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Allenhurst City Zoning Code

§ 26-7.1

Streets and Highways.

[Ord. 6/26/79 § 701]
a. 
Developments shall be served by paved public streets and all new streets shall be graded and provided with all-weather base and pavement with an adequate crown in keeping with Borough specifications and standards.
b. 
The arrangement of streets shall be such as to provide for the appropriate continuous extension of existing, mapped or potential streets.
c. 
No development showing reserve strips controlling access to another area, either developed or undeveloped, shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been given to the Board of Commissioners after recommendation by the Board.
d. 
Developments that adjoin or include streets that do not conform to widths as shown on the Master Plan, Official Map or the street width requirements of this chapter, shall dedicate additional width along one (1) or both sides of the road. If the development is along one (1) side only, one-half (1/2) of the required extra width shall be dedicated.
e. 
The pavement width of streets and the quality of surfacing and base materials shall adhere to the minimum standards set forth by the Borough, County or State Engineers when paving concerns roads under their jurisdiction and where such standards exist.
f. 
Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible and in no case shall be less than sixty (60) degrees. No more than two (2) streets shall meet or intersect at any one (1) point and the centerlines of both intersecting streets shall pass through a common point, two (2) intersections shall be spaced at a minimum of three hundred (300) feet. The block corners at the intersections shall be rounded at the curbline with the street having the highest radius requirements as outlined below, determining the minimum standards for all curblines; arterials - ten (10) feet; collectors - ten (10) feet; local streets - none required where streets are fifty (50) feet wide.
g. 
Street Specifications. Subdivisions fronting on an existing street shall provide for the improvement of the near side of that street in conformity with the following standards. Existing streets under the control of State or County agencies shall be improved to conform to the requirements to that agency or the following whichever is more stringent.
DESIGN STANDARDS FOR STREETS
Type of Street
Business or Collector
Residential
Right of Way Width
60 or more maximum permitted by statute
60
Width Between Curbs
40
40
Minimum Grade
0.5%
0.5%
Maximum Grade
6.0%
10.0%
Surface, Type FABC
2" thick
1" thick
Base, Bituminous Stabilized Base
5"
4"
Sub-base, Type 5, Class A
5"
4"
Crown, Traffic Lanes
2 1/4 to 2 3/4%
2 1/4 to 2 3/4%
Crown, Parking Lanes
2 1/2 to 3%
3%
Note 1 — Manufacture and placement of pavement shall conform to the current specifications of New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Note 2 — Bituminous Stabilized Base Course may be substituted for sub-base at the rate of one (1) inch of bituminous stabilized base course for two and one-half (2 1/2) inches of sub-base material.
The work shall be inspected through the course of construction by the Borough Engineer or his duly authorized representative, who shall be notified forty-eight (48) hours before any work is started or continued.