a.Street and lot layouts in residential subdivisions shall be designed to minimize the effect of the adjacent thoroughfare traffic.

b.The number of intersections along major thoroughfares and highways shall be held to a minimum, consistent with the basic needs of subdivision access. Intersections shall be designed to provide the greatest safety for both pedestrians and motorists. Street patterns shall be designed to best serve the traffic needs and land uses of the area and the community, both in function and arrangement.

c.Frontage roads, where required, shall conform to the standards specified herein. Such roads shall enter thoroughfares by means of intersections capable of storing at least two cars between the frontage road and the thoroughfares.

d.Frontage roads shall be separated from thoroughfares by a permanently landscaped strip of sufficient width to support the landscaping proposed and to provide adequate separation of the two streets. The subdivider shall plant such parkways with low maintenance landscaping and shall provide an irrigation system to water all plantings effectively. He shall maintain all plantings and shall replace any dead or diseased plant materials for a period of time as determined by the Planning Commission.

e.Where frontage roads are not required, residential lots abutting a thoroughfare normally will be required to be served by a street paralleling the thoroughfare or by a series of cul-de-sacs or loop streets. In such cases, a wall, fence, or landscaping strip, or a combination thereof, approved by the Public Works Director, shall be required at the property lines adjacent to the thoroughfare.

f.When any lot abuts two streets, one of which is a thoroughfare, the subdivider may be required to execute and deliver to the City an instrument, deemed sufficient by the City Attorney, waiving access rights from the lot to the thoroughfare. (Ord. 3472 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3424 § 1, 2009)