04-10-07-Ordinance-Streets Regulations-04/02/2007ORDINANCE 04-10-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 10,
SECTION 5, ARTICLE 5.01 "STREETS"; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 10, Section 5, Article 5.01 "Streets" of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Sanger, Texas, is amended to read as follows:
"5.01- Streets
A. The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade and location of all proposed streets shall
conform to the general plan of the community, and their relationship shall be considered to that
of the existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions, to public convenience and safety,
and in their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of the land to be served by such streets.
B. The reservation in private ownership of strips of land, at the end of offered or existing
streets intended solely or primarily for the purpose of controlling access to property not included
in the subdivision shall be prohibited.
C. Where such is not shown in the general plan for the community, the arrangement of
streets in a subdivision shall:
(1) Provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of existing principal streets in
surrounding areas;
(2) Conform to a plan for the neighborhood approved or adopted by the city to meet a
particular situation where topographical or other conditions make continuation of or
conformance to an existing street impracticable; and
(3) Be planned so that they shall intersect, as nearly as possible, at right angles.
D. Residential streets shall be aligned so that their use by through traffic is discouraged.
E. In phased developments, streets which are continuous through more than a single phase
shall be provided with temporary turnarounds (at the point of temporary termination) until the
street is fully constructed per the original approved plan.
F. Developers shall be required to coordinate all planning and engineering work with all
adjacent property owners/developers.
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G. Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five feet (125') shall be
avoided.
H. The street minimum right-of-way widths and centerline radius shall be in accordance
with the city's thoroughfare plan and shall conform to the following:
Type of Street Right -of -Way Minimum Centerline
Width Radii
FW
Freeway
200 feet
varies
NU
Principal Arterial
100 feet
1,000 feet
Four Lane Undivided
P3U
Principal Arterial
80 feet
1,000 feet
Three Lane Undivided
M4U
Minor Arterial
120 feet
1,000 feet
Four Lane Undivided
C2U
Collector Two Lane
60 feet
500 feet
Undivided
R2
Residential/Local
50 feet
250 feet
Functional
Class
Classification
No.
Lanes
Median
Mlle.
ROW
Intersection
Freeway
FW
4
No
200'
Varies
Princi al
P4U
4
No
100,
150'
P3U
3
No
75'
85'
Minor
M4U
4
No
80'
90'
Collector
C2U
2
No
60'
75'
Residential/Local
R2U
2
No
50'
70'
I. Streets shall be classified according to the following:
1. Arterial (Principal, Minor): The main function of arterial is to carry traffic from one
urban area to another. The thoroughfare system serves the major activity centers of
urbanized areas. An arterial is used for longer urban trips and carries a high portion
of the total traffic with a minimum of mileage.
2. Collector: Carries traffic from local streets to Arterial. Also may serve local facilities
such as schools, churches. Uses served would include medium and high density
residential, limited commercial facilities, elementary schools, some small offices and
as direct access within industrial parks. Collector streets also carry heavy traffic to
major commercial and industrial facilities from thoroughfare. Uses would include
office parks, industrial parks, and community level commercial facilities.
3. Residential/Local: Carries traffic from residential and commercial areas to collector
streets and interconnects individual sites. Local streets carry light traffic volumes and
trips are of a short duration.
I. Street widths proposed for industrial subdivisions or commercial developments shall be
not less than that required for a Collector.
J. Half streets shall be prohibited, except where there is no alternative for reasonable
development of the subdivision in conformance with the other requirements of these regulations
and where the city finds it will be practicable to require the dedication of the other half when the
adjoining property is subdivided. Wherever a half street has already been provided adjacent to an
area to be subdivided, the other remaining portion of the street shall be platted within such
subdivision. Where part of a residential or collector street is being dedicated along a common
property line, the first dedication shall be one-half (1/2) of the proposed street right-of-way plus
five feet (5') unless a construction easement on the adjoining parcel has been obtained, and the
developer shall construct the half street or place in escrow cash for the estimated half -paving cost
as determined by the city council.
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K. Cul-de-sacs in residential additions shall not be longer than six hundred feet (600') from
the nearest intersection, except under unusual conditions with the approval of the city council. In
industrial areas, cul-de-sacs shall not exceed one thousand feet (1,000') from the nearest
intersecting street, and there shall be provided at the closed -end a turnaround having a minimum
outside roadway diameter of eighty-one feet (81') and a minimum street property line diameter of
one hundred feet (100'). Alternate turnaround designs in residential tract developments which
provide adequate turnaround area may be considered or approved by the city.
L. All streets shall be paved, and paving shall conform to the requirements of Section 6,
Improvements, of these regulations.
M. Street grades shall be established regarding topography, proposed land -use and the
facilities in the area surrounding the land to be subdivided. Minimum grades shall be five -tenths
percent (0.50%) on concrete streets and five -tenths percent (0.50%) on all other types of street
paving. Cross (transverse) slopes between pavement and the right-of-way shall not be less than
100:1 or steeper than 3:1. Where necessary, additional right-of-way or slope easement shall be
provided to meet this requirement.
N. Street name markers shall be installed in accordance with the prescribed type currently in
use by the city or an approved equal, as approved by the city manager. Street markers and
erections will be at the expense of the subdivider.
O. The materials for all traffic control and regulatory signs shall be furnished by the
subdivider and installed by the city for all intersections within or abutting the subdivision. Such
signs shall be in strict compliance with the regulations of the Federal Highway Administration
and according to the requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, latest
edition. No signs will be placed in undeveloped portions of the subdivision.
P. The subdivider shall comply with the guidelines and criteria for driveways, including the
design requirements, grades, spacing and access standards as provided by the city's thoroughfare
plan.
Q. If a proposed development is projected to generate a lesser traffic volume than would
normally require roadways as specified in the master thoroughfare plan, the developer may
install a "minimum acceptable alternative" (as delineated in the Appendix). The full right-of-way
and pavement thickness is unchanged. Only the outside two (2) lanes would be paved in this
situation. The city must approve the use of this option."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance
of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance
with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.109 of this Code, in an amount not
exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
Section 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this the 2nd day of April 2007 by
the City Council of the City of Sanger, Denton County, Texas.
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ORDINANCE 04-10-07
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ORDINANCE04®®07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
10, SECTION 5, ARTICLE 5.01 "STREETS";
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT EXCEED-
ING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00)
FOR'EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDINGAN
EFFECTIVE DATE. ,V , ,�,