20.08.04 DESIGN STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Minimum Area of Subdivision: There shall be no minimum area for a subdivision except as required to meet the minimum lot size and requirements as provided in the Zoning Ordinance for the area in which the subdivision is located. 2. Streets and Alley Widths, Cul-de-sacs, and Easements: 1. Street Widths: All streets shall conform to the required widths as found in the Genola Town Road standards as adopted by the Town of Genola. Where the Town of Genola has designated a future road that is located within a subdivision that is to be developed by the Developer, the corresponding road dedication shall conform to the width requirements of such planned road. The dedicated road shall be graded and paved and culverts installed in accordance with Town standards. Wider areas of roads for fire truck turn arounds shall be required as determined by fire code standards and by the Town Fire Chief. 2. Alleys: Alleys shall have a minimum width of twenty-six (26) feet. Alleys may be required in the rear of business lots, but will not be accepted in residential blocks except under unusual conditions where such alleys are considered necessary by the Planning Commission. 3. Reverse Curves: Reverse curves shall have a tangent of at least one hundred (100) feet, unless in the opinion of the Planning Commission such is not necessary. 4. Street Intersection: Streets shall intersect each other as near as possible at right angles. Minor streets shall approach the major or collector streets at an angle of not less than eight (80) degrees. Offsets in street alignment of more than ten (10) feet or less than one hundred twenty (120) feet shall be prohibited. 5. Street Grades: Minimum street grades of one percent (1.0%) will be required with the maximum grade being 7 per cent for collector streets and 10 per cent for minor streets. Where the observance of this standard is unfeasible, the Town Council shall have the power to grant an exception when special pavement surfaces and adequate leveling areas are installed or in the opinion of the Town Council the best subdivision of the land is thereby secured. 6. Street Curves: Where the street lines within a block deflect from each other at any one point more than ten (10) degrees, there should be a connecting curve. The radius of the curve for the inner street line should be not less than 350 feet for major streets, 250 feet for an important neighborhood street, and 100 feet for minor streets. 7. Street Names: New street names should not duplicate those already existing. A street obviously a continuation of another already in existence should bear the same name. Before the street is named, the proposed name must be submitted to and approved by the Town Council. 8. Relations to Adjoining Street System: The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provisions for the continuation of the existing streets in adjoining areas (or their proper projection where adjoining land is not subdivided) at the same or greater width (but in no case less than the required minimum width) unless variations are deemed necessary by the Town Council, for public requirements. The street arrangement must be such as to cause no unnecessary hardship to owners of adjoining property when they plat their own land and seek to provide for convenient access to it. Where, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, it is desirable to provide for street access to adjoining property, proposed streets shall be extended by dedication to the boundary of such property. 9. Cul-de-sacs: Cul-de-sacs (dead end streets) shall be used only where unusual conditions exist which make other designs undesirable. Each cul-de-sac shall have a minimum right-of-way width of sixty (60) feet and must be terminated by a turnaround of not less than one hundred ten (110) feet in diameter or a hammerhead turnaround with a minimum width of sixty (60) feet. Surface water must drain away from the turn-around, except that where surface water cannot be drained away from the turn-around along the street, due to grade, necessary catch basins and drainage easements shall be provided. 10. Easements: Where alleys are not provided, easements of not less than eight (8) feet on each side of all lot lines will be required where necessary for poles, wire, conduits, storm or sanitary sewers, gas and water mains, and other public utilities. Easements of greater width may be required along property lines where necessary for surface overflow or for the extension of main sewers or similar utilities. 3. Blocks: 1. Length: The maximum length of blocks, generally, shall be two thousand six hundred forty (2640) feet and the minimum length of blocks shall be three hundred and thirty (330) feet. Where the length of a block exceeds thirteen hundred feet (1,300) feet where the street dead ends, the Planning Commission may establish additional requirements to ensure the general safety and future road connectivity. 2. Width. The width of blocks generally shall be sufficient to allow two (2) tiers of lots. 3. Use: Blocks intended for business or industrial use shall be designed especially for such purposes with adequate space set aside for off-street parking and delivery facilities. 4. Lots: 1. Building Sites: The lot arrangement, design, and shape shall be such that lots will provide satisfactory and desirable sites for buildings and be properly related to topography and conform to requirements set forth herein. Lots shall not contain peculiarly shaped elongations solely to provide necessary square footage which would be unusable for normal purposes. 2. Building Lot Sizes and Frontage Requirements: All lots shall meet the lot size and frontage requirements for the zone in which it is located. 3. Building Lots Must Abut on Public Streets: Each lot shall abut on a street dedicated by the subdivision plat or an existing publicly dedicated street. Interior lots having frontage on two streets shall be allowed, except where topographic conditions make such design undesirable. 4. Corner Lots: Corner lots shall have extra width sufficient for maintenance of required building lines on both streets. 5. Angle of Lots: Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles, or radial to the street line, except where topographic conditions make it advisable to have side lot lines deflect at sharper angles. 6. Parts of Lots: All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing a larger tract must be attached to adjacent lots rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels. 7. Divided Lots: Where the land covered by a subdivision includes two or more parcels in separate ownership and the lot arrangement is such that a property ownership line divides one or more lots, the land in each lot so divided shall be transferred by deed to single ownership before approval of the final plat, and such transfer recorded in the County Recorder’s office before being certified to the Planning Commission by the Developer.