The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade
and location of all streets shall conform to the Master Plan and to
the official map, if any, and shall be considered in their relation
to other existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions,
to public convenience and safety and in their appropriate relation
to the proposed uses of land to be served and/or abutted by such streets.
Where such is not shown in the Master Plan,
the arrangement of streets in a subdivision shall either:
A.
Provide for the continuation or appropriate projection
of existing principal streets in surrounding areas; or
B.
Conform to a plan for the neighborhood approved or
adopted by the Planning Board to meet a particular situation where
topographical or other conditions make continuance of or conformance
to existing streets impracticable.
Minor streets shall be so laid out that their
use by through traffic will be discouraged.
Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing
or proposed arterial street, the Planning Board may require marginal
access streets, reverse frontage with screen planting contained in
a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, deep lots with
or without rear service alleys or such other treatment as may be necessary
for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation
of through and local traffic.
Where a subdivision borders on or contains a
railroad right-of-way or controlled access highway right-of-way, the
Planning Board may require a street approximately parallel to and
on each side of such right-of-way, at a distance suitable for the
appropriate use of the intervening land, as for park purposes in residential
districts or for commercial or industrial purposes in appropriate
districts. Such distances shall also be determined with due regard
for the requirements of approach grades and future grade separations.
Reserve strips controlling access to streets,
water plants, sewage treatment plants or to other land dedicated or
to be dedicated to public use shall be prohibited except where control
of such strips is definitely placed in the Town under conditions approved
by the Planning Board.
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less
than 125 feet shall be avoided.
A tangent at least 100 feet long shall be introduced
between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
When connecting street lines deflect from each other at any
one point by more than 10°, they should be connected by a curve
with a radius at the center line of not less than 250 feet for minor
and collector streets of such greater radii as the Planning Board
shall determine for special cases.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible
at right angles, and no street shall intersect any other street at
less than 75°. Any change in street alignment to meet this requirement
shall occur at least 100 feet from the intersection. The minimum distance
between intersections within a development shall be 150 feet.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
The Planning Board or Town Engineer may require that property
lines at street intersections shall be rounded with a radius of 20
feet or with a greater radius where the Planning Board may deem such
necessary. The Planning Board or Town Engineer may permit comparable
cutoffs or chords in place of rounded corners.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
Curb radii at intersections shall not be fewer than 30 feet
as measured at the edge of pavement.
Street right-of-way widths shall be shown as
in the Master Plan, and where not shown therein such right-of-way
widths shall not be less than 60 feet.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac) shall not be longer than 500
feet unless otherwise authorized by the Planning Board. No street
shall be designed to be a permanent dead end without a cul-de-sac.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
Dead-end streets shall be provided at the closed end with a
turnaround (cul-de-sac) having an outside roadway diameter of at least
166 feet and a street property line diameter of at least 200 feet.
[Amended 4-27-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
Street names shall be chosen after careful consideration of
existing street names in the Town to prevent duplication and phonetic
conflicts. Street names shall be submitted to the Town Clerk for distribution
at the reviewing agencies and committees for approval. Street names
are required prior to preliminary approval.
