A.Â
The subdivider shall comply with all requirements
for public improvements as specified in this section, excepting the
requirements which may be waived as previously provided where the
waiver of such requirements will not impair the intent of these regulations
or the public good:
B.Â
All above-specified improvements shall be designed and drawn by an engineer and shall be designed and installed in compliance with all standard specifications and procedures established by the City Engineer, the Director of Water and the Monroe County Department of Health for such improvements, and all drawings, details and other such material submitted in accordance with Article III of this chapter shall bear certification as to such compliance.
C.Â
During the installation of such improvements, the
subdivider or his or her contractor shall obtain and furnish the City
with property damage and public liability insurance in amounts to
be determined by the City Engineer.
[Amended 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22]
D.Â
The subdivider or his or her contractor shall comply
with the inspection procedures and schedules as established by the
City Engineer, the Director of Water and Fire Marshal.
[Amended 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22]
E.Â
The City shall have the right to invoke the performance
bond or letter of credit or other guaranty, accept the areas to be
dedicated as public property by ordinance and complete work through
the bonding company or through its own actions if all work is not
completed within the allowed time limit or if the work has been performed
to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
A.Â
The subdivider shall observe the following general
standards and principles of land subdivision:
(1)Â
The arrangements of streets in the proposed subdivision
shall, in general, provide for the continuation of the principal existing
or planned streets in adjoining property or for their proper projections
when adjoining property is not subdivided and shall be of a width
at least as great as that of the existing streets to be continued.
(2)Â
Where a proposed subdivision abuts or contains an
existing or proposed major arterial, the Commission may require local
streets, rear service alleys or such other treatment as may be necessary
for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation
of through and local traffic.
(3)Â
Street right-of-way widths and component widths shall be those shown on the Official Street Map or and where not shown shall be not less than indicated by the chart of minimum street design standards. [See Subsection A(17) below.]
(4)Â
Street grades, wherever feasible, shall not exceed
the following, with due allowance for vertical curves:
|
Street Type
|
Percent Grade
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Major arterial
|
3
| |
|
Minor arterial/collector
|
5
| |
|
Local street
|
5
| |
|
No street grade shall be less than 1/2
of 1%
| ||
(5)Â
In general, right-of-way lines within a block deflecting
from each other at any one point more than 10º shall be connected
with a curve, the radius of which, for the inner right-of-way lines,
shall be not less than 500 feet on major arterials and not less than
250 feet on minor arterials and on local streets.
(6)Â
All changes in street grade shall be connected by
vertical curves of a minimum length equivalent to 20 times the algebraic
difference in the rate of grade for major and minor arterials and
collectors and 1/2 of this minimum for all local streets. In
no case shall vertical curves be less than 50 feet in length.
(7)Â
Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly
as possible at right angles, and no street shall intersect any other
street at less than 60º.
(8)Â
Dead-end or cul-de-sac streets shall not exceed 700
feet in length and shall be terminated with a paved turnaround roadway
with a minimum radius of 40 feet and a minimum right-of-way radius
of 50 feet at the closed end.
(9)Â
In general, block lengths shall not exceed 1,200 feet
or be less than 500 feet.
(10)Â
Pedestrian walkways not less than five feet wide shall
be required where deemed essential by the Commission to provide circulation
or access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers, transportation
and other community facilities.
(11)Â
Property lines at street intersections shall be rounded
with a radius of 20 feet or of a greater radius where the City Engineer
may deem it necessary. The City Engineer may permit comparable cutoffs
or chords in place of rounded corners.
(12)Â
Easements for the installation of utilities shall
be provided where necessary along the rear or side lot lines and shall
be of a width deemed necessary by the City Engineer.
(13)Â
Reserved strips controlling access to streets or controlling
access to land dedicated to public use shall not be permitted.
(14)Â
No proposed street name shall duplicate or closely
approximate phonetically the name of any street within the City.
(15)Â
Every subdivision to be located in a special flood
hazard area shall have public utilities and facilities constructed
to minimize flood damage and shall have adequate drainage provided
to reduce exposure to flood damage.
(16)Â
Subdivisions shall be protected from flood hazard
and inundation by stormwater, springs and other surface waters. The
design and construction of drainage systems shall be such that watercourses
traversing the subdivision and natural water emanating from within
the subdivision will be carried through and off the subdivision without
injury to improvements, building sites or buildings existing or to
be installed within, adjacent to or downstream from the tract. Drainage
water entering the subdivision shall be received and discharged at
locations as nearly as possible in the manner that existed prior to
construction of the drainage facilities. The design of drainage facilities
shall be such that they will conform to the ultimate drainage requirements
of the land uses within the subdivision's watershed. The discharged
flow at the downstream area of the subdivision shall be conducted
in drainage facilities such that the flow effects shall be restored
as near to predevelopment conditions as possible prior to leaving
the subdivision or reasonably distant therefrom.
(17)Â
Minimum street design standards:
[Amended 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 93-273]
|
Street Widths
(feet)
| |||||
|
Right-of-Waya
|
Pavement
|
Curb Park
|
Sidewalk
|
Border
| |
|
Major arterial
|
80
|
56
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
|
Minor arterial
|
74
|
50
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
|
Major collector
|
66
|
42
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
|
Minor collector
|
62
|
40
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
|
Local:
| |||||
|
  2-way
|
50
|
28
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
|
  1-way
|
41
|
19
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
|
Minor/local (private)
|
b
|
c
|
b
|
b
|
1
|
|
Alley (private)
|
b
|
b
|
d
|
b
|
1
|
|
Downtown residential
| |||||
|
2-way
| |||||
|
  With trees
|
43
|
28
|
e
|
e
|
e
|
|
  Without trees
|
41
|
28
|
f
|
f
|
f
|
|
NOTES:
| |||||
|
  Unless otherwise noted, curb park,
a sidewalk and a border shall be installed on each side of the pavement.
| |||||
|
a: In the case of private ways, the right-of-way
is the width of the access easement.
| |||||
|
b: As determined by the City Planning Commission.
| |||||
|
c: As determined by the City Planning Commission,
but in no case shall the roadway width be less than 18 feet.
| |||||
|
d: Not applicable.
| |||||
|
e: The total for the combined widths of curb
park, sidewalk and border is 7.5 feet.
| |||||
|
f: The total for the combined widths of curb
park, sidewalk and border is 6.5 feet.
| |||||
