Brigantine City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Design of Streets
§ 198-74 Intent.
The intent of this article is to ensure that the future arrangement of streets not presently shown on the Master Plan 43 be in harmony with the existing street patterns, provide for the logical and orderly extension of existing streets and enhance the control of vehicular movements within the City of Brigantine.
§ 198-75 Street widths.
A.
All streets shall be designed in accordance with the standards shown in the following schedule:
Minimum Width | ||
|---|---|---|
Category | Street Right-of-Way (feet) | Cartway (feet) |
Major arterial | 100 | 60 |
Minor arterial | 80 | 48 |
Collector | 60 | 40 |
Local | 50 | 36 |
Cul-de-sac | 50 | 30 |
Limited access | 42 | 28 |
Marginal access | 40 | 26 |
B.
Modification of street width.
(1)
The above schedule shall be construed as the minimum standards and may be increased in special cases where, because of high traffic volumes or reasons of public safety, the Planning Board or its experts deem such modification as necessary.
(2)
Applications requesting the reduction of either street or cartway widths shall require a public hearing and be reviewed as an application for variance.
C.
Street dedication. Subdivisions or site plans that adjoin or include existing streets do not conform to the widths as shown on the Master Plan or in Subsection A, which contains the Schedule of Street Widths, shall dedicate additional width along either or both sides. One-half of the required extra width shall be dedicated on each or either side.
§ 198-76 Street geometry.
The following design standards shall be utilized in the design of any new street or extension of an existing street:
A.
Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as possible and in no case less than 60°.
B.
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 125 feet shall be prohibited.
C.
All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radius to provide a smooth transition and proper site distance.
D.
Maximum grade on arterial and collector streets shall be 4%.
E.
Maximum grade on local, internal access and marginal access streets and cul-de-sac shall be 10%.
F.
Minimum grade on all streets shall be 1/2%.
G.
Curb radii at intersections shall not be less than 20 feet.
H.
A tangent at least 100 feet in length shall be introduced between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.
I.
When connecting street lines deflect from each other at any one point by more than 10° and not more than 45°, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius of not less than 100 feet for local streets and 300 feet for arterial and collector streets.
§ 198-77 Sight triangles.
At the intersection of two or more streets, no vegetation, landscaping, fence or wall, other than a single post or tree not exceeding one square foot in cross section, which is higher than three feet above street grade, nor any other obstruction to vision, shall be permitted in the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a line joining points each 25 feet distant from said intersection along said street lines. This standard is subject to the rules and regulations of the Atlantic County Division of Planning and the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
§ 198-79 General requirements.
A.
Local streets. Local streets shall be designed so as to discourage through traffic.
B.
Street names. No street shall have a name which will duplicate or so nearly duplicate as to be confused with the names of existing streets. The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name.
C.
Reserve strips. No subdivision or site plan showing reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been placed with the City government under conditions approved by the Planning Board.
D.
Restriction of use. No yard, open space, parking area, buffer strip or landscaping shall be permitted within a dedicated street.
§ 198-80 Accessways and access control.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of controlling site access is to encourage the sound development of street frontage by the elimination of unchanneled automobile access or egress to nonresidential sites.
B.
Access barriers. All buildings or building complexes used for nonresidential purposes, including off-street parking areas, shall be physically separated from any street by a curb. In addition to curbing, arterial streets shall have a landscaped strip of not less than 10 feet in depth along the entire frontage except for accessways permitted in Subsection C. Streets other than arterial streets shall have a landscape strip with a minimum depth of five feet. The design of access barriers shall be in accordance with Article XII, Landscaping, Buffers and Open Space Design.
C.
Accessways. Each permitted nonresidential use shall be limited to the number of accessways or driveways as shown in Subsection D, which contains the Schedule of Permitted Accessways. These standards shall be followed in the design of accessways or driveways.
(1)
If practical, the use of common accessways by two or more permitted uses shall be provided for in order to reduce the number and closeness of access points along the streets.
(2)
The use of marginal access streets shall be considered for nonresidential uses along arterial streets.
