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go Road Functional Classification 42 <br /> Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> # s - a •Its conformity to the Func#ianal Classification Cri#eria <br /> d <br /> in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan; <br /> 2) The RumbeF ef dwelling units te be sewed "e 1* Y be a <br /> useful indiGateF 9f the numbeF ef tFiPS bUt 16 Fiet eenelusi Its <br /> relationship to the public road systems of surrounding jurisdictions; <br /> 3) Whenever a subdivision street continues an existing street that <br /> formerly terminated outside the subdivision or it is expected that a <br /> subdivision street will be continued beyond the subdivision at some <br /> future time, the classification of the street will be based upon the <br /> street in its entirety, both within and outside of the subdivision. <br /> Street, Local - Local street is used or designed primarily to provide <br /> access to abutting properties. It serves eF is designed to sewe at least ten <br /> .but net FneFe than twenty five dwelling units and is expected tri r dee-B <br /> handle betweeR seveRty five and twe hundFed tFips pee day - as the <br /> connecting road system between other roads within a subdivision and the <br /> thoroughfare system. <br /> Street, Loop - 6eep Minor local street is used as a means for local traffic <br /> to leave and enter other streets without turning around, but provides <br /> access only to abutting properties. These streets are less than one mile in <br /> length and have no collector characteristics. <br /> Street, Major" Local street greater than 1 mile long that connects with an <br /> arterial or collector street and has an average daily traffic count greater <br /> than 50. These streets provide access to collectors and streets of higher <br /> functional classification. <br /> Street or Road, _61.1--ifted Marginal Access 6imited aseess StFeet is that <br /> tiq ushiz:AARAA <br /> _____6 ffem aeqeiniR@ PF9peFty is net diFeet, but is eembiRed, <br /> limited, shanneled 9F PF9hibited. MaFginal aseess StFeets aFe eRe Means <br /> feF limiting and GeRtFel!iRg aeroess te ciFteFlal stFeets, usually ff9yiding- <br /> entFaRees along a single bleek fa-ee. A minor local street which is parallel <br /> to and adjacent to arterial streets, and which provides access to abutting <br /> properties and protection from through traffic. Marginal access streets <br /> may also be referred to as "service roads". <br /> Street or Road, Minor - Mines Local street is used or designed primarily <br /> to provide access to abutting properties. it sewee, eF iG designed te r-,eFve <br /> Fiet meFe thaR i9ine (9) dwelling units and is expeeted te eF dees handle up <br /> te 6evepty five (75) tFips peF day. These streets normally or extend on a <br /> block-by-block basis and have no collector characteristics <br /> Street or Road, Private - A street not intended for public use of or public <br /> dedication and which serves a limited number of lots, and therefore is <br /> F.1PLANNING1 KUNCOLNXcompplan\zamends.doc\2-1 1-00 <br />