(A) Relation to adjoining street system.
(1) The arrangement of streets in a new subdivision shall make provision for the continuation of principal existing streets in adjoining or adjacent subdivisions, insofar as they may be necessary for public requirements. In general, such streets shall be of a width as great as that of the street so continued or projected. The centerline of such streets shall continue with the centerline of existing streets.
(2) In general, the streets shall extend to the boundary of the subdivision to provide the proper access to adjoining property and provide for proper connection with the highway system of the part submitted.
(B) Access to property. Each lot within a subdivision shall be provided with a satisfactory means of access to a public street. There shall be no reserve strips controlling access to a street, except where the control of such strips is definitely placed with the Village Council.
(C) Interference with streets. The platting shall not be such as to stop the opening of major streets and the extension of adjacent minor streets, which in the judgment of the Village Council would ultimately be opened and extended.
(D) Street intersections. Streets shall be required to intersect each other at as nearly right angles as practicable. Streets converging at one point shall be reduced to the least practicable number.
(E) Streets in relation to railroads.
(1) Whenever a subdivision is to be laid out adjacent to a railroad right-of-way, a street shall be placed parallel to the railroad.
(2) The intersection of the centerline of the parallel street with that of any street which crosses the railroad shall not be less than 300 feet from the line of the railroad right-of-way. Variances may be allowed in the judgment of the Village Council for existing streets and extensions thereof, jogs and other individual factors.
(F) Dedication to half streets, The dedication of half-streets will be permitted where a subdivision adjoins undeveloped property and wherever, on an adjoining plat, the other half must be dedicated to the proposed plat to make the street or alley complete.
(G) Dead-end streets. Dead-end streets will not be approved if they exceed 400 feet in length. Every permanently dead-end street shall be of such width at the closed end as will permit a turning radius of not less than 45 feet.
(H) Building lines and setback lines. Where practical, building setback lines shall be designated as proposed by the subdivider.
(I) Street grades. Profiles may be required of all streets at the discretion of the Village Council. The minimum grade allowed shall be 0.5%.
(J) Curb corners. Where there are to be curb corners, they shall be rounded with a radius of not less than 15 feet. Intersections where the interior angle is less than 60 degrees shall have the curb corners rounded with at least a 30-foot radius, and when the interior angle is less than 135 degrees, it is recommended that the corner be rounded with a minimum radius of ten feet.
(K) Access to street across ditches. Subdivider shall provide access to all proposed streets across watercourses or ditches.
(L) Street subdivision names. All proposed streets obviously in alignment with another already existing and named, must bear the same name. New street names shall not duplicate existing street names and all names must be approved by the Village Council.
(M) Subdivision names. Duplication of proposed subdivision names with the names of those already existing will not be permitted.
(Ord. 7, passed 8-2-1993)
