All subdivisions shall conform to the existing Town plan as
approved by the Town Planning and Zoning Commission.
The arrangement of proposed streets shall in general provide
for the continuation of the principal existing streets without offsets
and with widths at least as great as those of existing streets. Where
such straight continuations are not practical, continuations may be
adjusted by reasonable curves or deflection angles, subject to the
approval of the Commission. Where a subdivision touches or contains
streets proposed on the existing Town plan, the layout within the
subdivision shall conform thereto.
A.
No street shall be proposed which shall be less than 60 feet in width
between property lines.
B.
Private streets, alleys and ways serving more than one dwelling shall
not be permitted.
C.
Streets shall be required to intersect one another at as near to
a right angle as is practicable, and no intersection shall be at an
angle of less than 30° unless necessitated by topographic conditions.
D.
Whenever any proposed subdivision shall adjoin another tract of acreage,
streets that may logically be developed in the event of the future
subdivision of such adjoining acreage shall be required to extend
through to the boundary line of the adjoining acreage.
E.
Unless enclosed on two or more sides by serious natural obstacles,
streets arranged in squares, ovals and circles, etc., must have at
least two street connections at points substantially opposite to each
other on the perimeter of such square, oval or circle. One of these
street connections may extend to undeveloped acreage.
No subdivision showing any reserved strips shall be approved.
[Amended effective 5-20-1969]
No dead-end street shall be permitted except when topographic
or physical conditions make it impossible at the time to extend it
or connect it with another proposed or existing street. In any such
case, a dead end may be permitted, provided that such dead-end street
shall not exceed in length the frontage of 10 lots per side and shall
have a circular turnaround at its terminus with a radius of not less
than 50 feet. No lot or part of lot may be placed in such a position
as to prevent future extension of dead-end street.
A.
Intersecting streets shall be laid out at such intervals that block
lengths between street lines are not more than 10 minimum lot frontages
as required by the zoning regulations of the Town of Stratford for
the area being subdivided,[1] except when existing conditions, in the opinion of the
Commission, justify a variation from this requirement. Minimum widths
of blocks shall generally be not less than 200 feet between street
lines in residential areas. The long side of blocks shall face the
main or more important thoroughfare to reduce the number of intersections
thereon.
B.
Pedestrianways 10 feet in width may be required through blocks over
600 feet in length or to connect dead-end streets, to provide easier
access to parks, schools, playgrounds or other public or semipublic
places.
C.
Permanent easements may be required within blocks at the discretion
of the Commission.
D.
The minimum block length shall be not less than 400 feet.
E.
Block widths shall be sufficient to permit two tiers of lots of sufficient
size to meet the requirements of the zoning regulations of the Town
of Stratford as in force at time of filing of application.
B.
Lots prohibited. Lots without frontage on a street are prohibited.
All lots shall be suitable for the purposes for which they are intended
to be used, and no area which is dangerous or injurious to health
or subject to inundation shall be subdivided into individual lots
for residential purposes. Any lot containing a stream bed shall have
35 feet added to its minimum width or depth, whichever is most nearly
perpendicular to the direction of the stream. Full normal minimum
lot width and yard depth shall be available without including the
center line of the stream. No lot other than corner lots having a
frontage on two streets less than 200 feet apart will be approved
except where topographic or other physical conditions so require.
C.
Side lot lines. Insofar as practicable, the side lines of all lots
shall be at right angles to the street on which the lot faces or radial
to curved street lines, and when such an arrangement is not possible,
the angular value between the side lot line and the street line shall
be shown. Town boundary lines shall not be permitted to cross any
lot but shall be made to constitute one of the lot lines.
D.
Lot numbers. All lots shall be numbered beginning with the numeral
"1" and shall continue consecutively throughout the entire subdivision
with no omissions or duplications. No fractions and no prefix or suffix
such as "1A," "B-2" or "CC" shall be used. Adjoining and adjacent
subdivisions having the same subdivision name shall not duplicate
the numbers but shall continue the sequence of numbers used previously
for the adjoining land. All lot numbers shall be conspicuous and centered
in the approximate center of the lots in solid black numerals about
1/4 inch high.
E.
Street names. All proposed streets shall bear tentative names which
shall not duplicate the names used to designate any other street in
the Town of Stratford. The tentative names of all proposed streets
shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. If any designation
is in numbers, it shall be spelled out completely, using hyphens when
necessary, in such form as "Forty-Second Street," and the words "Street"
"Avenue," or "Boulevard," as the case may be, shall be spelled out
in full.
Due consideration shall be given to the laying out of adequate
local parks and playgrounds in residential areas to be dedicated to
public use or to be reserved for the common use of all property owners
by covenant in the deed and subject to the control of the Town under
conditions approved by the Town Council of the Town of Stratford.
Where a subdivision touches or contains sites proposed for public
buildings in the Comprehensive Plan of the Town of Stratford in force
on the date the subdivision plat is filed, the layout of the site
shall conform thereto.
