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Road Functional Classification 41 <br /> Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> whether or not to grant the exemption. If an exemption is granted, <br /> documentation of the exemption will be submitted as part of the staff <br /> recommendation. <br /> ARTICLE 22 DEFINITIONS <br /> Street or Road - A way for vehicular traffic whether designated as a <br /> street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, freeway, road, <br /> avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated. <br /> Street or Road, Alley - Alley is a MiR9F local way used primarily for <br /> vehicular,access to the -rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a <br /> street at the front, and which is not intended for general circulation. <br /> Street or Road, Arterial - Artizrinl qtr 9t is used P&AaFily feF thFeUgl4 <br /> serifinueus -rhese stFeets GaFFY high.Yelumes <br /> tFaffie, @ f twelye huRdFed MPS peF day. F9F PUFpeses of the <br /> Fegulatieiis sueh - stFeets inelude these se desigFiated in the <br /> GeFAPF9heAsiYe PlaR 9F element the A street connecting wid"I <br /> separated areas and designed to carry a large volume of traffic which may <br /> be fast, heavy or both. Arterial streets are sometimes referred to as <br /> "major thoroughfares", "freeways". "expressways", etc., and are usually <br /> numbered State or Federal Highways. <br /> Street or Road, Collector - GelleeteF StFeet is used eF desi@Red te eaFFY <br /> tFaffie betweei; FRiAOF, lesal and subeellecAOF BtFeets and aFteFial StFeets-, <br /> but may alse PF9Yide iFeet aseess te abuttiRg pFepeFtiee,. it seFy <br /> designed te sewe diFeetly OF indiFeetly meFe than eFie hundFed units aFid is <br /> des;@Red te be used eF is used te 8aFFY FROM thOR eight hundFed tFiPS peF <br /> dnizety . A <br /> . A street which carries traffic from minor streets to the major "stems <br /> of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of residential <br /> .developments. Collector streets may also be referred to as "connector" or <br /> "feeder" streets. <br /> Street or Road, Cul-de-sac - Cul-de-sac is a Minor local street that <br /> generally terminates in a circular right-of-way. It is used or designed to be <br /> used to provide access to abutting properties. <br /> Street or Road, General Factors to Definition - For the purposes of <br /> these regulations, terms relating to streets are defined as follows. <br /> Determination of the classification of a street shall be by the following <br /> criteria: <br /> 1 The elassifisatieR shall be based upeR the pFejested Yelume-ef <br /> tFaffie te be 68FAed by the stFeet, stated in terms ef the AwmbeF ef <br /> F:1PLANNING1 KUNCOLN\compplanlzamends.doc\2-1 1-00 <br />