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A. General. All streets shall conform to the city of Wasco improvement standards in Appendix A.

B. Minor Collector/Local Streets. Minor collector and local streets shall conform to the city of Wasco improvement standards in Appendix A.

C. Collector Streets. Collector streets shall conform to the city of Wasco improvement standards in Appendix A.

D. Arterial Streets. Arterial streets shall conform to the city of Wasco improvement standards in Appendix A. Medians or fees in lieu in the amount of an engineer’s estimate will be required at the time of development for all arterial streets.

E. Cul-de-Sacs. Cul-de-sacs shall conform to the city of Wasco standards. Cul-de-sac streets shall not exceed block lengths as described in Section 16.28.050.

F. Dead-End or Stubbed Streets. Where a street is extended to the edge of the subdivision and is intended to be continued to serve future subdivisions, a one-foot reserve strip shall be offered for dedication for future street purposes. No stubbed streets shall be permitted unless a part of a phased and vested project for a subsequent phase. A fifty-foot radius turnaround shall be provided when determined by the planning commission to be necessary for the movement of emergency vehicles.

G. Private Streets. Private streets shall not be permitted.

H. Frontage Streets.

1. Frontage streets shall conform to the city of Wasco standards for minor collector/local streets.

2. Frontage streets shall be required for residential lots of a subdivision fronting on a freeway, major highway, secondary highway, or arterial.

I. Planned unit development streets shall conform to the standards and guidelines set forth in the city of Wasco zoning ordinance and any applicable combining districts.

J. Part Width Streets. Where a part width street is required at the edge of a subdivision the width of such street shall not be less than one-half the full width required in accordance with city of Wasco standards.

K. Street Curves and Tangents. A minimum centerline radius of at least five hundred feet shall be used on all streets, except local streets shall have minimum radii of two hundred fifty feet.

L. Street Corner Property Line Radii. Street corner radii shall be twenty feet.

M. Street Intersections. Street intersections shall be as near right angles as is feasible.

N. Alignment of Continuation of Streets. Streets which are a continuation of streets in contiguous territory shall be so aligned as to assure that their centerlines will coincide. In cases where straight line continuations are not physically possible, such centerlines shall be continued by curves. In cases where such streets cannot be continued or aligned, a minimum distance of one hundred fifty feet between the centerlines shall be maintained.

O. Street Grades. No street shall be a grade of more than seven percent or less than two-tenths percent. (Ord. 617 §2 (Exh. A), 2011; Ord. 474, 2002).