[Added 3-8-1977; amended 7-29-1997 by Ord. No. 97-10]
A. Residential subdivisions. With respect to a proposed
subdivision creating lots to be utilized for residential purposes,
the subdivider shall comply with all design and site improvement standards
set forth in the New Jersey Residential Site Improvements Standards
set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:21-1.1 et seq. In the event of a conflict
between the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards contained
in N.J.A.C. 5:21-1.1 and the standards contained in this chapter or
any township ordinance, the standards contained in the New Jersey
Residential Site Improvement Standards shall prevail.
B. Nonresidential subdivisions. With respect to a proposed
subdivision creating lots to be utilized for commercial, industrial
or other nonresidential purpose, the subdivider shall conform with
the design standards contained in all township ordinances, including,
without limitation, the ordinances contained in this chapter.
C. General standards. The design of subdivisions and site plans shall observe the requirements and principles of Chapter
91, Subdivision of Land, and Chapter
108, Zoning, as set forth in this section. Subdivisions and site plans shall conform to design standards that will encourage good development patterns within the municipality. Where either or both an official map or master plan has or have been adopted, the subdivision or site plan shall conform to the proposals and conditions shown thereon. The streets, drainage rights-of-way, school sites, public parks and playgrounds shown on an officially adopted master plan or official map shall be considered in approval of subdivision plans or site plans. Where no master plan or official map exists, streets and drainage rights-of-way shall be shown on the final plat or site plan in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38 through 40:55D-41 and shall be such as to lend themselves to the harmonious development of the municipality and enhancement to public welfare in accordance with the following design standards.
[Added 3-8-1977; amended 4-11-1989; 7-20-1997 by Ord. No. 97-10]
A. With respect to a proposed subdivision creating lots
to be utilized for residential purposes, the subdivider shall comply
with the street right-of-way widths and street design standards contained
in the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards set forth
in N.J.A.C. 5:21-1.1 et seq.
B. With respect to the proposed subdivision creating
lots to be utilized for commercial, industrial or any other nonresidential
purposes, the streets shall be designed and constructed in accordance
with the following standards:
(1) The geometric design of streets and street intersections
shall be governed by sound traffic engineering principles, and streets
shall intersect as nearly at right angles as is possible and in no
case shall be less than 60º.
(2) Subdivision streets and site plan exits shall be so
designed in profile and grading and shall be so located to permit
the following minimum sight distance in each direction. The measurement
shall be from the driver's height of eye 3.75 feet to the top of an
object 4.5 feet above the pavement.
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Allowable Speed on Township Road
(miles per hour)
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Required Sight Distance
(feet)
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25
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300
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30
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350
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35
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425
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40
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475
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45
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525
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50
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600
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(3) The design standards for any street in a subdivision or site plan shall meet the standards for road acceptance as shown on the table entitled "Minimum Road Design Standards for Road Acceptance," which is an appendix hereto and hereby declared to be a part of Chapter
91.
C. Design standards applicable to both residential and
nonresidential subdivisions. The following standards shall apply to
both residential and nonresidential subdivisions:
(1) The arrangement of streets shall be such as to provide
for the extension of existing streets.
(2) No subdivision or site plans showing reserve strips
controlling access to streets shall be approved, except when the control
and disposal of land comprising such strips has been placed in the
Township Committee under conditions approved by the Planning Board.
(3) Subdivision or site plans that adjoin or include existing
streets that do not conform to right-of-way widths as shown in the
Master Plan, Official Map or the street width requirements of this
chapter shall dedicate additional width along either one or both sides
of said street. If the subdivision or site plan is along one side
only, 1/2 of the required extra width shall be dedicated.
(4) No street shall have a name which will duplicate or
so nearly duplicate as to be confused with names of existing streets.
The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name. The
applicant shall show the proposed street names both on the subdivision
map and on a separate schedule. The schedule shall be filed with the
Planning Board Clerk and also forwarded to the Township Clerk and
Township Road Supervisor for review.
(5) Dead-end streets shall not be longer than 2,000 feet
and shall provide a turnaround at the end with a right-of-way radius
of not less than 50 feet and tangent, whenever possible, to the right
side of the street.
[Added 9-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-6]
Land adjacent to state highways shall be developed in conformity with the State Highway Access Management Code adopted by the Commissioner of Transportation, N.J.A.C. 16:47-1 et seq.; lands adjacent to county roads shall be developed in accordance with the County Access Management Code adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 27:161; and land abutting township roads shall comply with the requirements relating to access contained in Chapter
88 of the Hampton Township Code, including, without limitation, §
88-14.