§ 17.08.300. Streets.  


Latest version.
  • "Streets" means a right-of-way which provides for vehicular and pedestrian circulation.

    "Arterial street" and "highways" are those which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic. The minimum width of arterials which are part of the subdivision to be approved is eighty (80) feet.

    "Collector streets" are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major street system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation with the development. Their minimum width, when a part of the subdivision to be approved, is sixty (60) feet.

    "Cul-de-sac street" means a local street of short length having only one outlet with provisions for a turnaround at its termination, and which is not intended to be extended or continued to serve future subdivisions or adjacent land.

    "Marginal access streets" are minor streets which are parallel with and adjacent to arterial streets and highways, and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

    "Minor streets," also called "local access streets," are those which are used primarily for access to abutting properties. Their minimum width is fifty (50) feet.

    "Street width" means the shortest distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way of streets.

    "Stub street" means a dead-end local street which provides for eventual extension of the street onto unplatted land.

(Ord. 86-03-04-01 § l (part): prior code § 95.21.010 (part))