§ 98-81. General requirements.

(a)

The arrangement of streets in a new subdivision shall make provision for the continuation of the principal existing streets in the adjoining subdivision, or their proper projection when adjoining property is not subdivided, insofar as they may be necessary for public requirements. Streets that are continuous shall bear the same name throughout. The planning commission may, in addition, require the continuation of such minor streets as are necessary for the extension of public improvements or for access by adjoining property owners. Where, in the opinion of the planning commission, topography makes such conditions or conformity impractical, or where the city commission or the planning commission has adopted a plan for a community or neighborhood area of which the subdivision is a part, and such plan provides for coordination with the street system of the city different from such continuations or projections of existing streets, and the subdivider's plat conforms to such community or neighborhood plan, the city commission may approve the subdivider's plat.

(b)

Half streets shall be prohibited except where unusual circumstances make it essential to the reasonable development of the tract in conformance with this chapter and where satisfactory assurance for the dedication of the remaining part of the street is provided. Whenever a tract to be subdivided borders on existing half or partial streets, the other part of the streets shall be dedicated within such tract.

(c)

Dead-end streets are prohibited except those designed as permanent cul-de-sacs or those required for further access to adjacent unplatted property. Temporary turn-around arrangements for dead-end streets which will be extended in the future may be required by the planning commission.

(d)

Where the plat submitted covers only a part of the subdivider's land, a sketch of the prospective future design of the unsubmitted part shall be furnished, and the street system of the part submitted shall be considered in the light of adjustments in connection with the street system of the part not submitted.

(e)

Where the parcel is subdivided into larger tracts than for building lots, such parcels shall be divided so as to allow for the opening of major streets and the ultimate extension of adjacent minor streets.

(f)

Subdivisions showing unplatted strips or private streets as the only means of connecting two or more public streets will not receive approval.

(g)

Insofar as is practical, acute angles between streets at their intersections are to be avoided.

(h)

Names of new streets shall not duplicate existing street names either by sound or sight; however, any proposed street, which, in future plats, can be extended in a logical manner to connect with an existing named street shall bear the same name.

(Code 1970, § 39-30)