[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Augusta
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 6, Art. III, Div. 7, of the 1990 Code]
A.
Street improvements standards for specified types of developments
in the City are based upon the following:
B.
The design of streets shall provide for proper continuation of streets
from adjacent subdivision and built-up areas and proper projection
of streets into adjacent unsubdivided and open land. Generally, a
right-of-way on each side shall be provided at least every 1,000 feet.
A.
Major or collector streets shall be 60 feet wide; most streets shall
be 50 feet wide. Continuations of existing forty-foot streets which,
if continued at 40 feet, will be satisfactory in the view of the Board,
or streets where traffic will be local only, may be 40 feet wide.
Residential lanes serving only dwelling units may be less than 50
feet wide. A ten-foot utility easement is required on each side, and
off-street parking for at least three vehicles per dwelling is required.
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Street Width Table
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Type of Street
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Uses
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Required Right-of-Way
(feet)
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Pavement on Traveled Way
(feet)
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Additional Utility and Snow Easement
(feet)
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Residential dead-end or local street
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1 to 20 dwellings
21 to 50 dwellings
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40
50
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24
30
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10
5
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Residential collector
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51 to 200 dwellings
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60
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36
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5
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Neighborhood collector
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Over 200 dwellings or any commercial, governmental or industrial
use
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60
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40
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5
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Major artery or access
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Connecting heavy traffic, highways or generation points
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100
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60
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0
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(1)
A five-foot snow storage and utility easement shall be provided on
each side of the street. A ten-foot easement shall be designated for
a forty-foot right-of-way.
B.
Streets shall intersect at right angles where possible but under
no circumstances at an angle of less than 60°.
C.
T intersections formed on opposite sides of the same collector street
shall not be closer than 200 feet center line to center line.
D.
Street lines at intersections shall be cut back to provide the curb
radii of not less than 20 feet.
E.
Street intersections and curves shall be so designated as to permit
adequate visibility for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Curves
in general shall have a minimum center-line radius of 100 feet. All
streets shall be designed on the plans and built following curves
rather than angle points.
F.
A dead-end street or cul-de-sac shall be provided with a suitable
turnaround at the closed end, having a minimum outside curb radius
of 50 feet (40 feet may be used in cases of hardship due to available
land or topography).
G.
A block shall be generally not less than 600 feet nor more than 1,200
feet in length.
H.
Grades of all streets shall be a reasonable minimum but shall be
not less than 7 1/2% nor more than 8% unless a variance is recommended
by the Board and the City Engineer and approved by the City Council.
I.
All streets in general shall be provided with at least one sidewalk
having a minimum width of five feet. Roads or lanes with housing density
of less than one dwelling unit each 300 feet shall not require sidewalks.
Rear lot line rights-of-way may be provided for utilities or public
purposes. Such rights-of-way shall be owned and maintained by the
developer or landowners abutting.
J.
It shall be the responsibility of the developer to protect control
points or property corners set by his surveyor and all stakes set
by the City in connection with the work. All City restake work in
excess of 10% of the stakes shall be paid for by the developer at
a rate to be determined by the City Engineer.
