West Covina Municipal Code § 19-194 Specific street standards

This article provides the street standards for the construction of all streets in the city. Plans for the construction, widening, extension or reconstruction of streets which do not comply with these standards shall not be approved by the city engineer unless the city council has approved a deviation from these standards.

(Ord. No. 1497, § 1, 9-22-80)

All streets in the city shall be in one (1) classification and shall comply with the standards for that classification. Where a street may possibly be construed as being within more than one (1) classification, it shall be classified under the classification with the highest standards. The city engineer shall be responsible for classifying streets subject to appeal to the planning commission and city council. Following are the classifications of streets in the city:

(a) Freeway: A fully controlled access street under control of the California Department of Transportation.

(b) Principal Arterial: Partially controlled access street serving primarily through traffic and providing access to one (1) or more other cities.

(c) Minor Arterial: Partially controlled access street serving primarily through traffic.

(d) Collector: Partial or no control of access street serving primarily neighborhood residential traffic.

(e) Minor and Cul-de-sac Streets: Streets primarily providing direct access to abutting residential properties.

(f) Alleys: Streets primarily providing access to the rear or sides of residential properties in lieu of access to a partially controlled access street.

(g) Private Streets: Streets serving and contained within condominium developments or, where approved by the planning commission or city council, serving a self-contained development with a homeowner's association responsible for the maintenance of the street.

(h) Special Street Design District: Streets within the city demonstrating distinctive conditions with respect to traffic circulation conditions, acceptable traffic volumes, and land use conditions that may warrant otherwise atypical design standards pertaining to angled, on-street parking, modified curb-to-curb design width, special paving treatments, pedestrian zones and public parking lots, and other conditions as determined pertinent to the circumstances of the project as determined by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 1497, § 1, 9-22-80; Ord. No. 1968, § 2, 3-19-96)

All streets in the city to be constructed, widened, extended or reconstructed shall comply with the master plan of streets as included in the city's general plan.

(Ord. No. 1497, § 1, 9-22-80)

All streets in the city, except freeways and special street design districts, to be constructed, widened, extended or reconstructed shall comply with the following general street standards:

(a) Construction shall be done in accordance with the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction.

(b) All streets shall include a structural section approved by the city engineer, portland cement concrete curbs and gutters, portland cement concrete sidewalks, portland cement concrete driveway approaches as appropriate and approved by the city engineer, streetlighting with underground wiring in accordance with a designed layout approved by the city engineer, and drainage system and structures as required by the city engineer. The planning commission or city council may waive the requirements for sidewalks and streetlighting on a case-by-case basis for minor, cul-de-sac and private streets.

(c) Curb return radii at intersections of minor, cul-de-sac and private streets and other minor, cul-de-sac and private streets shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet. Curb return radii at intersection of alleys and other streets shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet. Curb return radii at all other intersections shall be a minimum of thirty-five (35) feet.

(d) The following minimum and maximum values shall apply to the design elements of streets unless topography or other factors necessitate a variance from these values and such variance is specifically approved by the city engineer:

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(e) The curb radius at the end of a cul-de-sac shall be a minimum of forty (40) feet unless topographic features warrant a lesser radius as specifically approved by the planning commission or city council.

(f) The design of the structural section shall be based on the results of soils tests by a soils engineering firm and on the traffic index value assigned to the street by the city engineer. The design criteria provided in the State Caltrans Highway Design Manual shall be used to design the structural section.

(Ord. No. 1497, § 1, 9-22-80; Ord. No. 1562, § 2, 10-25-82; Ord. No. 1968, § 3, 3-19-96)

All streets in the city, except freeways, to be constructed, widened, extended or reconstructed shall comply by classification with the following indicated street standards:

(a) Principal Arterials 110 ft. Right-of-Way: Minimum ninety (90) feet between exterior curbs, full parkway width sidewalks with tree wells, raised median island using portland cement concrete curbs and traffic signals at intersections with all other streets except minor and cul-de-sac streets.

(b) Minor Arterials: Same standards as principal arterials, except hundred-foot right-of-way and minimum eighty (80) feet between exterior curbs.

(c) Collector: Minimum forty (40) feet between exterior curbs.

(d) Minor Streets: Minimum thirty-two (32) feet between exterior curbs.

(e) Cul-de-sac Streets: Minimum thirty-two (32) feet between exterior curbs and maximum six hundred (600) feet in length unless specifically approved by the planning commission or city council to be of greater length subject to any added safety/access conditions and/or increased street widths that are deemed appropriate. In the case of one (1) or more cul-de-sac streets having access from a cul-de-sac street, the combined total length shall not exceed the maximum length for a single cul-de-sac street unless specifically approved by the planning commission or city council to be of greater length subject to any added safety/access conditions and/or increased street widths that are deemed appropriate.

(f) Private Streets: Minimum twenty-eight (28) feet between exterior curbs and in accordance with Planning Commission Resolution No. 2519 and revisions thereto.

(Ord. No. 1497, § 1, 9-22-80; Ord. No. 1745, § 1, 6-22-87; Ord. No. 1968, § 4, 3-19-96)