§ 13.08.320. STREET.  


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  • STREET. Any existing or proposed right-of-way or easement for public vehicular access or a street shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or a street in a plat duly filed and recorded in the County Recorder’s office. A STREET includes all land within the street right-of-way whether improved or unimproved and includes such improvements as pavement, shoulders, curbs, gutters, pedestrian ramps, sidewalks, parking space, bridges and viaducts.
    A. PARKWAY. A divided major thoroughfare having controlled access to adjoining property and shown as such on the transportation plan.
    B. ARTERIAL STREET. A major street of exceptional continuity that is intended to carry the greater portion of through traffic from 1 area of the city to another. These shall include all streets, existing and proposed, which are designated as such on the transportation plan.
    C. COLLECTOR STREET. A street designed to accommodate traffic within residential neighborhoods, with the primary purpose of collecting and distributing traffic to and from the major arterials.
    D. LOCAL STREET. A street which has limited continuity, with the primary purpose of serving only those lots which are adjacent.
    E. CUL-DE-SAC. A short local street having but 1 end open for vehicular traffic, the opposite end being terminated with a permanent turnaround.
    F. MARGINAL ACCESS STREET (FRONTAGE ROAD). A minor service street which parallels and is immediately adjacent to an arterial street or parkway.
    (Prior Code, § 12-1-4(30)) (Ord. 08-913, passed 3-11-2008)