ORD-2003-141 Growth Management System - Amendments to Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances

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Street, Alley - Alley is a minor way used primarily for vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a street at the front, and which is not intended for general circulation. Street, Arterial - Arterial street is used primarily for through traffic, usually on a continuous route. These streets carry high volumes of traffic, in excess of twelve hundred trips per day. For purposes of these regulations such streets include those so designated in the Comprehensive Plan or element thereof. Street, Collector - Collector street is used or designed to carry traffic between minor, local and subcollector streets and arterial streets, but may also provide direct access to abutting properties. It serves or is designed to serve directly or indirectly more than one hundred units and is designed to be used or -is used to carry more than eight hundred trips per day. Street, Cul -de -sac - Cul -de -sac is a street that generally terminates in a circular right -of -way. It is used or designed to be used to provide access to abutting properties. Street, General Factors to Definition - For the purposes of these regulations, terms relating to streets are defined as follows. Determination of the classification of a street shall be by the following criteria: 1) The classification shall be based upon the projected volume of traffic to be carried by the street, stated in terms of the number of trips per day; 2) The number of dwelling units to be served by the street may be a useful indicator of the number of trips but is not conclusive; 3) Whenever a subdivision street continues an existing street that formerly terminated outside the subdivision or it is expected that a subdivision street will be continued beyond the subdivision at some future time, the classification of the street will be based upon the street in its entirety, both within and outside of the subdivision. Street, Limited Access - Limited access street is that to which access from adjoining property is not direct, but is combined, limited, channeled or prohibited. Marginal access streets are one means for limiting and controlling access to arterial streets, usually providing entrances along a single block face. Street, Local - Local street is used or designed primarily to provide access to abutting properties. It serves or is designed to serve at least ten but not more than twenty five dwelling units and is expected to or does handle between seventy five and two hundred trips per day. Street, Loop - Loop street is used as a means for local traffic to leave and enter other streets without turning around, but provides access only to abutting properties. Street, Minor - Minor street is used or designed primarily to provide access to abutting properties. It serves or is designed to serve not more than nine (9) dwelling units and is expected to or does handle up to seventy -five (75) trips per day. Street, Private - Private street is a privately maintained vehicular way built to the private street standards of Orange County. 22 -30