§ 16.20.030. Streets.

A.

General Considerations.

1.

The streets shall be designed and located in relation to:

a.

Existing and planned streets;

b.

Topographical conditions and natural terrain features such as streams and existing tree growth;

c.

Public convenience and safety; and

d.

The proposed uses of the land to be served by such streets.

2.

Construction standards of all streets shall conform to the current standards as established by the city.

B.

Arrangement.

1.

Major streets shall be properly integrated with the existing and proposed system of major streets and highways.

2.

Minor streets shall be laid out to conform as much as possible to topography, to permit efficient drainage and sewer systems, and to require the minimum amount of street necessary to provide convenient, safe access to property.

C.

Width. The right-of-way of all streets shall be at least the width specified below, unless prohibited by unusual topographical, physical, or design features:

1.

Major streets and highways, one hundred (100) foot right-of-way;

2.

Streets, fifty (50) foot right-of-way;

3.

Minor street, forty (40) foot right-of- way.

D.

Grades. The grade of major streets shall not exceed six percent over three hundred (300) feet, and the grade of other streets shall not exceed ten (10) percent over three hundred (300) feet unless a steeper grade is necessitated by exceptional topography and approved by the planning commission. The minimum grade of all streets shall be one-half of one percent.

E.

Street Names. New street names shall not be so similar to the names of existing streets so as to cause confusion, but streets that are continuations of others already in existence and named shall bear the name of existing streets.

F.

Cul-de-Sac or Stub-End Streets. Streets designed to have one end temporarily closed in the case of stub-end streets, or permanently closed as in the case of the cul-de-sac shall not exceed five hundred (500) feet in length, and shall terminate with a turnaround having at least one hundred (100) feet in diameter of right-of way and a roadway at least seventy-five (75) feet in diameter. In the event that the dead-end street is adjacent to or abuts land which may be subdivided for similar use in the future the turnaround area shall become part of the thoroughfare upon subdividing and development of the adjacent land.

G.

Half Streets. Where a half street is adjacent to the subdivision, the other half of the street within the proposed subdivision shall be dedicated by the subdivider.

(Prior code § 19.01.140)