2019-025 - Amending Ordinance No. 1315 Subdivision Regulations to Incorporate the Master Thoroughfare Plan

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"2. Off -center street intersections shall, in general, not be approved. All arterial and collector streets shall be continuous or in alignment with existing streets, unless variations are deemed advisable by the Commission and Council due to topography and requirements of traffic circulation. "3. Proposed public or private streets for all future developments and subdivisions of land in the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, regardless of whether they are included on the city's master thoroughfare plan, shall be aligned and constructed to connect to as many existing public streets that border the future development or subdivision as are necessary to provide for a minimum of two points of emergency access. "4. In circumstances where existing public street right-of-way within an existing development abuts a future development or subdivision, and said right-of-way is unpaved or otherwise unimproved in a manner to allow normal use by vehicular traffic including emergency vehicle and apparatus, the developer of the future development or subdivision may be required, in rough proportion to the impact of the future development or subdivision, to construct all or part of an improved street surface on said right-of-way in accordance with the city's street design standards. "5. Bounda Streets. In cases where the land proposed to be subdivided is partially or totally bounded on one or more sides by an existing street, way, or artery having a width less than that specified in this ordinance, the subdivision shall be laid out so as to provide the street width required. "A half street along adjoining property which has not been subdivided may be approved; however, if it is deemed necessary by the city that the full width of the street be obtained, then the developer of the first tract to be subdivided may be required to obtain the additional or remaining rights-of-way from the adjacent tract. "6. Street Intersections More than two (2) streets intersecting at a single point shall be avoided, except where it is impractical to secure a proper street system otherwise. Where several streets converge at one point, or acute intersection angles are present, setback lines, special rounding or cut off corners, and/or a traffic circle may be required to ensure safety and facilitation of orderly traffic movements. "Collector and local streets shall have as the property line corner the point of intersection of the intersecting streets. No arterial street shall intersect any other arterial street at an angle of less than seventy-five (75) degrees. No collector street shall intersect an arterial street at an angle of less than seventy-five (75) degrees, or another collector street at an angle of less than sixty (60) degrees. No local street shall intersect any arterial street at an angle of less than seventy-five (75) degrees, or any collector street at an angle of less than forty-five (45) degrees.