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Road Functional Classification 42 ` <br /> Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> #ips peF da -Its conformity to the Functional Classification Criteria <br /> in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan; <br /> 2) <br /> 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 e" is .designed to sewe at least ten <br /> .but net FneFe than twenty fiye dwelling uRite, and is expeeted te 9F dees <br /> as the <br /> connecting road system between other roads within a subdivision and the <br /> thoroughfare system. <br /> Street, Loop - Leep- 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 Iona 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, Limiter Marginal Access <br /> , <br /> . 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 - MiRGF Local street is used or designed primarily <br /> to provide access to abutting properties. <br /> 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:\PLANNING\KLINCOLN\compplan\zamends.doc\2-11-00 <br />