Sections:
16.16.010 - Alignment of streets.
16.16.040 - Intersection of streets.
16.16.050 - Alignment and visibility of streets.
16.16.060 - Minimum radii of curvature on centerline of streets.
16.16.100 - Effect of street layout on adjoining property.
16.16.110 - Reserves at end of streets or boundaries of subdivision.
16.16.010 - Alignment of streets.
The alignment of all arterial streets and collector streets shall conform to those designated in the circulation element adopted by the City Council prior to the date of filing of the tentative map with the Advisory Agency. All proposed minor streets shall be in alignment with existing planned or platted streets with which they are to connect.
(Prior code § 7-4.15)
A.
Arterial streets shall be of the width indicated on the approved plans and not less than eighty (80) feet in width.
B.
Collector streets shall be not less than sixty (60) feet in width.
C.
Local streets shall be not less than fifty (50) feet in width.
D.
Blind streets shall be not over three hundred (300) feet in length and shall be not less than fifty (50) feet in width. All blind streets shall terminate in a circular end having a minimum diameter of eighty (80) feet, unless the Advisory Agency approved a "T" or "Y" shaped space in lieu of required turning circle.
(Prior code § 7-4.16)
The grades on arterial, collector and local streets and alleys shall be approved by the City Engineer of the city
(Prior code § 7-4.17)
16.16.040 - Intersection of streets.
Street intersection shall be as nearly at right angles as practicable.
A.
At street or alley intersections, property line corners shall be rounded by an arc, the minimum radius of which shall be fifteen (15) and five (5) feet respectively. In business districts a chord may be substituted for such arc.
B.
Street curb intersections shall be rounded by radii of at least twenty-five (25) feet.
C.
The above minimum radii for property line and curbs shall be increased when the smallest angle of intersection is less than sixty (60) degrees.
(Prior code § 7-4.18)
16.16.050 - Alignment and visibility of streets.
Clear visibility, measured along the centerline, shall be provided for at least three hundred (300) feet on arterial streets; two hundred (200) feet on collector streets and at least one hundred (100) feet on local streets.
(Prior code § 7-4.19)
16.16.060 - Minimum radii of curvature on centerline of streets.
A.
Arterial streets, five hundred (500) feet;
B.
Collector streets, three hundred (300) feet;
C.
Local streets, one hundred (100) feet.
(Prior code § 7-4.20)
There shall be a tangent between all reversed curves of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet in length on all arterial streets and collector streets; and fifty (50) feet on all local streets.
(Prior code § 7-4.21)
A.
Minimum roadway widths on local streets shall be thirty (30) feet.
B.
Roadway widths for turning circles on blind streets shall have a diameter of not less than sixty (60) feet.
(Prior code § 7-4.22)
Private streets, alleys or ways shall not be platted or laid out except with the approval and consent of the Advisory Agency and the City Council, and then only on conditions which guarantee the construction of necessary local improvements and continued maintenance thereof.
(Prior code § 7-4.23)
16.16.100 - Effect of street layout on adjoining property.
Street layout shall be designed to provide for future access to and not impose undue hardship upon unsubdivided property adjoining the subdivision.
(Prior code § 7-4.24)
16.16.110 - Reserves at end of streets or boundaries of subdivision.
Reserve strips at the end of streets or at the boundaries of subdivision shall be deeded unconditionally to the city.
(Prior code § 7-4.25)
Proposed street names shall not duplicate or too closely approximate phonetically the name of any street in Oakland or other East Bay Cities, or adjacent portions of Alameda County. Where streets are continuations of existing streets the existing street names shall be used.
(Prior code § 7-4.26)
Alleys shall be required in all business and industrial districts. Except where justified by topographic conditions, alleys will not be approved in residential districts. Minimum width of alleys shall be twenty (20) feet with twenty (20) foot roadways.
(Prior code § 7-4.27)
The width of blocks shall be sufficient to allow two tiers of lots of approximate depth.
(Prior code § 7-4.28)
Blocks shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) feet in length and dead end streets three hundred (300) feet.
(Prior code § 7-4.29)
Improved pedestrian ways not less than ten feet wide shall be provided near the center and entirely across any block over five hundred (500) feet in length.
(Prior code § 7-4.30)
Lot design shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 16.04.010, Purpose, and the following provisions:
A.
Every lot shall abut on a street.
B.
Double frontage lots shall not be platted.
C.
Reversed frontage of key lots shall be avoided in blocks exclusively residential.
D.
Lot lines shall be approximately at right angles to the street line on which the lot faces.
E.
Each lot shall have the minimum area prescribed by the zoning district within which it lies.
F.
Lots shall be equal or larger in measure than the prevalent size of existing lots in the surrounding area except:
1.
Where the area is still considered acreage;
2.
Where a deliberate change in the character of the area has been initiated by the adoption of a specific plan, a change in zone, a development control map, or a planned unit development.
G.
Lots shall be designed in a manner to preserve and enhance natural out-croppings of rock, specimen trees or group of trees, creeks or other amenities.
(Prior code § 7-4.31)