A. 
The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade and location of all streets in a proposed subdivision shall conform to the official community plan and these regulations.
B. 
All such streets shall be related to existing and proposed streets in the area, topographical conditions, public convenience and safety, and existing and proposed land uses along such streets.
C. 
All streets shall be platted in such a manner that all resulting lots shall conform to the applicable zoning regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 361, Zoning.
D. 
Where such streets are not shown on the official community plan, the arrangements of these streets in the subdivision shall either:
(1) 
Provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of existing streets in the surrounding areas; or
(2) 
Conform to a neighborhood plan approved or adopted by the Planning Commission.
E. 
Minor and collector streets shall be laid out so as to discourage through traffic.
F. 
Where a residential subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial, the Planning Commission shall require:
(1) 
Marginal access streets;
(2) 
Reverse frontage with screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line;
(3) 
Deep lots with rear service streets; or
(4) 
Such other treatment as may be necessary for the adequate protection and stabilization of residential properties and to afford separation of through and local traffic.
Reserve strips designed and used for the primary purpose of controlling access to minor streets by parties or persons other than a public agency shall be prohibited.
A. 
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 125 feet shall be avoided.
B. 
A tangent of not less than 100 feet in length shall be introduced between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.
C. 
Sight distance. Minimum clear sight distance, measured along the chord of the center line, shall be provided on all streets as follows:
(1) 
Arterial streets: 400 feet.
(2) 
Collector streets: 350 feet.
(3) 
Minor streets: 250 feet.
A. 
Street rights-of-way and roadway width shall conform to the official community plan.
B. 
All streets shall be paved according to the established standards adopted by the City Council.
C. 
The following minimum standards shall apply:
Street Type
Right-of-Way Width
(feet)
Expressway
As per Oklahoma State Highway Department
Primary arterial
120
Secondary arterial
100
Commercial or industrial street
80
Collector
60
Minor
50 or 60*
NOTES:
* Use where abutting development is high density.
D. 
Half streets shall be prohibited, except where essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in conformity with the other requirements of these regulations.
E. 
In no event shall lots facing a half minor residential street be permitted.
F. 
Wherever an existing half street is adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half of the street shall be platted within such tract.
A. 
No access on an arterial street shall occur within minimum intervals of 500 feet, measured from the nearest intersecting right-of-way lines (except as modified by Subsection B); said distance may be extended or increased if traffic conditions, as determined by the Planning Commission, warrant such extension.
B. 
In commercial and industrial subdivisions, specifically designated "one-way turn only" access may be provided in the direction of the adjacent traffic lane at a minimum distance of 300 feet between major street intersections or a minimum of 300 feet between each access point.
C. 
Commercial or industrial subdivisions should have access to an arterial or commercial street, and may have access to a collector street, if traffic conditions, as determined by the Planning Commission, warrant such extension, but shall not have access to a minor street.
D. 
To assure traffic safety, appropriate nonaccess provisions shall be designated and dimensioned along all abutting streets in commercial and industrial subdivisions, and along major streets in residential subdivisions. A description of such nonaccess provisions shall appear upon the plat.
E. 
Access to property occurring within the minimum distance prescribed for arterial street access, 500 feet, shall only be by the closest service or frontage road entrance onto the arterial street.
[Amended 9-1-2009 by Ord. No. 7023]
A. 
No street name shall be used which will duplicate or be confused with the names of existing streets.
B. 
Street names shall be established or changed as follows:
(1) 
Approval of the final plat or replatting of a subdivision.
(2) 
Council initiative.
(a) 
Any Council member may introduce a street name change to the Municipal Planning Commission.
(b) 
The Municipal Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing prior to Council's consideration of any name change and make a recommendation for or against the proposal.
(c) 
A notice of public hearing shall be delivered to property owners along the affected street, and a legal notice must be posted in a newspaper of record at least 10 days in advance of the public hearing.
(d) 
Name changes only become effective 90 days after the approval by Council.
(3) 
Citizen initiative.
(a) 
Citizens may request the renaming of a street through initiative petition. Such petition must contain the original signatures of at least 60% of the property owners along the street where a change is requested and must be submitted at least 20 days prior to the Planning Commission meeting where the proposal will be considered. The petition must clearly identify the street being affected and a proposed name.
[1] 
A public hearing shall be conducted at the Planning Commission meeting where the request is being reviewed.
[2] 
A notice of public hearing shall be delivered to property owners along the affected street, and a legal notice must be posted in a newspaper of record at least 10 days in advance of the public hearing.
[3] 
The Planning Commission shall transmit its recommendation to the City Council for final consideration.
[4] 
Name changes only become effective 90 days after the approval by Council.
(b) 
Applications shall be subject to a fee as established by Council through resolution.
C. 
Subdivision names shall not duplicate existing subdivisions of record unless the plat is an extension of a previously recorded addition as reflected in a preliminary plat approved by the Planning Commission and the City Council.
A. 
The minimum grade of all streets shall be 0.4%.
B. 
Except where unusual topographic conditions justify an exception, the maximum grade of all streets shall not be greater than the following:
Street Type
Grade
Arterial
3%
Collector
5%
Minor streets
7%
A. 
