(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.
(H) 
Street Signs.
(1) 
Street signs shall be installed by the developer at all intersections within and abutting the subdivision. These signs shall be of a type approved by the City, and shall be installed according to the Technical Standards.
(2) 
Upon filing a final subdivision plat, the developer shall pay a fee for street name sign assemblies, in accordance with Section 1.53 of this GDC.
(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)