§ 4. Streets.

a.

Relation to adjoining street system. Proposed new streets shall extend existing streets or their projections at the same or greater width, but in no case less than the minimum required width, unless variations are deemed necessary by the Town Council for reason of topography of design. Where, in the opinion of the Town Council, it is desirable to provide street access to adjoining property, proposed streets shall extend to the boundary of such property.

b.

Street width. The minimum width of proposed streets measured from lot line to lot line, shall be as shown on any officially adopted Major Street Plan, or if not shown on such plan, not less than eighty (80) feet for officially designated major streets, fifty (50) [feet] for minor streets with curb and gutter, and sixty (60) feet for minor streets with open ditch drainage.

(1)

If recommended by the street commissioner, Town of Walker, and approved by the board of aldermen, the street width may be adjusted to a minimum of thirty (30) feet measuring from the center of one ditch to the center of the opposite ditch, provided that the minimum road surface is twenty-two (22) feet in width; providing the following conditions exist:

(a)

The subdivision of land is a tract of land consisting of three (3) acres or less;

(b)

Only applications in residentially zoned areas of the town will be considered under this subsection.

c.

Street intersections. Insofar as practical, acute angles at street intersections shall be avoided.

d.

Dead-end streets. Streets designed to have one end permanently closed (cul de sac) shall be provided at the closed end with a turn-around with a minimum right of way radius of seventy (70) feet, and a minimum driving surface of twenty-two (22) feet, with an outside radius of fifty (50) feet and a "cul de sac" shall not be more than five hundred (500) feet in length unless approved by the Town Council or its authorized representative for specific reasons of topography or design.

 

 

e.

Street names. Proposed streets obviously in alignment with existing and named streets shall bear the names of existing streets. In no case shall the name for the proposed streets duplicate existing street names irrespective of the suffix used.

f.

Street improvements. Street improvements shall be required as set forth in Section 13.

(Ord. No. 12-1982-2, § 1, 12-13-82; Ord. No. 4-1985-2, 4-8-85)