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PROPOSED CODE CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE PRIVATE STREETS § 153.20 STREET. (A)No plat shall be approved unless all streets shown thereon shall be of sufficient width and shall be so located as to accommodate the probable volume of traffic thereon, afford adequate light and air, facilitate fire protection,provide access of fire-fighting equipment to buildings, and provide a coordinated system of streets conforming to the city street plan. (B)In addition, the street design must meet the following requirements: (1) In the case of subdivisions for commercial, industrial and public purposes, no street giving access upon a major street shall be located closer than 500 feet, along the same side of a major street, to any other driveway, public or private street in the same or another subdivision; (2) Local streets shall be so planned as to discourage through traffic; (3) Cul-de-sacs, when used, shall be held to as short a distance as possible between the origin or main street and the end of the cul-de-sac. Each cul-de-sac shall have a terminus of nearly circular shape and be a maximum allowable length of 800 feet; (4) The use of half-width streets shall be prohibited, except where essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in conformity with the other requirements of these regulations and the overall plan of the neighborhood in which the plat is situated. Wherever a half-street is adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half of the street shall be platted within the tract; (5) Reserve strips controlling access to streets are prohibited; (6) The minimum distance between centerlines of parallel or approximately parallel streets intersecting a cross-street from opposite directions shall be 150 feet; (7) Intersections of more than two streets at one point shall be avoided; (8) Dead-end streets shall be prohibited unless provided with a turnaround or cul-de-sac arrangement; (9) Right-of-way requirements may be increased for specific thoroughfares if existing or anticipated traffic flow warrants it, or if drainage easements parallel the thoroughfares. The increased width will be set by the City Council under the advisement of the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Engineer. (10) Minimum right-of-way widths,paving widths, angle of intersection, curb radius, horizontal alignments, vertical alignments as well as maximum grades shall be in accordance with the following table: