Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-15

street or ROAD OF great continuity
which serves or is intended to
in the city, county or both and is
designated in the Master Plan as a
limited access highway, major
thoroughfare, parkway or other
equivalent term to identify those
streets comprising the basic struc-
ture of the street plan.
IL. PRIMARY STREET. A street
or road of considerable continuity
which serves or is intended to
serve as the principal trafficway
between large and separated areas
or districts and which is the main
means of access to the Main Thor
oughfare system.
13. SECONDARY STREET. A
main residential street which car
ries the burden of local traffic to
Primary Streets.
IA MINOR STREET. A street
supplementary to Secondary
Street and Of limited continuity
which serves or is intended to
serve the local needs of a neigh
borhood.
15 SUBDIVISION. A division of
a. section, tract, or parcel of land
into two or more lots or other di-
immediate or future, of transfer
ownership, or development, includ-
ing all changes in street or lot
lines; provided. however, that di-
visions of land for agricultural
purposes, in parcels of more than
five CD acres, not involving any
new street or easement of access
shall be exempted.
16. SUPERBLOCK. A block of
exceptionally large size in both di-
mensions with access to interior
lots by cul-de-sacs branching in
from surrounding streets and pro-
viding one or more open spaces.
SECTION III
Subdivision Requirements
A. Principles of Acceptability.
l. Streets shall conform in effect
to the Major Thoroughfare Plan as
adopted.
Q. If a tentative or suggested
plan or plat of the area has been
made by the Planning Commission
or any other public agency desig-
mated by the Planning Commission
the street layout shall be in gen
eral conformance thereto.
3. The subdivision proposed and
it's ultimate use shall be in the
best interests of the public well
fare and the neighborhood develop
ment of the area. The subdividei
shall present evidence to this eff
feet when requested by the Plan
ming Commission.
4. The tract to be subdivided
should not be part of. or en-
croach upon an area or areas des.
ignated in the Major Thorough
fare Plan. as adopted, for future
public facilities.
Frontage on high volume ex.
press highways shall be provided
with a parallel service street oil
such other medium of access as
may be appropriate to the condi
tions.
6. In so far as practical, al
streets shall be coterminous witt
existing or plated streets on ad
joining property.
Z. Should there be alony the ad
Joining boundary line of another
plat onehalf street or alley
transferred or dedicated and re
+, corded the other half of sucf
street or alley must be dedicated
complete.
s. If 1t is proposed to dedicat,
a one-half street along the boun
| dary of the plat, adjacent to acre
age property, a, one foot buffer
strip, conditionally dedicated shall
| be placed between the proposed
one-half street and the adjacen
| 9. Where railroads are involved
provision for grade separations
, buffer strips and other protectiv,
media shall be required to the ex
tent and type as may be practica
| BILE.
10. Variations and exception
| from the dimensional standard
and improvement requirements a
| hereinafter set forth may be mad
| by the Planning Commission il
cases where it is deemed tha
| hardship, topography or other fac
tual deterrent conditions prevail.
b. Dimensions and Layout.
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