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APPENDIX D <br />RECOMMUNDED DEFINITIONS AND DESIGN STANDARDS <br />FOR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES <br />DEFINITIONS: <br />I. Streets and Roads: <br />A. Rural Roads of <br />1. principal Arterial <br />servi grcorridor�movementsrhaving <br />continuous routs <br />trip length and travel density characteristics <br />indicative of substantial statewide or interstate <br />travel and would consist of interstate traffic. This other <br />network would con <br />routes designated as principal arterials. <br />2. Minor Arterial - A rural <br />andlink <br />providingtintrastatenand <br />cities and larger towns <br />intercounty service at relatively high overall <br />travel speeds with minimum interference to through <br />movement. <br />3. Major Collector - A roads ditrafficegene ratorstand <br />county travel corridors <br />provides access to the Arterial system. <br />4. Minor Collector - A road which provides service to <br />small local communities and links the locally <br />important traffic generators with their rural <br />hinterland. <br />5. Local Road - A that <br />provide access 7 <br />relatively short distances. <br />B. <br />Urban Streets <br />consist <br />Major Thoroughfares - Maj °raror Parkway <br />interstate, other freeway, expressway, <br />links, and for the <br />m traffic <br />expeditious m <br />within and through urban areas. <br />I. <br />of <br />2. Minor Thoroughfares - Minor thorough <br />afares are mim- <br />portant streets in the city system the <br />function of colleiningtttofche majortthoroughfareaccess <br />streets and carry g <br />71 <br />