Local streets shall be arranged so that there exists a minimum possibility of their use by traffic which does not have its origin or destination at the lots to which the local streets provide access.

Culs-de-sac (dead-end streets) should have center line length, from the intersecting street center line to the center point of the turnaround of the cul-de-sac, of not less than 100 feet nor longer than 1,200 feet and should not provide access to more than 25 lots. They shall provide an end turnaround with a pavement radius of not less than 65 feet and a property line radius of not less than 75 feet, which shall have its center point at or to the left of the center line of the street, when viewed toward the closed end. In the event that it is contemplated that a dead-end street shall be extended in the future, a temporary turnaround, meeting the aforementioned design criteria, shall be required.

Loop streets should provide access to not more than 45 lots, except that where access is provided by a combination of a short loop street and culs-de-sac, the maximum shall be 60 lots, provided that the length of the loop street alone will not exceed 3,000 feet. Loop streets shall have both of their termini located on the same street.

P-loops, which are loop streets with a single access point, should have an entrance not exceeding 700 feet in distance from the loop intersection. There should also be provided an emergency vehicular and pedestrian right-of-way of 15 feet minimum width from the loop and providing access to a street which is not a part of the P-loop. The loop of a P-loop should have a street length not exceeding 3,000 feet. P-loops should provide access to no more than 60 lots, and the entrance street should be designed in accordance with the design standards for minor collector streets.

Artificial modifications in street rights-of-way for the purpose of increasing lot frontage shall be prohibited. Such prohibited modification shall include but shall not be limited to widening the right-of-way of a continuous street through the use of semicircular projections.

Reduced paving width. When a cul-de-sac or loop street provides access to 25 or fewer lots, the Planning Board may consider the use of reduced paving width where, by reason of topography, physical features or other conditions, the reduced paving width would substantially reduce disruption of the development's environment. In no case shall the paving width of a two-way cul-de-sac or loop street be reduced to less than 28 feet. The Planning Board may consider the use of one-way loop streets with a minimum paving width of 22 feet. Such one-way streets with reduced paving width are subject to the review and approval of the Traffic Bureau of the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Such review and approval must be obtained by the developer before approval of a final plat will be granted.

Local street. A local street is a street serving only single-family residences and where feasible should be either a cul-de-sac or a loop street meeting the requirements hereinabove set forth. A street which serves traffic having origins and destinations other than within the lots which abut the street shall not be considered a local street. The maximum traffic normally expected on a local street shall be 400 vehicles per day.

Local collector or minor collector street. A local collector or minor collector is generally a street gathering traffic from local streets and feeding it into a system of major collectors, minor arterial and major arterial highways. Even if laid out as a local street, a street should be considered a local or minor collector street if it provides access or could provide access to more than 60 lots or, in the case of a cul-de-sac, more than 25 lots, or could be utilized by traffic other than residential in nature. Local or minor collector streets should generally not be expected to carry traffic exceeding 1,000 vehicles per day. The design speed of local or minor collectors, for alignment and sight distance purposes, should be 40 miles per hour.

Major collector streets. A major collector street is generally a street gathering traffic from local streets or minor collector streets and feeding it into a system of arterial highways. Even if laid out as a local or minor collector street, a street should be considered a major collector street if it provides access or could provide access to more than 150 lots or would be utilized by traffic other than residential in nature. Major collector streets should generally not be expected to carry traffic exceeding 2,500 vehicles per day. The design speed of major collector streets, for alignment and sight distance purposes, should be 50 miles per hour.

Minor arterials. Minor arterials are streets gathering traffic from more than one local, minor or major collector street and leading it to a system of other minor arterials or principal arterial streets. Minor arterials shall have a design speed, for alignment and sight distance purposes, of 60 miles per hour and should generally be designed to carry traffic volume approaching 10,000 vehicles per day.

Principal arterial highways. Principal arterials are any federal, state or county highways or municipal streets or roads intended to carry traffic between other major arterials and minor arterials and between the various neighborhoods of the Township or from the Township's neighborhoods to destinations outside the Township. Principal arterial highways should have a design speed of 60 miles per hour and should be designed to carry traffic exceeding 10,000 vehicles per day.

Classification criteria. Street classifications will be approved by the Planning Board in accordance with the foregoing definitions, in accordance with the provisions of the Master Plan and Official Map if such are adopted, in accordance with the provisions of applicable county and state regulations or plans or, in the absence of specific information from the above, in accordance with its own best judgment concerning the use to which the various streets in any development will be put.

A marginal street meeting the classifications herein for a local street shall be provided along each major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial highway and shall be separated from the major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial highway by a landscaped strip at least 25 feet in width.

The frontage of all lots abutting the major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial highway shall be reversed so that the lots will front on an internal local street; a natural wooded or landscaped buffer strip at least 50 feet in width will be provided on the abutting lots along the right-of-way of the major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial highway. The area of such buffer strip shall not be considered part of the required minimum lot size.

All lots abutting major collector streets may, in lieu of the above, be provided with suitable driveway turnarounds eliminating any necessity for vehicles to back into the collector street.

Other means of providing a satisfactory buffer separating through and local traffic shall be provided as may be deemed proper by the Planning Board.

Dwellings on corner lots shall have their driveway access on the roadway designed and intended to carry the lesser amount of traffic.

No more than two streets shall cross the same point. Street intersections shall be at right angles wherever possible, and intersections of less than 70°, measured at the center line of streets, shall not be permitted.

Streets should not enter the same side of local, minor or major collector streets at intervals of less than 500 feet, minor arterials at intervals of less than 1,200 feet or principal arterials at intervals of less than 2,500 feet. Streets which enter collectors, minor arterials or principal arterials from opposite sides shall be directly opposite to each other or must be separated by at least 300 feet between their center lines measured along the center line of an intersected collector or 500 feet along the center line of a minor arterial or 800 feet along the center line of a principal arterial.

Approaches of any major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial street to any intersection of another major collector, minor arterial or principal arterial street shall be tangent or have a center line radius greater than 5,000 feet for at least 500 feet from the intersection.

Where a minor or major collector, major thoroughfare or major arterial street intersects with a major collector, major thoroughfare or major arterial street, the right-of-way of each minor collector shall be widened by 10 feet (five feet for each side) for a distance of 300 feet in all directions from the intersection of the center lines, and the right-of-way of each major collector, minor arterial and principal arterial shall be widened by 20 feet (10 feet for each side) for 500 feet in all directions from the intersection of the center lines.

Approaches of any local, local collector or minor collector street to any other street shall:

Curved local, local collector and minor collector streets are preferred to discourage speed and monotony. The maximum straight-line distance should not exceed 1,000 feet.

The Planning Board in all cases may, and in the case of subdivisions having 100 or more lots shall, require provisions for continuing circulation patterns onto adjacent properties and, for this purpose, may require the provision of stub streets abutting adjacent properties.

Subdivisions containing more than 150 lots should have two access points from collector streets or arterial highways.