[Ord. No. 636 Sub. Art. X §1001, 2-7-1968]
A. A minimum
width for streets shall be as shown on the Comprehensive Development
Plan of the City, except that in unusual cases, the Commission may
waive the above requirement.
B. The
minimum width of an alley in a residential block when required because
of unusual conditions shall be twenty (20) feet. Alleys shall be required
in the rear of all commercial and industrial districts and shall be
at least twenty (20) feet wide.
A ten (10) foot cutoff shall be made at all acute and right
angle alley intersections.
C. Where
alleys are not provided, easements of not less than ten (10) feet
in width shall be provided on each side of all rear lot lines and
side lot lines where necessary for poles, wires, conduits, storm and
sanitary sewers, gas, water and heat mains. Easements of greater width
may be required along lines or across lots where necessary for the
extension of main sewers and similar utilities.
D. A building
line safeguarding future widening may be accepted by the Commission
in lieu of dedication of the indicated width. No dedication of a half-street
will be permitted unless by special approval of the Commission.
E. No
dead-end streets will be approved unless such streets are provided
to connect with future streets in adjacent land. Cul-de-sacs may be
permitted where the form of contour of the land makes it difficult
to plat with connected streets. Cul-de-sacs shall provide proper access
to all lots and shall not exceed four hundred (400) feet in length
and shall be terminated with a turnaround having a minimum right-of-way
radius of fifty (50) feet.
F. 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.
G. Street
jogs with centerline offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five
(125) feet shall not be permitted.
[Ord. No. 636 Sub. Art. X §1002, 2-7-1968]
A. Residential
blocks shall not be less than three hundred (300) feet or more than
one thousand (1,000) feet in length, except as the Commission considers
necessary to secure efficient use of land or to achieve desired features
of the street system. In blocks over eight hundred (800) feet long,
the Commission may require public crosswalks across the block. Such
crosswalks shall have a minimum width of ten (10) feet.
B. Residential
blocks shall be wide enough to provide two (2) tiers of lots of at
least minimum depth, except where prevented by topographical conditions
or size of the property, in which case the Commission may approve
a single tier of lots of at least minimum depth.
C. Blocks
for commercial use should generally not exceed five hundred (500)
feet.
[Ord. No. 636 Sub. Art. X §1003, 2-7-1968]
A. Insofar
as practical, side lot lines shall be perpendicular or radial to street
lines.
B. The
size, shape and orientation of every lot shall be subject to approval
of the 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. The
minimum dimensions for residential lots shall conform to the zoning
district unless the Commission, for special reasons, approves otherwise.
D. Corner
lots shall be at least seventy (70) feet wide to allow for side street
building lines.
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.
F. Size,
shape and arrangement of commercial and industrial lots, where platted,
shall be subject to the approval of the Commission.
[Ord. No. 636 Sub. Art. X §1004, 2-7-1968]
Easements no less than twenty (20) feet wide may be required
by the Commission in order to provide proper drainage of surface water,
adequate alignment for utility lines, pedestrian walkways or other
specific purposes.