§ 16.09

An alley is a secondary means of access usually lying along the rear of lots or property, the front of which abuts on and has primary access from a street. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

An arterial road is a street so designated by a general or specific plan, or any street which by reason of its through-route characteristics or uses of land served now carries, or is expected to carry in the next 20 years, more than 10,000 vehicles per day. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A boundary street is a street lying along a subdivision boundary. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A collector street is a primary residential street designed to connect streets of a higher classification (carrying more traffic) designed to have a minimum interference of traffic from driveways.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A commercial street is a street which is to provide access to abutting property zoned for commercial purposes.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

An expressway is a divided arterial highway for through traffic which may provide “at grade” crossings or may have partial control of access. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A freeway is a divided arterial highway for through traffic having full control of access with no “at grade” crossings.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A frontage road is a road which is auxiliary to and located adjacent to a freeway, or other highway, and which may provide service to abutting property on only one side of the road and with controlled access to the adjacent major route. A frontage road may be of any classification.

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City of Goleta, CA

GOLETA CODE

§ 16.09.080

§ 16.09.150

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A hillside residential street is a street used as a residential, residential cul-de-sac, or residential loop street with special design features deemed appropriate by the City on the basis of slope and terrain. In general, this shall include areas where the natural cross-slope to be graded for the street exceeds 15%.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

An industrial street is a street which is to provide access to abutting industrial lots and which at present or in the future will not serve as an arterial road or major road. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A major road is a street so designated by a general or specific plan, or any street which by reason of its route characteristics or uses of land served now carries, or is expected to carry in the next 20 years, more than 5,000 but less than 10,000 vehicles per day. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A primary residential street is a street other than an arterial road or major road which:

• A. Is so designated by a general or specific plan; or

• B. Is expected to collect and carry a traffic volume of from 1,000 to 5,000 vehicles per day within the next 20 years; or

• C. Constitutes a principal entrance to a residential subdivision of more than 75 dwelling units and is not expected to serve in the future as a major road or collector street; or

• D. Serves residential development having a density in excess of four and one-half dwelling units per gross acre.

• (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A residential cul-de-sac street is a dead-end residential street which is designated to provide access to a limited number of abutting dwelling units and which cannot be extended to serve a greater number of dwelling units.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A residential loop street is a local purpose street which is to provide access to a limited number of abutting dwelling units, and which begins on and terminates at the same cross-street, or on two streets if both are secondary residential streets.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

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City of Goleta, CA § 16.09.150 SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.09.170

A rural residential street is a street which is abutted by residential lots zoned for a density of less than two and one-half dwelling units per gross acre and is designed to carry a traffic volume not to exceed 1,000 vehicles per day for at least 20 years.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A secondary residential street is a street which provides access to residential lots and is expected to carry a traffic volume of less than 1,000 vehicles per day. (Ord. 02-01 § 1)

A split-level street is a street of any classification having the improvements and capacity provided in a normal street of the same classification but with each direction of traffic at different elevations separated by a median strip.

(Ord. 02-01 § 1)

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City of Goleta, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.10.010

§ 16.10.030