The standards of design herein contained are intended only as minimum requirements, and the developer shall use standards consistent with the site conditions so as to assure a high-quality, pleasant, durable neighborhood.

1. Improve Adverse Physical Conditions. The subdivision of land subject to flooding by a fifty (50) year storm as determined by the standards set by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources or its successor will not be approved. A plat of a proposed subdivision located in an area having poor drainage or otherwise adverse physical or topographical conditions may be approved, provided the subdivider agrees to make such improvements as in the judgment of the Town Council render the subdivision substantially safe and otherwise acceptable for residential use, and furnishes a performance bond or gives other guarantee satisfactory to the Town Council, sufficient to cover the cost of such improvements as estimated by the officials having jurisdiction.
2. Street Design Standards.
   1. The use of dead-end streets and cul-de-sacs shall be discouraged.
   2. Where such is not shown on the Brunswick Regional Master Plan, the arrangement of streets in a subdivision shall either:
      1. Provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of existing principal streets; or
      2. Conform to an approved plan for the neighborhood or have a plan approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission to meet a particular situation where topographical or other considerations not apparent or discovered at the adoption of the Brunswick Regional Master Plan make the previously approved streets impracticable.
   3. Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed street, the Commission may impose requirements concerning streets, access drives, reverse frontage lots, or any other such requirements as may be necessary to preserve the character of the neighborhood.
   4. Alignment.
      1. Street jogs with center line offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet shall be avoided.
      2. When connecting street lines deflect by more than ten (10) degrees and not more than forty-five (45) degrees, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius of not less than one hundred (100) feet.
      3. The radii of curves on the center lines shall not be less than the following:
         1. Local access streets: one hundred fifty (150) feet.
      4. Between reverse curves on streets there shall be a tangent at least one hundred (100) feet long.
      5. Minimum sight distance shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet.
   5. Alleys. Alleys may be approved where deemed appropriate by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
   6. Grades.
      1. Grades will not be less than one-half (1/2) of one percent (1%) in order to promote proper drainage. Unless approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, grades shall not exceed ten percent (10%).
      2. All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radius to provide smooth transition and proper sight distances.
      3. Grades at the point of intersection of two (2) streets shall be three percent (3%) or less for a distance of thirty (30) feet in all directions from the point of intersection.
   7. Half-Width Streets. Subdivisions adjoining dedicated, reserved, or platted and recorded half-width streets or alleys shall dedicate or reserve an additional right-of-way width sufficient to bring the overall street to the width requirements of this ordinance.
   8. Private Streets. Driveways leading to individual lots or driveways leading to common parking areas shall not be considered public streets; however, their design and construction shall require approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
   9. Street Names. Street names shall be subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Frederick County. Names shall not duplicate or closely approximate existing street names in the Town or County except for extension of existing streets.
   10. Right-of-Way Width. Pavement Width. Minimum widths for the right-of-way of streets, alleys and easements shall be as follows (additional widths may be required where deemed necessary):
       

       Local Access	ROW (feet)	Pavement (feet)
       Single-Family	50	20
       Easements (utility)	6	--
       Easements (drainage) such width as the Planning and Zoning Commission finds is necessary based upon storm drainage plans prepared by an engineer licensed in the State of Maryland and in accordance with all Frederick County and Town regulations.

   11. Curbs. Curbs shall be provided in accordance with State Highway Administration Standards in effect at the time for any new or required reconstructed street accessing onto either MD Route 17 or Main Street. Curbs on all other streets shall be built to the Frederick County Standard for local access streets as such standards exist at the time of plat approval.
       
   12. Design Cross-Section and Street Standard. New streets or reconstructed streets shall be built to the Frederick County Standard for local access streets as such standards exist at the time of plat approval. Intersections.
   13. Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles (i.e. ninety (90) degrees) as is possible and in no case shall be less than sixty (60) degrees (requirements for intersection with State roads shall not be less than seventy (70) degrees or greater than one hundred ten (110) degrees). The block corner of street intersections shall be rounded on the right-of-way line with a curve having a radius of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. Intersections of more than two (2) streets at a point shall be prohibited.
3. Building Lines. Building lines shall be shown on the plat, along each as required in each case by the applicable zoning regulations. The locations of these lines shall be clearly indicated by dimensions.
4. Easements. Easements shall be provided for utilities on all lot lines other than those abutting, a street right-of-way line and shall be centered on rear or side lot lines. Such easements shall be designed to provide continuity from block to block. An easement running along the property line shall be a minimum of six (6) feet on each side of the line.
5. Lot Design Standards.
   1. Corner lots shall have widths sufficient to meet the yard requirements of such lots as required in the zoning ordinance.
   2. All lot measurements shall be net measurements, not including any part of any street, alley, or cross-walkway. Easements, however, shall be regarded as within the lot.
   3. Panhandle lots shall be discouraged. If approved, panhandle lots Shall meet all State, County and public safety requirements.