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Eagle s.~ Writer "Street widths' are based on a street intersection and must ~
By PAT LESTER 11-foot wide moving traffic be constructed at a right-angle J
I Street regulations and a lanes and 8-foot wide parallel to the street. .(. :
'master plan. of principal streets 'parking lanes," Wells explained. Driveway approaches are ~
for the future. growth and The regulations retain the restricted to .the following !
development of . College Station current policy for property maximum widths: residential .,
haye been approved by the City owners' petitions in street driveways, 12 feet; other en- :
Council. construction. Priority will be trances, 18 feet; and combined:
: "This is'son'rething every city given petitions submitted hy the entrances and exits, 24 feet. ~
I should do because if you don't property owners who represent Well s said the width t
Iyou end up wi.th random jogs at least 60 per cent of the front restrictions on driveways are ..;
that slow down traffic and footage on both sides of > the "the recommended national :
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of . the PlaMing.and. Zoning construction has been \ r'ais~d restricted to 20-25 feet at street ~ I
'. COIrussion, said.. "per front foot. jntersections and to the distance t
. "Urban'" planners "call this Sidewalks are req\lired on between the street curb and the ,
.bro~d brp~h pliutning,'~ ~e ~;tid art e r i ~ I streets, parkways, ou!side. sidewalk line for.S
of the' masteJ'plan of pl'JJlClpal streets. SIdewalks must be four drIveway approaches., ~
streets. 'feet wide, except along, COiTI-. Before building, driveway 1:
"The ,developer wiQ have mercial streets. Sidewalks along approaches, a property owner ".
some leeway to develop a comrpercial streets must be at mus~ obtain a opilcting permit ~
usable 'buHding lot.. We are least four feet,wide. . from ..the cit~'engineer or .
; trying to project certain artehal Petitions for sidewalk. COl.1- buiJding' supeHliSot.,~
stree,tS, 91" ~ajor' streets, 'to struction must be signed b~ 100. The street regulations ?r- ~
carIt' flllffic from tl!e'home to per cent of the property ~wnet:s,; c.!i!lIl!1ce ,ewpowers . the CIty 1
'j'thi!'PI3C. e" s, people want to ,go," Pro~,.',r.t y owners WIll b, e eng. me, ~,t t,Q gv.a,nt variances and..
h~'sa!<!J\. , . '. '. a.sse,~qed $1 per ~ront fO,ot fq~ ~e~eepti?i1~ -to the restri7tions in :
,', -In ".r,esIdential sectIons, th.~onstr)Jction. '.' Jtie,ordmance. '~.
regul' ,..'. " , e~jo' n. not 'i "Th~ . ~rf\in'1lnce , will Q' to, l
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'<;ait-"o.not ..be tI1Ol'e
. ~t .long tenpiniltbjg
a turnal'ou!t!i with cat leas:! ,
I a 50 foot radius. ., , I
. con e c tor streets ser.\ing r
I re,side.nlia I are, as will not be les. s
'than 8 feet wide. 0 J
, R.4 goh,! - 0 f"w a y width for ~ I
,. resliientiill tstteets must be at I
tleast 44 'leet~'alJd; right-of-way f
I, wid th for collector ' streets must f
be at least ,6 feet.. r:
Arteria.} and commercial ~.
I~ stree,ts must have a righi-.of.way"',
. width of at teast 70 feet and I" '
a 'pavement width .ofat . least ' .
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. "Right-of-Way Width', of park-,I,'
~ way s and boulevards is
: restricted to a mininium of 80
~ feet and pavement width, is
l restricted to a minimum of 56/1
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1 Parking is permitted on'
t r e s,.i-d e n t i a'1. collector and
l commercial 'streets, Parking on
, , parkways and. boulevards is
! permitted when extra ~pavement
, width. is provit1ed and 'where
traffic' conditions permit.
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