§ 7.5-63. Subdivisions.

(1)

Minimum lot requirements:

(a)

Minimum right-of-way: Each lot shall front upon a dedicated public street having a right-of-way of not less than sixty (60) feet.

(b)

Arrangements: Side lots lines should be at right angles (ninety (90) degrees) to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines. Side lot lines should be radial to the center points in all culs-de-sac. Side lot lines may deviate up to five (5) degrees if necessary to combine property corners.

(c)

Building lines: Building lines shall conform to the city zoning ordinance.

(d)

Double frontage lots: Access shall be restricted to the interior street(s) for all residential subdivisions.

(e)

Minimum lot frontage: The minimum width of frontage of any lot shall be as required by the city zoning ordinance for the specific zoning district in which the lot is located. The lot width at any point from the road right-of-way to the building line shall not be less than the minimum required frontage width.

(2)

Monuments: All corners shall be marked with an iron pin, one-half-inch in diameter or greater and eighteen (18) inches long and driven so as to extend not less than one (1) inch above the finished grade. If unable to penetrate ground eighteen (18) inches, then set other permanent monuments (PK nail in asphalt, spike, chiseled x, etc.).

(3)

Drainage ways and easement:

(a)

Drainage ways for manmade drainage ditches shall be cleared and opened at the time of development to control surface water runoff. Runoff slopes, and side slopes to be specified by the developer's engineer, according to good engineering practices. Drainage ditches shall conform to the requirements of this regulation, as specified in subsection 7.5-66(2)(j).

(b)

Drainage ways shall be provided where a subdivision is traversed by a water course, natural stream, channel or any other circumstances where required by the public works department. It shall conform substantially to the limits of such water course plus any additional width as is necessary to accommodate future development.

(c)

Drainage ways off the street right-of-way that are to be dedicated to the city shall be clearly defined on the plat of the individual property owner and said property owner shall be required to keep easement free of obstructions and shall maintain same in such a way as to assure free and maximum flow at all times.

(d)

All drainage ways, including existing drainage ditches, shall be clear of debris, excess dirt and other materials. The ground shall be smoothed down and grassed by the developer within ten (10) days of completing construction work. The use of sediment control measures shall be required to protect the area until a vegetative cover is obtained.

(e)

Permanent sanitary sewer easements of twenty (20) feet in width shall be provided for sewer lines. If sanitary sewer lines are excessively deep, wider easements shall be required to maintain a 1:1 open cut slope.

(f)

Easements for sanitary sewers, drainage, and other utility purposes may be combined, but shall be of a minimum width as specified by the superintendent of the specific utility departments of the involved utilities.

(g)

All drainage ditches and structures must be centered on dedicated easements unless otherwise approved by the public works department.

(4)

Streets:

(a)

Classification. Prior to submission of preliminary plat, the developer shall meet with the director of public works to have the proposed street classified, in order that it can be accepted into the city's system. In some cases, it may be desirable for a street to have a higher classification based upon ultimate development of the entire area, which is not necessarily just the one (1) development being submitted. This is particularly true in the more outlying areas around the city. Street continuity may require that a cul-de-sac street be provided in a current development at the property line, such that it can be extended in the future. In a case of this nature, the current development would provide the street to the property line. The future development would pick up at the property line and continue the street.

(b)

Existing streets: When development is proposed on an existing street(s), all improvements required under these standards shall apply to the side of the street which the development abuts.

(c)

Relation to adjoining street system: The proposed street system shall extend existing streets, but to current city standards. If lots front on the existing city street, it shall be improved out to an acceptable city or county road by the developer.

(d)

Alleys: Alleys may be provided to the rear of all lots except lots with double frontage.

(e)

Restriction of access: When a subdivision fronts on an arterial or major collector as shown on the City of Cartersville Street Classification Map, double frontage lots shall be provided with frontage on an interior street with no access to the arterial or major collector.

(f)

Dead ends. All dead end streets shall have a cul-de-sac as defined in section 7.5-70, standard details.

(g)

Conformity to the Cartersville Street Classification Map. The location and width of all streets and roads shall conform to the official City of Cartersville Street Classification Map. Street plans and profiles shall be approved by the city.

(h)

Intersections:

• Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible.

• No intersection shall be at an angle of less than seventy-five (75) degrees.

• The property line at street corners shall be mitered adequately to permit construction of a seventeen-foot clear shoulder behind the curb and gutter.

• Sight distance at intersections shall meet requirements of this regulation (see section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.06.)

• Islands at intersections shall be subject to individual approval by the city. In no case shall anything extend more than two (2) feet above the back of the curb within the right-of-way, of the street to be intersected.

• Landings shall be required for all intersections. These landings shall be as defined in section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.05.

