Article III. [STREETS; MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS]  

1.

Streets.

(a)

All streets shall be platted along contour elevations which will result in minimum grades and greatest visibility wherever practicable with consideration given to the anticipated uses of the land.

(b)

The proposed street layout shall be made according to good land planning for the type of development proposed. All streets must provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of principal streets in surrounding areas and provide reasonable means of ingress and egress for surrounding tracts.

(c)

The means of ingress and egress to the public street, other than a local residential street, shall minimize traffic congestion by limiting the number of ingress and egress points to the public street. Methods such as shared drives and recorded common access easements shall be used in order to minimize the number of curb cuts along such roads and highways. (Ord. No. 94-1309, § 6, 1-16-95)

(d)

Reserve strips shall not be permitted.

(e)

Spite strips or strips for unspecified or unacceptable purposes are prohibited.

(f)

Sidewalks may be required where deemed necessary for public safety in accordance with specifications found in Appendix A, Article IV, section 5. (Ord. No. 97-1578, § 1, 7-21-97)

(g)

Public utilities shall be installed prior to acceptance.

(h)

All streets that provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of principal streets in surrounding areas and all streets that provide reasonable means of ingress and egress for surrounding acreage tracts shall be constructed to the subdivision limits as required by the planning commission.

2.

Minimum requirements.

(a)

The sub-grade shall be compacted and shaped prior to application of base materials.

(b)

The base course shall have a compacted thickness of no less than six (6) inches and base course materials shall be approved, as to mixture and durability of materials, by the building official.

(c)

All streets shall be paved and have a minimum width of twenty-two (22) feet plus curbing.

(d)

A minimum of four-foot shoulders shall be constructed.

(e)

A typical roadway section with the street grades shall be submitted for approval along with the drainage plan.

(f)

Unless authorized by the planning commission, grades over fifteen (15) percent will not be permitted.

(g)

All intersections shall have a sufficient turning radius to accommodate traffic in a normal manner.