(3)
Accessways for nonresidential uses shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width and shall not exceed 40 feet in width.
(4)
Accessways for multifamily residential uses shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width and shall not exceed 30 feet in width.
D.
The Schedule of Permitted Accessways is as follows:
Schedule of Permitted Accessways | ||
|---|---|---|
Frontage (feet) | Permitted Accessway | |
1-Way | 2-Way | |
Residential use | ||
200 or less | 2 | 1 |
200 to 500 | 4 | 2 |
500 to 1,000 | 5 | 3 |
1,000 to 2,000 | 7 | 5 |
2,000 or more | 8 | 6 |
Nonresidential Use | ||
200 or less | 2 | 1 |
200 to 500 | 4 | 2 |
500 to 1,000 | 6 | 4 |
1,000 to 2,000 | 7 | 5 |
2,000 or more | 8 | 6 |
E.
Construction of accessways.
(2)
Curb cuts to a public street shall not be closer than 25 feet from the point of curvature or point of tangency of the corner radius curb of an intersecting street.
(3)
Driveway pavement shall extend to the paved portion of the street which it connects and shall be constructed with a minimum of six inches of Portland cement concrete Class B.
(4)
No accessways shall be curbed closer to any property line than five feet. Curb cuts for one-family dwellings shall be a minimum of 12 feet and a maximum of 30 feet with a total opening dimension of 30 feet per street frontage.
(5)
Driveway pavement serving a loading area shall be constructed with a minimum of six inches of Portland cement concrete.
F.
Pedestrian safety. The means for the vehicular access and egress to any commercial or multifamily development shall be clearly defined and controlled to ensure the safe integration of automotive traffic with other vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
§ 198-81 Street construction.
A.
Pavement thickness. The pavement thickness design of a dedicated public street shall, as a minimum, conform to the following schedule:
Type II | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Street Classification | Surface Pavement | Bituminous Stabilized Base (inches) | Class B Subbase (inches) |
Arterial | 2-inch HMA9.5M64 | 4 | 12 |
Collector | 2-inch HMA9.5M64 | 3 | 6 |
Local or cul-de-sac | 2-inch HMA9.5M64 | 2 | 6 |
Marginal access | 2-inch | 2 | 6 |
B.
Alternate street design.
(1)
At the option of the Municipal Engineer, the pavement thickness may be determined by the certified results of soil testing and analysis conducted to determine the bearing strength of the subgrade soil, together with the projected use of the street with an adequate margin to cover all contingencies and extraordinary conditions.
(2)
When such tests are conducted, the pavement design shall be reviewed and approved by the Municipal Engineer.
(3)
In no event shall the paving be less than six inches of Type II Class B subbase with two inches of bituminous stabilized base and two inches of surface pavement.
§ 198-82 Sidewalks, curbs and gutters.
A.
B.
Construction standards.
(1)
All sidewalks shall be a minimum of four feet wide and four inches thick portland cement concrete, Class C.
(2)
All driveways, including walkway crossings, shall be six inches thick, portland cement concrete, Class C, and shall include six-by-six-by-six-inch No. 6 gauge wire mesh reinforcement.
(3)
All sidewalk and driveway concrete shall be struck with contraction joints every five feet, maximum, and have an approved expansion joint each 25 feet, maximum. Expansion joint material to be cork or mastic materials or approved equal.
(4)
All sidewalks serving multifamily developments shall be a minimum of five feet wide and four inches thick.
(5)
All sidewalks serving commercial and business uses shall be a minimum of six feet wide and four inches thick.
C.
Curb requirements. Concrete curbing shall be installed on both sides of the street in accordance with the construction standards in Subsection D.
D.
Construction standards for curbs.
(1)
All curbing shall be constructed to the dimensions of six inches wide at the top, eight inches wide at the bottom and 18 inches deep and construction of portland cement concrete, Class B.
(2)
Expansion joints of cork or mastic materials or approved equal shall be installed every 25 feet, maximum.