Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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Alleys shall not be provided in any subdivision.
- Marginal access street may be required
Where a development or subdivision abuts or contains a railroad right-of-way or a nonaccessible street... the council may require a street approximately parallel to and on each side of such right-of-way either as a marginal access street...
- Minimum street intersection angle60 deg
Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as possible with no street intersection being at any angle of less than 60 degrees.
- Minimum pavement width for existing streets30 ft
Existing streets that are continued, shall have a minimum pavement width of 30 feet...
- Minimum street right-of-way width50 ft
No street right-of-way shall be less than 50 feet in width...
- Right-of-way dedication for lots abutting state highways25 ft
When lots abut on one side of any street which has been included in the town or State System of Highways, the developer or subdivider shall be required to dedicate 25 feet of right-of-way, as measured from the centerline of the street to the property line.
- Minimum sidewalk width in business zones6 ft
Sidewalks shall be a minimum of six (6) feet wide in business zones...
- Minimum sidewalk width in all other zones5 ft
...and five (5) feet wide in all others.
From the ordinance
All new streets shall be platted according to the requirements of this Land Development Ordinance, and according to the standards of VDOT including those regarding noise abatement.