Streets shall be laid out to intersect at right angles and may be curved, if necessary, in order to make this possible. In no event shall a street intersect any other street at any angle of less than 75º.
B. 
Street corners on local residential streets shall have a minimum radius of 25 feet at curbline or its equivalent.
C. 
Street corners on commercial and industrial streets shall have a minimum radius of 30 feet at the curbline or its equivalent.
D. 
Street intersections involving arterials shall have a minimum street corner radius of 30 feet at the curbline or its equivalent.
E. 
All street corner radii shall be shown on the preliminary and final plats.
F. 
Corner dedications shall be provided at the intersections of all streets which are not less than 25 feet back from the intersection of the projected right-of-way lines of the intersecting streets.
A. 
Except where topography would render impracticable the standard distance as set forth herein, the maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 1,000 feet in areas of low density and 500 feet in all other cases.
B. 
Each cul-de-sac shall be provided with a turnaround having a minimum right-of-way radius of 50 feet.
C. 
The road surface within the cul-de-sac right-of-way shall have a minimum radius of 38 feet.
D. 
In the case of temporarily dead-ended streets which are stub streets designed to provide future connection with adjoining unsubdivided areas, the Planning Commission may require:
(1) 
Temporary easements for a turnaround having a radius of 50 feet; or
(2) 
An appropriate area for a backaround.
E. 
In all instances, proper provisions shall be made for adequate storm drainage so that stormwater does not collect at the ends of these streets.
A. 
Alleys shall be provided in all commercial districts except where a commercial district will be developed as a self-contained unit; then other provisions shall be made on the site for service drives and service areas.
B. 
Alleys, when provided in residential areas, shall not be less than 20 feet in width.
C. 
Alleys in commercial areas shall not be less than 30 feet in width and shall be paved.
D. 
Dead-end alleys are prohibited except where natural or other features make it impossible to continue them. Where dead-end alleys are unavoidable, they shall be provided with adequate turnaround areas with a minimum radius of 40 feet at the dead end. Backaround areas may be allowed in residential subdivisions.
A. 
Where alleys are not provided or may not be used for utility purposes, easements shall be provided as may be advisable for poles, wires, conduits, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, gas lines, water mains and lines, and other similar purposes.
B. 
Rear-yard easements shall be at least 20 feet wide. In the event 1/2 of an easement is platted, it shall be not less than 15 feet in width.
C. 
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially with the lines of such watercourse and such further width of construction or both as will be adequate for the purpose. Parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith.
D. 
Twenty-foot utility easements shall be provided at the end of culs-de-sac along major thoroughfares.
[Amended 7-11-2023 by Ord. No. 9328]
In general, the minimum dimension of a block should be the minimum necessary to provide for legal, conforming lots within that block. Blocks in the Agricultural and Residential Estates Zoning Districts should serve a maximum of 20 conforming lots. Blocks in the Industrial Zoning Districts should be a maximum of 1,000 feet in any dimension. Blocks in all other areas shall be no longer than 750 feet in any dimension.
A. 
The foregoing dimensions shall be subject to adjustment by the Council upon recommendation by the Planning Commission where topography, the character of the proposed development, or other similar conditions justify blocks of greater or lesser length and/or width.
B. 
Block lengths and widths shall be measured from the street right-of-way line.
C. 
Wherever blocks are longer than 600 feet, pedestrian ways may be required at the approximate center of the block.
A. 
The lot size, width, depth, shape, orientation, and minimum building setback lines shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and the type of development and use contemplated.
B. 
Lot dimensions and building lines shall conform to the existing zoning regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 361, Zoning.
C. 
Each lot shall have access and front upon a public street.
D. 
Double-frontage lots should be avoided except where their use will produce definite advantages in meeting special situations in relation to topography and proper land use.
E. 
Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles or radial to street lines.
When a plat is filed on land that is subject to flooding or has been flooded within the last 20 years and corrective measures have not been taken to prevent reflooding, or when said land has soil conditions unsuitable for building purposes, said plat shall not be acceptable except where said property is dedicated to the municipality subject to its acceptance for a watercourse, water drainage basin, a park or a conservancy district or for any other purpose of protecting the health, safety and general welfare of the public.
Private roadways are permitted with the following provisions:
A. 
That said private roadway easement is at least 50 feet in width.
B. 
That said private roadway shall not be dedicated to the public but be reserved for future dedication and, until such future dedication, be the private property of the abutting property owners.
C. 
That said private roadways shall be maintained by the owners of the property within the subdivision.
D. 
That the City shall have no responsibility for their maintenance or repair.
E. 
If said property is platted, there shall be emblemized on the face of said plat, clearly conspicuous, a notice that the streets and drives have not been dedicated to the public, and that said streets shall be maintained by the private property owners within the subdivision, but that said streets shall always be open to police, fire and other official vehicles of all state, federal, county and City agencies.
F. 
That every deed shall clearly acknowledge that said roadway is private and not maintained by the City.
G. 
That, prior to the sale of any parcel in said subdivision, a conspicuous sign be posted at the entrance to said subdivision, "Private roadway not maintained by the City."
H. 
Provided that, at any time thereafter, a petition of at least 60% of the owners in the area, to improve and dedicate said street, shall bind all of said owners thereby, to permanently improve said street or roadway in compliance with the requirements of the City.