Sec. 2.7. Streets.
1. Intent. The intent of the street standards is to establish a safe, efficient, attractive transportation system that promotes all modes of transportation and is sensitive to the environment. In the past, streets have been designed primarily to promote the efficient movement of traffic.
2. General provisions. The local street system of any proposed development shall be designed to be safe, efficient, convenient and attractive, and consider the use by all modes of transportation that will use the system. Streets should be an inviting public space and an integral part of community design. Local streets shall provide for both intra- and inter-neighborhood connections to knit developments together, rather than forming barriers between them. All streets should interconnect to help create a comprehensive network of public areas to allow free movement of cars, bicycles, and pedestrians.
a. Street connections. All streets shall be aligned to join with planned or existing streets consistent with the intent of the approved Transportation Map of the Comprehensive Plan. All streets shall be designed to bear a logical relationship to the topography of the land. Intersections of streets shall be at right angles unless otherwise approved by the Town. Street intersections shall be separated by distances listed in Subsection (2)(l) of this Section as measured from the intersecting right-of-way lines.
b. Tree-lined streets. All streets shall be lined with trees on both sides with the exception of rural roads and alleys.
c. Street layout. The street layout shall form an interconnected system of streets primarily in a grid or modified pattern adapted to the topography, unique natural features, environmental constraints, and peripheral open space areas. The street layout shall emphasize the location of neighborhood focus points, other internal open space areas, gateways, and vistas. The use of cul-de-sacs and other roadways with a single point of access shall be minimized. The integration of traffic-calming features within and adjacent to residential areas shall be utilized when appropriate. To the greatest extent possible, streets shall be designed to have a maximum length of seven hundred (700) feet, from intersection to intersection.
d. Controlling street access. A strip of land between a dedicated street and adjacent property shall not be reserved for the purpose of controlling access to such street from such property.
e. Visibility at intersections.
(1) No shrubs, ground cover, berms, fences, structures or other materials or items greater than thirty (30) inches in height shall be planted, created or maintained at street intersections within the site distance triangle, as defined in the approved version of the Town of Frederick Design Standards and Construction Specifications, as it may be amended from time to time.
(2) Trees shall not be planted in the site distance triangle, as defined in the approved version of the Town of Frederick Design Standards and Construction Specifications, as it may be amended from time to time.
f. Pedestrian crossings at street intersections and mid-block. Pedestrian crossings shall be accessible to handicapped individuals, and mid-block crossings may be required.
(1) Blocks exceeding five hundred (500) feet in length shall provide a pedestrian and bicyclist access route through the center of the block.
g. Horizontal alignment. Please refer to Section 502 in the approved version of the Town of Frederick Design Standards and Construction Specifications, as it may be amended from time to time.
h. Vertical alignment. Please refer to Section 503 in the approved version of the Town of Frederick Design Standards and Construction Specifications, as it may be amended from time to time.
i. Access.
(1) Access to all subdivisions shall be from a public street system.
(2) Each new subdivision shall have at least two (2) means of access to the subdivision from the public street system. The two (2) means of access shall separately connect to the public street system.
j. Street right-of-way dedication. The full width of right-of-way for all public streets being platted must be dedicated to the Town. In cases where the perimeter streets have a portion of the proposed right-of-way on an adjacent property, the following standards will apply:
(1) The subdivider shall either:
(a) Purchase the other one-half (1/2) of the proposed right-of-way property for the Town at the appraised fair market value and then dedicate the right-of-way to the Town; or
(b) If the landowner of the proposed right-of-way property is unwilling to sell the proposed right-of-way property to the subdivider for its appraised fair market value, the subdivider shall pay for the cost of an appraisal for the proposed right-of-way property and legal fees for the Town Attorney to complete the condemnation process.
(2) The subdivider shall finalize an agreement with the Town which guarantees the construction of the street to Town standards.
k. Perimeter streets. When a street is dedicated which ends on the plat, the street right-of-way must be dedicated to the boundary of the plat.
l. Intersections. Intersections shall meet the following requirements unless otherwise approved by the Board of Trustees:
(1) Intersections shall be provided at the following minimum offsets:
(a) State highway (principal arterial): In accordance with the latest edition of the Colorado State Highway Access Code;
(b) Arterial: Six hundred sixty (660) feet;
(c) Collector: Two hundred fifty (250) feet;
(d) Local: One hundred twenty-five (125) feet.
(2) No more than two (2) streets shall intersect at one (1) point unless connected using an approved roundabout.
(3) Streets shall intersect at ninety (90) degree angles unless connected using an approved roundabout.
m. Street names.
(1) Names of new streets shall not duplicate names of existing streets. However, new streets which are extensions of, or which are in alignment with, existing streets shall bear the names of such streets.
(2) Street names shall follow the requirements of the Municipal Code, Chapter 11, Article III, Section 11-57.
n. Street standards. The width of street right-of-way and the design of the street it contains shall conform to the minimum standards outlined in the approved version of the Town of Frederick Design Standards and Construction Specifications, as it may be amended from time to time. However, additional right-of-way and street width may be required based upon special development requirements, including but not limited to additional parking needs, sight distances, and requirements for auxiliary lanes. Street cross-sections and the street designation (arterial, collector, local, rural local) within or adjacent to a development may be modified by the Town upon the recommendation of an approved development traffic study or Town-wide Transportation Master Plan.
(1) General design standards.
(a) The maximum length of a cul-de-sac is identified in the International Fire Code.
(b) No outlet (Dead End) streets are prohibited.
(c) Driveway curb cut width is limited to:
i) A maximum of thirty (30) feet in residential zones.
ii) A maximum of thirty-eight (38) feet in nonresidential zones. (Ord. 1167 §§ 3 – 7, 2014; Ord. 1369 § 2, 2022)