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Street,Cul-de-sac - Cul-de-sac is a local street that generally terminates in a circular 11 <br /> right-of-way. It is used or designed to be used to provide access to abutting properties. <br /> Street,General Factors to Definition - For the purposes of these regulations,terms <br /> relating to streets are defined as follows. Determination of the classification of a street <br /> shall be by the following criteria: <br /> 1) <br /> Its conformity to the <br /> Functional Classification Criteria in the Transportation Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan; <br /> 2) <br /> Its relationsh!12 to the public road systems <br /> of surrounding Jurisdictions; <br /> 3) Whenever a subdivision street continues an existing street that formerly terminated <br /> outside the subdivision or it is expected that a subdivision street will be continued <br /> beyond the subdivision at some future time,the classifZation of the street will be <br /> based upon the street in its entirety,both within and outside of the subdivision. <br /> Street,Limited Marginal Access <br /> flejed ef Pfohihissigi- <br /> Mm&W assess sosets me one me—laws 1&k:11-im-king and eon ling assess te ffiftewisal , <br /> . A minor local street which is parallel <br /> to and adjacent to arterial streets, and which provides access to abutting properties and <br /> protection from through traffic. Marginal access streets may also be referred to as "service <br /> roads". <br /> Street,Local- Local street is used or designed primarily to provide access to abutting <br /> properties. It serves <br /> tFips per- as the connecting road system between other roads within a subdivision and <br /> the thoroughfare system. <br /> Street,Loop-keep-Local street is used as a means for local traffic to leave and enter <br /> other streets without turning around, but provides access only to abutting properties. These <br /> streets are less than one mile in lenp-th and have no collector ciaaracteristics. <br /> Street,Minor- Mine F Local street is used or designed primarily to provide access to <br /> abutting properties. <br /> per-Aay. These streets are <br /> normally one block long or extend on a block-by-block basis and have no collector <br /> characteristics. <br />