Site Design Standards (SDS)

SDS 5.9 Street Connections: Commercial

SDS 5.9.1 Intent.

Streets shall be interconnected to provide numerous paths for both pedestrian and vehicular travel; numerous street connections also provide better emergency access.

SDS 5.9.2 Standard.

The internal street system shall connect to the public street system to provide multiple direct connections to and between local destinations such as parks, schools, and shopping.

SDS 5.9.3 Interconnectivity.

The internal street system shall connect to the perimeter public street system to provide for both intra- and inter-neighborhood connections to knit separate developments together, rather than forming barriers between them. Accordingly, the internal street system shall provide vehicle connections, other than primary vehicle access, to each adjoining residential or collector streets. Where possible, developments greater than five (5) acres shall include a minimum of one (1) “through-street,” The through-access street shall be continuous through the site, and connect to a perimeter public street. The design of all through-access streets shall be consistent with, and aligned with, residential drives or through-access drives in adjacent existing or planned development sites.

SDS 5.9.4 Future Street Connections.

Except as in cul-de-sacs above, dead-end streets shall not be permitted except in cases when the street is designed to connect with future streets on adjacent land.

SDS 5.9.5 Connections to Adjacent Non-Residential Uses.

Connections between adjacent non- residential development parcels shall be provided by siting a logical array of access points continuous to the adjacent development. Common or shared service and delivery access shall be provided between adjacent parcels and/or buildings. Exceptions may be made in cases where physical constraints dictate that no other option is possible. The city may require access easements to ensure that pad sites or adjacent parcels have adequate access if ownership patterns change.

SDS 5.9.6 Connections to Adjacent Residential Uses.

Unless no other alternative can be reasonably provided, commercial drives or on-site streets shall not align with access to adjacent residential developments.

Effective on: 1/1/1901