[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-151), 2-22-1999]
A. The location
and width of all highways, streets and roads shall conform to the
Comprehensive Plan.
B. The proposed
street system shall extend existing streets or projections at the
same or greater width, but in no case less than the required minimum
width.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-152), 2-22-1999]
Street and alley right-of-way widths shall be as follows:
Collector streets: 80 feet.
Minor streets: 60 feet.
Cul-de-sac: 50 feet radius.
Alleys: 20 feet.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-153), 2-22-1999]
Street paving widths and types shall be as follows:
Collector streets: 42 feet back of curb to back of curb.
Minor streets: 27 feet back of curb to back of curb.
Cul-de-sac: 27 feet back of curb to back of curb.
Cul-de-sac turnarounds: 40 feet pavement radius.
Alleys: 20 feet.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-154), 2-22-1999]
A. Subdivisions
that adjoin existing streets shall dedicate additional right-of-way
to meet the foregoing minimum street width requirements for each side
of the centerline, as follows:
1. The
entire right-of-way as required by the Comprehensive Plan, in an amount
up to one hundred (100) feet, shall be provided where any part of
the subdivision is on both sides of an existing street.
2. When
the subdivision is located on only one (1) side of an existing street,
one-half (½) of the required right-of-way, but in no case less
than twenty-five (25) feet, measured from the centerline of the existing
right-of-way, shall be provided.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-155), 2-22-1999]
When a tract fronts on streets other than minor streets, or
collector streets the Planning and Zoning Commission may require affected
lots fronting on such major streets to be provided with frontage roads.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-156), 2-22-1999]
Grades on minor streets and cul-de-sacs shall not exceed twelve
percent (12%). Grades on all other streets shall not exceed standards
of the Comprehensive Plan, or when no standards have been established,
seven percent (7%) shall be the maximum grade permitted. Street grades
along the gutter shall not be less than one-half of one percent (.5%)
when adequate drainage can be obtained.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-157), 2-22-1999]
A. Alignment
of streets shall be as follows:
1. Minimum
horizontal—radii of centerline curvature:
Collector streets: 270 feet.
Minor streets: 140 feet.
Loop streets and cul-de-sac streets: 75 feet.
2. Tangents—between
reverse curves there shall be not less than minimum tangent for:
Collector streets: 200 feet.
Minor streets: 100 feet.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-158), 2-22-1999]
A. Visibility
requirement for streets shall be as follows:
1. Minimum
vertical visibility (measured between two (2) points four (4) feet
above pavement level) shall be:
Collector streets: 500 feet.
Minor streets: 200 feet.
2. Minimum
horizontal visibility measured on centerline shall be:
Collector streets: 300 feet.
Minor streets: 200 feet.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-159), 2-22-1999]
A. Street
intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as possible, and
no intersection shall be at an angle less than sixty degrees (60°).
Detailed designs of intersections may be required.
B. Property
line radius at street intersections shall not be less than twenty
(20) feet and where the angle of street intersection is less than
ninety degrees (90°), the Planning and Zoning Commission may require
a greater radius.
C. Curb
line radius at street intersections shall be at least fifteen (15)
feet and where the angle of street intersection is less than ninety
degrees (90°), the Planning and Zoning Commission may require
a greater radius.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-160), 2-22-1999]
Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than one hundred
forty (140) feet shall not be permitted.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-161), 2-22-1999]
Cul-de-sac streets or courts designed to have one (1) end permanently
closed shall be no more than six hundred (600) feet long. There shall
be provided at the closed end a turnaround having an outside right-of-way
diameter of at least one hundred (100) feet.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-162), 2-22-1999]
Alleys may be required at the rear of all lots to be used for
business purposes but need not be provided in residential blocks.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-163), 2-22-1999]
A. Residential
blocks shall not be less than three hundred (300) feet or more than
one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet in length, except as
the Planning and Zoning Commission considers necessary to assure efficient
use of land or to achieve desired features of the street system. In
blocks over one thousand (1,000) feet long, the Commission may require
public crosswalks across the block.
B. Residential
blocks shall be wide enough to provide two (2) tiers of lots of minimum
depth, except where prevented by topographical conditions or size
of the property, in which case, the Planning and Zoning Commission
may approve a single tier of lots of minimum depth.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-164), 2-22-1999; Ord. No. 7170 §1(9-164), 6-27-2005]
A. Insofar
as practical, side lot lines shall be perpendicular or radial to street
lines. Each lot shall abut upon a public street or road.
B. The size,
shape and orientation of every lot shall be subject to approval of
the Planning and Zoning Commission for the type of development and
use contemplated. No lot shall be more than four (4) times as deep
as it is wide nor shall any lot average less than one hundred (100)
feet deep.
C. A fee
of eighty-nine dollars ($89.00) shall be paid with each application
for a lot split, lot line adjustment or lot consolidation.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-165), 2-22-1999; Ord. No. 10-004 §§1—2, 4-12-2010]
A. Every
residential lot not served by a water main shall be no smaller than
twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
B. Every
residential lot served by a public sewer system shall not be less
that seventy-five (75) feet wide at the building line or less that
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet in area.
D. Building
lines, for residential lots shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet
from each front street property line and at least fifteen (15) feet
from each side street property line and building line shall be ten
(10) feet from side lot line. Corner lots shall be at least seventy-five
(75) feet wide to allow for side street building lines. Building lines
may be less than twenty-five (25) feet when the average slope of the
first (1st) fifty (50) feet of the lot is greater than twenty percent
(20%).
E. Lots,
other than corner lots, fronting on two (2) streets shall not be platted
except under exceptional circumstances in which case building lines
shall be established on both frontages.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-166), 2-22-1999]
A. The size, shape and arrangement of commercial and industrial lots, where platted, shall be subject to the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, provided that approval is not granted under the provisions of Section
410.270.
B. Building
lines for commercial and industrial lots shall be at least forty (40)
feet from each street property line.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-167), 2-22-1999]
Easements not less than fifteen (15) feet wide may be required
by the Planning and Zoning Commission for drainage and utility lines.