The following standards shall apply to all arterials, collectors,
local streets and private drives.
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ARTERIAL
A major thoroughfare which serves as a major traffic way
for travel between and through the municipality.
COLLECTOR
Streets which serve as feeders to arterial streets and collectors
of local streets.
LOCAL STREET
A street which is primarily residential and is used primarily
by residents of a neighborhood serving up to 30 dwelling units.
PRIVATE DRIVE
A paved or unpaved roadway serving up to eight dwelling units.
B. Table of standards. See the following table for construction and
engineering standards for roadways.
C. Construction and engineering standards of public streets shall be
in accordance with the City Engineering and construction standards
as recommended by the City and illustrated in the above table and
shall be as follows:
(1)
All new City streets shall be paved and dedicated public streets;
however, the City shall not maintain private drives;
(2)
All dedicated City streets and private drives shall contain
turnaround capability. The following are acceptable means of turnarounds
on local and private streets:
(a)
A forty-foot cul-de-sac with landscaped island.
(b)
A cul-de-sac with a thirty-foot radius.
(c)
A sixty-foot-by-twenty-foot Y-shaped turnaround.
(3)
Arterial roads shall have a 100-foot right-of-way comprised
of the following:
(a)
Driving lanes: 66 feet wide.
(c)
Gutter and curb: four feet.
(d)
Landscape buffer: 10 feet.
(4)
Collector roads shall have a fifty-foot right-of-way comprised
of the following:
(a)
Driving lanes: 20 feet wide.
(b)
Parking lanes (or bike lanes): 12 feet wide.
(c)
Gutter and curb: four feet wide.
(d)
Landscape buffer: six feet wide.
(e)
Sidewalks: eight feet wide.
(5)
Local streets shall have a forty-two-foot right-of-way comprised
of the following:
(a)
Driving lanes: 18 feet wide.
(b)
Gutter and curb: four feet wide.
(c)
Bike lanes: eight feet wide.
(d)
Landscape buffer: six feet wide.
(e)
Sidewalks: six feet wide.
(6)
Paved private drives shall have a twenty-foot right-of-way comprised
of the following:
(a)
Driving lanes: 20 feet wide. If paved in asphalt, a two-inch
minimum thickness of asphalt is required on top of a six-inch minimum
compacted base course; and
(b)
A utility easement of required width if deemed necessary by
the Public Works Department shall be dedicated to the City.
(7)
Unpaved private drives.
(a)
Unpaved private drives shall have a twenty-foot right-of-way
comprised of the following:
[1] Driving lanes: 20 feet wide. Where abutting a paved
or dedicated street, the first 25 feet shall be surfaced with a nonpermeable
surface;
[2] A utility easement of required width if deemed
necessary by the Public Works Department shall be dedicated to the
City; and
[3] Any private drives which are subsequently proposed
to be dedicated to the City, however, must be paved and shall meet
all applicable public street standards.
The City Engineer may waive strict compliance with the requirements
of this article if the development satisfies the intent and purpose
of this article. The applicant shall state, in writing, the type and
extent of the waiver and the reasons for requesting the waiver. Waivers
will generally only be granted to smaller developments, where access,
terrain and stormwater drainage do not require mitigation measures.
Any request for waiver of development standards must be included in
the application, submitted at the time of the development request.
Design guidelines for improvements shall be available for developers
from the Planning Department.
During the course of the review of any request for a landscape
plan, the Planning Director shall utilize the following criteria in
making his decision of approval, conditional approval or denial:
A. Conformance with the standards set forth in § 1304.
B. General compatibility with the existing and proposed improvements
and adjacent land uses and landscaping.
C. Any conditions imposed by the Planning Commission and/or City Council.
D. Location of all trees to be preserved on the site.
E. Location, size and type of plant material by common and/or botanical
names.
F. Systems for irrigation, if required, of landscaped areas.
Historic districts are overlay districts and the following regulations
are applicable as additions to the regulations of the underlying district
in which the property is located. In case of conflict, the more restrictive
regulations shall control.
A. No new construction, expansion, addition to, restoration of or major
maintenance to any building, structures or ruins shall be carried
on without the prior approval of a site plan by the Planning Commission.
B. No major changes to landscaping that would alter the character of
the area existing on the date of adoption of this article, including
the removal or planting of trees, shall take place without prior approval
of a site plan by the Planning Commission.
C. When acting on a site plan, the Planning Commission shall consider
recommendations from the State Office of Cultural Affairs, Historic
Preservation Division, or successor agency. This consideration is
taken as advice only and does not bind or obligate the Commission
to any of these findings or recommendations.
D. Requirements, guidelines and regulations for individual historic
districts may be adopted as separate ordinances; however, such districts
shall be bound by the requirements set forth in this Development Code.
Where the two ordinances are in conflict, the Planning Commission
shall determine the standards with which the applicant must conform.