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9..4 Thoroughfare standards.. Streets, sidewalks and other.. pedestrian or bicycle. ways within dedicated <br />rights -of -way shall be considered and designed together as "thoroughfares" The street and. pedestrian cir- <br />culation system in any development plan shall be used to organize and define the community, acting as <br />functional and visual links between neighborhoods,. the neighborhood. center, civic and commercial areas <br />and. open space: The circulation system shall be based on a defined, interconnected network to provide ade- <br />quate traffic capacity, provide connected pedestrian and bicycle routes; control through traffic, .limit•lot ac- <br />cess to streets of lower traffic volumes, and promote. safe and efficient mobility through the.community. <br />9.4.1 General street design principles. The following..piinciples should be followed in street layout <br />and design: <br />A) Local street: lengths should be short. <br />B) .Streets should be designed with gentle curves. and:changes in grade .to break the <br />sight line of the road into smaller visual. elements. and cause drivers to slow down. <br />C) Traffic calming features such as curb. extensions; traffic circles,. and medians <br />should.be used to encourage slow traffic speeds. <br />9.4.2 Thoroughfare Types Permitted by Subzone. The thoroughfare..design.in a given area of the <br />Gateway. District is determined in: part by the sub one to which the land is assigned. Right-of-way <br />dedication and the use of the right-of-way is set forth in the Thoroughfare "1'ype diagrams at Figures <br />2 and 3. The presence of trees: within a diagram indicates a requirement to plant "street trees" <br />within the indicated area. A development plan's thoroughfares shall comply`ivith the dimensional <br />and layout standards applicable to each thoroughfare• type. The following Thoroughfare Types are <br />allowed in each sub -zone: <br />i) Neighborhood Edge: A,13, .Ailey; <br />ii) Neighborhood General: A, B, C', Alley, Boulevard <br />(Type C only allowed. within 250' of Mixed -Use sub -zone boundary); <br />iii) Neighborhood Mixed -Use: C, D, Alley, Boulevard; <br />iv) Neighborhood. Center; D, Alley, Boulevard; Scheuneman Road and Hoffman Road should <br />be treated as Type D thoroughfares in plans. <br />(May also propose a 2laia with a thoroughfare: as regulated. by Figure 5). <br />NOTE:. County Road E and Highway 61 are .not . included within these Thoroughfare. <br />Typesand should not be used or depicted as "frontage" for any Building Type when using <br />this Code. <br />Gene Lake Gateway District Development .Cade <br />May 19, 2009 - Page 7 <br />