Local streets. Local streets provide residential and rural access to the collector network. These streets require a minimum of 32 feet of right-of-way (the property owned and maintained by the Town of Delmar) and shall provide a minimum of 30 feet of drivable surface, which may include the horizontal surface of the attached curb sharing the same grade. This drivable surface is wide enough to support two adjacent traffic lanes nine feet wide and two on-street parking lanes six feet wide adjacent to the curbs or street rights-of-way.

Minor collectors. Minor collector streets provide connections between local streets and carry a relatively larger volume of local traffic and therefore require a minimum of 36 feet of right-of-way and shall provide a minimum of 34 feet of drivable surface, wide enough to support two adjacent traffic lanes 10 feet wide and two on-street parking lanes seven feet wide adjacent to the street curbs.

Major collectors.

Traffic-only streets. Traffic-only streets provide only traffic lanes and no on-street parking lanes. They are generally restricted to local streets within a residential community. Traffic-only streets require a minimum of 24 feet of right-of-way and must provide a minimum of 22 feet of drivable surface, wide enough to support two 11 feet traffic lanes. See additional off-street parking requirements for residential lots abutting traffic-only streets in Article XXII, Off-Street Parking, Loading and Unloading. The Town reserves the right to require private ownership and maintenance where traffic-only streets are used primarily to access parking.

Alleys. Alleys, as defined in Article II of this chapter, must be maintained to the Town standard by the property owners. An alley is required to have a minimum width of nine feet per traffic lane and six feet per parking lane. All lanes must be clearly marked to avoid traffic accidents.

Culs-de-sac. Culs-de-sac may only terminate local streets and require a 47 feet right-of-way radius and a minimum drivable surface radius of 45 feet.

Local residential streets (abutting only residential lots) require sidewalks on each side of the street, which sidewalks must be at least four feet wide. All collector streets also require sidewalks on each side of the street, which sidewalks must be at least five feet wide.

Sidewalks shall run parallel to the street right-of-way and should be located within the 10 feet utility easement that runs adjacent to the street (see Article XVIII, Essential Utility Services). Sidewalks may either abut the street curb or run parallel to the curb, thus creating a green space for trees, mailboxes, etc.

Residential lots that have unobstructed access to a community walking trail are not required to have sidewalks. To meet the sidewalk standard above, this walking trail shall have a minimum width of five feet and shall transverse or abut each lot without a sidewalk. If the community has a mixture of sidewalks and walking trails, the two must be connected to provide reasonably efficient, unobstructed paved access to every lot in the community.

Sidewalks and walking trails shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt, brick pavers or some similarly lasting materials.

The width of all streets, as set forth above, shall include the paved portion of said street, gutter and curb areas, and sidewalk areas. However, this section shall not prevent the developer from placing the sidewalk area outside of the street bed, provided said street bed is of the minimum width hereinbefore set forth, and provided, further, that the sidewalk area outside the street bed is properly shown on the development plat and is uniform in location the entire length of said street or streets.

In the cases where topography or other physical conditions make a street of the required minimum width impracticable, the Planning and Zoning Commission may modify the above requirements. Through proposed business areas the street widths may be increased 10 feet on each side if needed to provide parking without interference of normal passing traffic.