Major arterials provide for the movement of traffic across and between large subparts of the urban region and serve predominately "through" trips with minimum direct service to abutting land uses. Major arterial service is required by the central business district, large shopping centers, large industrial plants, major governmental centers, large hospitals, important secondary business districts and similar land uses which comprise the top layer of hierarchy of trip generators. Major arterials shall form a closed, interconnected system linking together major traffic generators in the urban region, and functioning to collect and distribute traffic from freeways and state highways to less important arterial streets.
(Ord. 959 § 3, 1980; Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Secondary arterials provide for movement within the large subparts prescribed by major arterials. Secondary arterials may also serve "through" traffic, but provide more direct service to abutting land uses than do major arterials. Secondary arterial service is required by small central business districts, tourist districts with motels and restaurants, high schools and some grade schools, strip commercial development, parks and recreational areas, warehousing areas and similar land uses which comprise the middle layer of the trip generator hierarchy. Secondary arterials shall, whenever possible, be long, continuous streets with direct rather than meandering alignments.
(Ord. 959 § 3, 1980; Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Collector arterials provide for movement within the smaller areas, which are often definable neighborhoods and may be bounded by higher class arterials. Collector arterials serve very little "through" traffic but serve a high proportion of local traffic requiring direct access to abutting land uses. Collector arterial service is required for the majority of land uses which generate measurably important traffic volumes such as plats, churches, small parks and recreation areas, convenience shopping centers and other areas which are not served by major or secondary arterials. Collector arterials need not be particularly long or continuous since this would tend to attract through trips.
(Ord. 959 § 3, 1980; Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Access streets provide for movement within residential neighborhoods, light commercial areas, and the residential agricultural districts. Access streets serve little or no through traffic and may terminate in cul-de-sacs.
(Ord. 959 § 3, 1980; Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Pedestrian amenity streets are designated in transportation element of the Burlington comprehensive plan for enhanced pedestrian amenities. Pedestrian amenity streets are intended to promote and accommodate increased pedestrian traffic in areas of intensive mixed-use development.
(Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
The city council shall designate a comprehensive arterial street plan. Classification of new streets shall be made by the public works director according to the comprehensive street plan. Every effort shall be made to incorporate new streets into the existing street grid pattern, and to provide for systematic naming and numbering of streets.
(Ord. 959 § 3, 1980; Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)