106-2-2.040 Terminal Streets

1. Permanently terminal street. 1. Maximum length and number of lots. A permanently terminal street (culde-sac or dead-end) or permanently terminal street-route shall: 1. Serve no more than 15 subdivision lots or lots of record as defined by Section 101-2; 2. Provide access to no more than 30 total dwelling units; and 3. Have a maximum length of 750 feet. This length shall be measured from the point at which the street or street-route becomes terminal to the furthest extent along the terminal street or terminal street-route. If the terminal street or terminal street-route loops back onto itself, the furthest extent shall be the midpoint of the loop. 2. Alternative allowance due to constraints. If approved by the local fire authority, a permanently terminal street or street-route may serve a maximum of 30 subdivision lots or lots of record, and the maximum length of the street may be waived by the Land Use Authority, as long as the topography or other constraints of the land in the vicinity will not reasonably allow for a street connection to make the street or street-route non-terminal. 3. Turn-around required. A permanently terminal street shall terminate in a cul-de-sac or other approved turnaround with a minimum right-of-way diameter of 100 feet and a paved turnaround designed to the requirements of the Fire Authority and City Engineer. If stormwater drains into the turnaround, a stormwater catch basin and drainage easement shall be provided. 2. Temporarily terminal street. 1. Parameters. An applicant may extend a temporarily terminal street or streetroute beyond the maximum length specified in Subsection (a) of this section if the extension: 1. Can be defined as a temporarily terminal street or temporarily terminal street-route, as defined in Section 101-2 of this Land Use Code; 2. Runs along the general alignment of a future street, as shown in an applicable general plan, small area plan, master streets plan, development agreement, or similar legislatively adopted planning document; 3. Reduces the distance between the terminal street and the greater interconnected public street network, as measured along the general alignment of the planned street; and 4. Complies with the requirements of the local fire authority. 2. Number of lots. A secondary emergency egress and fire access road, as approved by the local fire authority, shall connect the temporarily terminal street to the greater interconnected street network before more than 30 residential lots are allowed to gain sole-access from the street. Additionally, at no time shall more than 30 residential lots be allowed to gain sole-access from the street between the street's intersection with the nearest secondary emergency egress and the street's terminus. 3. Turn-around required. A temporarily terminal street shall have a temporary turnaround at the end with a minimum right-of-way diameter of 100 feet, or such greater dimension as required by the Fire Authority or City Engineer. The temporary turnaround shall remain available and usable by all street users for so long as the dead-end condition exists. 3. Substandard terminal street. A subdivision that is proposed along a terminal street or terminal street-route that does not meet City right-of-way or construction standards at any point along the terminal street or terminal street-route shall not be allowed unless the City Engineer and Planning Director can mutually make the following findings: 1. A traffic study, conducted by a certified professional traffic operations engineer (PTOE) and funded by the applicant, demonstrates that the existing single-access street or street route is adequate and safe, or can be made adequate and safe with improvements volunteered by the applicant, for the increased traffic demand of the new subdivision; 2. That due to topographic, environmental, or other unique characteristics of the area, it is unlikely that another street or street route will be established that provides the new subdivision a second connection to the greater interconnected public street network within the next 10 years; 3. That not providing the new subdivision with a standard single-access street or street-route does not conflict with an applicable general plan, small area plan, master streets plan, or similar adopted planning document; 4. That not requiring a second connection to the greater interconnected public street network does not conflict with an applicable general plan, small area plan, master streets plan, or similar adopted planning document; and 5. That compliance with Section 106-2-2.8 will be met.