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Chapter 82 -Subdivision Regulations DIVISION 3. -ROADS AND PUBLIC WAYS Sec. 82-281. -Design standards. (a) Generally. In order to provide for roads of suitab le location, width and improvement to accommodate prospective traffic and afford satisfactory access to police, firefighting, snow removal, sanitation and road maintenance equipment, and to coordinate roads so as to co mpose a convenient system and avoid undue hardships to adjoining properties, the following design sta ndards for roads are required: (1) Road surfacing and improvements. After the sewer and wa ter utilities have been installed by the subdivider, the subdivider shall construct a ll road pa veme nt, shoulders, drainage improvements and structures, curbs, culs-de -sac, and sidewalks in conformance with all construction standards and specifications adopted by the ci ty and shall be incorporated into the construction plan s required to be submitted to the subdivider for final subdivision approval. (2) Rights-of-way. Rights-of-way shall be in accordance with the following performance standard: a. Minimum righ t-of -way widths. ) Principa l arterial, intermediate art~~ial As recomme nded by the State Department of Transportation I ·----.----------------_J r Minor arterial 80 fee t r--------- !Collector ' 70 feet ! f al r Parkway I I 50 feet ·------·,--" i 100 feet -----------J I J Culs-de-sac _______ __J I SO feet radius b. Rights-of-way are needed for future roadways in the opinion of the city. c. Right-of-way widths or add itional widths in existing rights-of-way in excess of the stand ards designated in this chapter when, du e to topography, ad d itional width i s necessary to provide adequate earth slopes. Suc h slopes shall not be in excess o f 3:1. (b) Railroads and limited-access roadways. Railroad rights-of-way and limited-access roadways where so located as to affect the subdivision of adjoining lands shall be t reated as follows: (1) In residential districts, a buffer stri p at least 25 feet in depth in addition to the normal depth of the lot required in the district shall be provided adjacent t o t he railroad right-of-way or limited-access roadway. (2) In districts zoned for business, co mmercia l or industrial uses, the nearest street extending parallel or approximately parallel to the railroad shall be at a sufficient di stance to ensure sui table depth for commercial or industrial sites. (3) Streets parallel to the rail road when inters ecting a street which crosses the rai lroad at grade shall be at a distance of at least 150 f ee t from the railroad right-of-way. Such distance sha ll be determined with du e co nsideration of the minimum di stance r equired for future se paration of grades by means of appropriate approach gra dients. (4) Streets crossi ng the rai lroads shall be avoided . (c) Intersections. (1) Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles . A proposed int ersection of two new streets at an angle or less than 75 degree s sha ll not be acceptable. An ob lique stre et sho uld be curved approaching an intersection and shoul d be approximately at right angles for at least 10 0 feet from the intersection. Not more than two streets shall in ters ect at any one point un less specifical ly approved by the city. (2) Proposed new intersections along one sid e of an exist ing street shal l coincide with any existing interse ctions on the oppos ite side of such street. Intersection jogs with centerline offsets of less than 150 feet sha ll not be permitted, except where the intersected street has separated dual drives without median brea ks at either intersection. Where stree ts intersect major streets, their a lignme nt shall be continuous. Intersect ions of arteria l roadway s shall be at least 800 f eet apart. Pag e 5 I I