11.7 Roads

A. Road Layout and Geometry. CVSSD Policy on Streets and Roads are made part of this Chapter by reference. The design and arrangement and construction of all roads, public and private, shall be in conformance with the Road Standards, the provisions of this Chapter, and any Town Design Guidelines as adopted. 1. The arrangement of roads shall provide for the continuation of major roads between adjacent properties when the continuation is necessary for the convenient movement of traffic, emergency or maintenance vehicles, or the efficient provision of utilities. 2. Proposed streets shall be continuous and in alignment with existing planned or platted streets with which they are to connect. 3. Roads shall be designed to provide emergency access and egress for residents, occupants, and emergency equipment providing width, curve radii and strength for emergency and maintenance vehicles used by or available to the Town. 4. Where the potential traffic impacts on the existing street systems are considered to be great, or in the case of unique circumstances concerning topography or neat layout, or at the request of the Town, the subdivider may be required to prepare a detailed engineering traffic study of the road system. 5. Proposed streets shall intersect one another as nearly at right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design permit. 'T' intersections rather than "cross" intersections shall be used wherever possible for local streets. 6. Where a road does not extend to the boundary of the development and its continuation is not required, its terminus should be no closer than 50 feet from the boundary. · 7. Strips of land reserved to control or restrict access to perimeter or stubbed roads shall be utilized only where the reserve strip is deeded to and accepted by the Town. 8. Lawful right of vehicular access must be demonstrated before the Town will give permission for the County to issue a building permit, a. The installation of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks shall be constructed according to the APWA standards and as designated in each zoning district, and may be required on any existing or proposed street adjoining a lot on which a building is to be constructed or remodeled, or on which a new use is to be established. Such curbs, gutters, and sidewalks may be required as conditions of building use permit approval. b. Every permanent dead-end street shall comply with the following requirements: i. Not to exceed 650 feet in total length. ii. End at a turnaround area having a radius no less than 50 feet and an asphalt surface. iii. Temporarily dead-end streets, intended as access to future development parcels, shall be a minimum of one lot depth in length (or as determined by the Land Use Authority) and shall meet all of the other requirements for permanent dead-end streets set forth above. iv. Driveways, mailboxes, fire hydrants and all other obstructions at such turnaround areas shall be designated in such a way as to provide an area for piling snow.