(A)   The official thoroughfare plan consists of all of the following components:

      (1)   The road classifications and designations prescribed in this chapter;

      (2)   The maps that are part of the Boone County Thoroughfare Plan adopted in 2017 (Exhibit A: Proposed Functional Classifications Revisions and Exhibit B. Future Thoroughfare Plan); and

      (3)   Table 6. Proposed Right-of-Way Width and Table 7. Typical Roadway Sections, both located in the Boone County Thoroughfare Plan adopted in 2017.

   (B)   The official thoroughfare plan is hereby declared to be a part of this subchapter, and notations, reference, indications, and other details shown thereon are as much a part of this subchapter as if they were fully described in the text of this subchapter.

(1995 Code, § 15-51) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)

   (A)   The thoroughfares comprising the official thoroughfare plan are hereby classified on the basis of width and type, in accordance with their proposed function as principal arterial, minor arterial, major collector, minor collector, and local street thoroughfares:

      (1)   State Roads 47 and 75: major collectors.

      (2)   All other roads within the planning jurisdiction of the town: local streets (urban).

   (B)   The minimum required width of right-of-way, travel lane number and width, required street parking and its development standards, pavement section and border section standards are listed in Table 6. Right-of-Way Requirements and Table 7. Typical Roadway Sections located in the Boone County Thoroughfare Plan adopted in 2017.

(1995 Code, § 15-52) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)

    Whenever a street classified in the official thoroughfare plan is to be platted as a part of a subdivision, the required right-of-way width for such thoroughfare shall be as specified in the official thoroughfare plan, provided, that where a thoroughfare borders a tract of land to be subdivided, the owner of such land shall be required to plat only one-half of the right-of-way designated for such thoroughfare, measured at go degrees to the centerline thereof.

(1995 Code, § 15-53) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)

   (A)    Wherever the location of a thoroughfare is indicated in the official thoroughfare plan as following an existing road or street, or a section or other established property line, the location of the thoroughfare shall conform to such location and the right-of-way for such thoroughfare shall be equally divided by the section or half section line, if any, or by the centerline of any existing road or street, or by the existing property line, however, a thoroughfare lying wholly within a subdivision and not designated as following an existing road or established property line, may be varied in its alignment when such a variance promotes the plan of a neighborhood development unit in accordance with good site planning principles, and if such alignment provides for the continuity of traffic movement.

   (B)   In the absence of any street designated in each section of land, within the jurisdictional area, on or approximately on the north-south and east-west section lines of such sections, it is the intent of the official thoroughfare plan and this subchapter that local street thoroughfares be established on such section line.

   (C)   In the absence of any street designated in each section of land, within the jurisdictional area, on or approximately on the north-south and east-west half-section lines of such section, it is the intent of the official thoroughfare plan and this subchapter that local street thoroughfares be established on such half-section lines where feasible.

   (D)   Wherever the location of a thoroughfare is indicated in the official thoroughfare plan as following an irregular alignment, or a revised alignment, or is not referenced to an established line, it shall follow the alignment shown in the official thoroughfare plan. Such alignment shall be subject to a detailed survey which shall be subject to the approval of the Council prior to dedication of the thoroughfare.

(1995 Code, § 15-54) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)

   (A)    The Council shall be guided by and give consideration to the general policy and pattern of street development set out in the official thoroughfare plan in the authorization, construction, widening, alteration, relocation, or abandonment of the public streets, highways, and related structures.

   (B)   No thoroughfare shall be abandoned or vacated until the Council shall have held public hearings on vacation or abandonment of such thoroughfare. Legal notice of such public hearing shall be provided by the person requesting the vacation or abandonment.

(1995 Code, § 15-55) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)

    Any permits authorized by the Council, the Plan Commission, the Building Inspector or his or her agent permitting the erection, alteration, or relocation of structures and other improvements within the jurisdictional area shall be issued only if, in addition to satisfying other provisions, the proposed thoroughfare right-of-way as set forth by this chapter will be protected from encroachment. In this instance, the proposed thoroughfare right-of-way lines will be considered as the front line of lots and tracts bordering such thoroughfares for the purpose of establishing building lines.

(1995 Code, § 15-56) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)

    The Council may determine lines for new, extended, widened, or narrowed thoroughfares in any portion of the area within the town under the same procedure as established for the certification and approval of the official thoroughfare plan.

(1995 Code, § 15-57) (Ord. 2022-14, passed 9-7-2022)