Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Collector, commercial, industrial street width
Collector, commercial, and industrial street width shall meet the collector street requirements of the state department of transportation.
- Alley width in commercial and industrial districts24 ft
Alleys shall be required in commercial and industrial districts where needed for rear entry garages, service vehicles, deliveries, access to loading areas, and similar purposes and shall be 24 feet in width.
- Curbs, gutters, and sidewalks required
Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2241, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks shall be required on all streets in all zoning districts.
- Intersection angle90 degrees
All streets shall intersect as near to a 90-degree angle as is practical. If a street intersects at less than 90 degrees, the angle shall be rounded by a curve of sufficient radius to permit easy turning movements of vehicles and as acceptable by the state department of transportation.
- Local street width
Local streets shall meet the secondary street requirements of the state department of transportation.
- Maximum cul-de-sac length400 ft
Cul-de-sac streets shall be four hundred feet or less in length.
- Maximum grade for major streets3 pct
Major streets shall conform to the contours to avoid grades in excess of three percent, unless because of special conditions, the agent permits otherwise.
- Maximum grade for other streets and alleys10 pct
Other streets and alleys shall avoid grades in excess of ten percent.
- Minimum cul-de-sac right-of-way radius50 ft
Terminated in a circular right-of-way with a minimum right-of-way radius of 50 feet.
- Minimum cul-de-sac width50 ft
Cul-de-sac streets shall be fifty feet or more in width.
- Minimum street grade0.5 pct
No street shall have a minimum grade of less than 0.5 percent.
- Alley width in residential rear20 ft
When provided in the rear of residential lots, alleys shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide and may be required by the agent when the lot is less than 75 feet wide.
From the ordinance
All streets in any subdivision created after the effective date of this ordinance shall front on or construct public streets.