206.06: STREET/TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

A. Continuous Street System. All streets and alleys must connect to other streets and alleys to form a continuous vehicular and pedestrian network within the plan area and to adjacent development. The use of gates or other preventative barriers is not permitted on public streets.

B. Connection to Adjacent Areas. Streets shall be aligned with existing and planned arterial and collector streets in adjacent neighborhoods in such a way that a continuous street pattern is created. Where a new residential subdivision occurs adjacent to undeveloped land within the Urban Development Boundary, stubs must be provided for future connections to the edge of the property line. Where street stubs exist on adjacent properties, new streets within a new residential subdivision shall be connected to these stubs.

C. Dead-End Streets. Culs-de-sac and dead end streets shall be prohibited in residential areas except where necessary to give access to or permit satisfactory future development of adjoining land. Cul-de-sacs and dead end streets shall be avoided in all other areas. If cul-de-sacs and dead end streets cannot be avoided, the maximum length shall be six hundred (600) feet. Culs-de-sac longer than three hundred (300) feet shall have pedestrian paths connecting them to parks and adjacent streets. D. Intersections. A minimum of three (3) collector streets shall intersect each one (1) mile length of arterial street. Pedestrian facilities shall be provided at all signalized intersections.

E. Maximum Block Length. Blocks shall not exceed six hundred (600) feet in length, unless existing adjacent property alignment, topographic, or traffic conditions justify a variation. Pedestrian connections consisting of a paved walkway at least five (5) feet wide within a ten (10) foot landscape right-of-way must be provided no more than three hundred fifty (350) feet apart for any blocks over six hundred (600) feet.

F. Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be provided along both sides of the street.

G. Pedestrian and Bicycle Paths. Continuous and convenient bicycle and pedestrian access shall be provided from every home within a plan area to the nearest neighborhood center, school, and park.

H. Traffic Calming. Traffic calming street design or devices shall be included as needed to ensure that designated speed limits are not exceeded.

I. Street Trees. Street trees shall be provided on all public street frontages. Fifteen gallon trees shall be planted in a linear fashion within planter strips between the curb and sidewalk, at least thirty (30) feet on center. Each master plan shall indicate the type and location of proposed street trees and how utility placement will accommodate street tree placement. (Ord. 1866, 11-19-2019)