• Opposing tee street intersections shall be directly aligned or shall be offset at least two hundred (200) feet.

• Intersections shall have a minimum radius as measured to the face of the curb of forty (40) feet for residential, commercial and retail subdivisions and seventy-five (75) feet for heavy industrial subdivisions.

(i)

Names:

• Proposed streets that are obviously in alignment with other already existing and named street(s) shall bear the name(s) of such existing street(s).

• No proposed street name shall duplicate an existing street name within the City of Cartersville or Bartow County regardless of the use of the suffix "Street," "Avenue," "Boulevard," "Drive," "Place," "Way," "Court," or however otherwise designated.

• All street names are subject to the approval of the city.

(j)

Right-of-way:

• The minimum width of right-of-way, as measured from lot line, shall be as shown in section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.01.

• Adequate right-of-way shall be provided to allow the construction of a seventeen-foot cleared shoulder behind the curb line except industrial streets shall have a sixteen-foot cleared shoulder.

• Lawn sprinkler systems and trees shall be located outside existing or proposed street right-of-ways unless otherwise approved by the city.

(k)

Traffic studies: The public works department may require that a traffic study be performed prior to the issuance of any permits to evaluate the current capacity of streets expected to carry the traffic volumes from the proposed development.

(5)

Entrances:

(a)

Maximum lots served. A subdivision shall serve no more than two hundred (200) lots with a single entrance.

(b)

Street access. Curb cuts in other than residential districts: Curb cuts for service drives, entrances, exits, and other similar facilities on public streets in other than residential districts shall not be located within fifty (50) feet of any intersection.

(c)

Driveways: No more than two (2) combined entrances and exits shall be allowed on any parcel or property when the frontage of which is less than two hundred (200) feet. Additional entrances or exits for parcels or property having a frontage in excess of two hundred (200) feet shall be permitted only after showing of actual requirements of convenience and necessity.

• The angle of driveways shall not be less than forty-five (45) degrees with the edge of the road or street, except on divided highways the entrance angle to roadside commercial establishments may be reduced to thirty (30) degrees. Exit drives from roadside commercial establishments on divided highways shall have an angle of not less than sixty (60) degrees with the roadway.

• Driveways shall be constructed in accordance with section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.08.

(d)

Entrance widening. Subdivision developments shall construct entrance widening to the following requirements:

1.

Residential subdivisions:

a.

Residential subdivisions not exceeding twenty (20) lots whose entrance is on a local or minor collector, as shown on the City of Cartersville Street Classification Map, shall install offset radii and fifty-foot tapers as shown in section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.18.

b.

All other residential subdivisions shall construct full acceleration/deceleration lanes to conform to section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.19.

c.

Residential subdivisions exceeding two hundred (200) lots shall be required to install entrance with a center turn lane and longer acceleration/deceleration lanes if it is located on a minor collector, major collector or an arterial street as shown on the City of Cartersville Street Classification Map. Entrance shall conform to section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.20.

2.

Commercial/industrial subdivisions.

a.

Full acceleration and deceleration lanes shall be installed per section 7.5-70, standard details, detail 3.8.21. Paving section shall correspond to the street classification of the existing road.

b.

Commercial/industrial subdivisions shall be required to install entrance with a center turn lane and longer acceleration/ deceleration lanes if it is located on a minor collector, major collector or an arterial street as shown on the City of Cartersville Street Classification Map. Entrance shall conform to section 7.570, standard details, detail 3.8.21.

• Access onto a state road shall meet existing Georgia DOT requirements. Such an application for a DOT permit shall be submitted to the city prior to submittal to DOT. Once approved by DOT, a copy shall be provided to the city. All such entrances shall be paved.

• Sight distance: The developer shall be required to upgrade the existing city or county road to meet the sight distance requirements of section 7.5-65(4). See subsection 7.5-65(6) for more detailed requirements concerning lane requirements.

• The developer shall install any catch basins and drainage pipe which must be constructed when an existing city or county road is required to be modified as a result of proposed development at his/her expense.

• Existing or proposed water mains and storm sewers shall be relocated at the developer's expense, to a point outside of the entrance widening.

(e)

State department of transportation approval: All entrances or exits of any street or drive, public or private, from or to any state highway shall be approved by the state department of transportation prior to the construction of such street or drive, or the issuance of any development permit for any improvement to be served by such street or drive.

(6)

Utilities:

(a)

The design and construction specifications for all public utilities shall conform to the Specifications for the City of Cartersville.

(b)

All utilities shall be buried in a residential subdivision unless otherwise required by the City of Cartersville. This requirement may only be waived by the director of the respective department, said waiver must be in writing.

(7)

Final plats: Final plats shall be required to meet the State Plat Act and the current City of Cartersville Zoning Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 25-07, § 1, 6-7-07)