(A)
Safety,
Convenience, Functionality.
Proposed streets that serve
new development shall provide a safe, convenient and functional system
for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian circulation, shall be properly
related to the adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan, and
shall be appropriate for the particular traffic characteristics of
each proposed subdivision or development. New developments shall be
supported by a thoroughfare network having adequate capacity, and
safe and efficient traffic circulation. Each development shall have
adequate access to the overall thoroughfare network.
(B)
Responsibility
for Adequacy.
The developer shall assure that the subdivision
is served by adequate streets, and shall be responsible for the costs
of rights-of-way and street improvements, in accordance with the policies
and standards within this GDC, and subject to the City’s cost
participation policies. All streets within a development, including
curb and gutter improvements, shall be provided by and at the expense
of the developer. Additional right-of-way may be required at street
intersections to accommodate utilities, sidewalks, deceleration and
left turn lanes, traffic-control devices or sight distances.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
(A)
Design
& Construction.
All paving within a street right-of-way
in a subdivision shall be reinforced concrete and streets shall be
designed and constructed according to the City’s Technical Standards.
(B)
Consideration
of Natural Features.
The streets in a subdivision shall
be platted with regard to the creeks, wooded areas, and other topographical
features lending themselves to attractive design.
(C)
Intersections
& Block Lengths.
Intersecting cross-streets shall
be a maximum of twelve hundred feet apart, thus requiring the length
of blocks to be a maximum of twelve hundred feet, unless otherwise
approved by the Director of Transportation and the Director of Engineering.
(D)
Extension
of Existing Streets.
(1)
The
arrangement of streets shall provide for the continuation and extension
of streets of the width and right-of-way shown on the Major Thoroughfare
Plan of the City, or as recommended by the Plan Commission.
(2)
All
new street extensions shall be continuations of existing streets at
the same or greater width and bearing the same street names.
(3)
Wherever
the right-of-way width of a street transitions to a greater or lesser
width, the transition shall not occur within an intersection but within
the street right-of-way so that the right-of-way shall be the same
on both sides of a street intersection.
(E)
Dedication
Minimum.
No right-of-way dedication shall be less than
fifty feet in width, unless otherwise approved by the Director of
Transportation and the Director of Engineering.
(F)
Intersection
Street Angles.
No intersecting street shall be platted
with the angle included between adjoining streets lines less than
eighty degrees nor more than one hundred degrees. Minimum tangency
for intersecting streets and alleys will be in accordance with the
City’s Technical Standards.
(G)
Dead-End
Streets & Cul-De-Sacs.
Dead-end streets shall be
platted where the subdivision adjoins property not subdivided, in
which case the streets shall be carried to the boundaries thereof.
Where dead-end streets are otherwise necessary, a cul-de-sac will
be required with a maximum length of seven hundred and fifty feet
and an end turnaround radius of not less than that required by the
Fire Code.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7055, sec. 22, adopted 5/7/19)
(A)
Arrangement
of Streets and Conformance to the Major Thoroughfare Plan.
Except as provided in Subsection (B) below, the City’s adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan shall be used as a guide for the
type of roadway, for the location of the roadway, and for areas that
the roadway is intended to connect as part of the platting process.
(B)
Streets
Not Shown on the Major Thoroughfare Plan.
For streets
that are not shown on the City’s Major Thoroughfare
Plan, such as local residential streets, the arrangement
of such streets within a subdivision shall provide for adequate access,
and shall:
(1)
Conform
to a plan approved or adopted by the City to meet a particular situation
where topographical or other conditions make continuance of or conformity
to existing streets impractical;
(2)
Provide
for future access, such as by stubbing streets for future extension;
and
(3)
Not
conflict in any way with existing or proposed driveway openings; this
shall include openings on the opposite side of an existing or planned
median-divided thoroughfare, in which case new streets shall align
with such driveway openings such that median openings can be shared.
(C)
Paving
& Rights-of-Way Width.
Paving width and specifications
shall be in accordance with the City of Garland’s Major
Thoroughfare Plan and with the City’s Technical
Standards.
(1)
Residential
Subdivisions.
(a)
Street pavement width shall be at least twenty-six feet face-to-face
of curb, and twenty-seven feet back-to-back of curb in residential
subdivisions where required front yard setbacks are twenty-five feet
or greater.
(b)
For collector streets in residential subdivisions, the street paving
shall be at least thirty-six feet face-to-face of curb and thirty-seven
feet back-to-back of curb.
(2)
Other
Types of Subdivisions.
For streets in all other areas,
the paving shall be at least forty-four feet face-to-face of curb
and forty-five feet back-to-back of curb.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
Streets Clean Upon Acceptance. After
the streets are completed in a subdivision, debris or construction
materials of any nature shall not be placed in the streets without
written permission of the Director of Engineering. Prior to Final
Acceptance, the streets shall be swept clean of any dirt, debris and
foreign material.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
