The road plan of a proposed subdivision shall bear a logical
relationship to the topography of the property, and all roads shall
be arranged so as to obtain as many of the building sites as possible
at or above the grade of the roads. Road grades shall conform as closely
as possible to the original topography, and shall not be greater than
10%. No grade shall be more than 3% within 50 feet of any intersection.
All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of length
and radius such that clear visibility shall be provided for a safe
distance. A combination of steep grades and curves shall be avoided.
The arrangement of roads shall provide for the continuation
of principal roads of adjoining subdivisions, and for the proper projection
of principal roads into adjoining properties which are not yet subdivided,
in order to make possible necessary fire protection, movement of traffic,
and the construction or extension, presently or when later required,
of needed utilities and public services such as sewers, water and
drainage facilities. Stub roads providing access to parcels adjacent
to the subdivision may be required. Turnarounds may not be required
for stub roads which do not provide access to dwellings within the
subdivision.
In general, road lines shall be connected with a curve, the
radius of which for the center line of road shall not be less than
200 feet on collector roads, and 100 feet on minor roads.
Partial roads of less than full width are prohibited.
All roads shall be named and the names placed on the plat. Road
names shall not be numbers or letters. Road names shall be selected
so as not to be confused in sound or spelling with existing or platted
road names. Roads that join or align with roads of an abutting or
neighboring property shall bear the same name. Signs bearing road
names shall be erected by the subdivider at all intersections.
In order to minimize driveway entrances onto major highways,
the Planning Board may require marginal access roads parallel to major
highways, or reverse frontage lots. Marginal access roads shall be
separated from major highways by a distance which allows for an appropriate
use of the intervening land. Where reverse frontage lots are required,
an access control easement of up to 10 feet in width may be required
along major highways, sufficient to prohibit access to the highway
from rear yards.
Underground utilities shall be placed, wherever possible, in
the road right-of-way between the paved roadway and the road line
to simplify location and repair of utilities. Underground service
connections shall be installed to the lot line of each lot for all
required utilities prior to road pavement. Where topography is such
as to make impractical the inclusion of underground utilities within
the road right-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements at least 15
feet wide shall be provided with satisfactory access to the road.
Such easements shall be cleared and graded where required.