Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-08

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.
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
Is. SUBDIVISION. A division of
a. section, tract, or parcel of land
into two or more lots or other di-
visions of land for the purpose,
immediate or future, of transfer
ownership, or development. includ-
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 d.
mensions with access to interior
lots by cur-de-sacs branching in
from surrounding streets and pro-
viding one or more open spaces.
SECTION III
Subdivision Requirements
A. Principles of Acceptability.
1. Streets shall conform in effect
to the Major Thproughfare 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
Its ultimate use shall be in the
best interests of the public well
fare and the neighborhood develop
ment of the area The subdivider
shall present evidence to this ef-
feet when requested by the Plan
ming Commission.
should not be a part Of, or en-
croach upon an area or areas des-
ignated in the Major Thorough
fare Plan, as adopted, for future
public facilities.
5 Frontage on high volume ex-
with a parallel service street or
such other medium of access as
may be appropriate to the condi-
tions.
6. In SO far as practical, all
streets shall be coterminous with
existing or plated streets on ad-
joining property.
Z. Should there be along the ad-
joining boundary line of another
plat a one-half street or alley,
transferred or dedicated and re-
corded the other half of such
street or alley must be dedicated
on the proposed plat TO make 1t
complete.
8. If it is proposed to dedicate
one-half street along the boun-
dairy 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 adjacent
acreage property.
8. Where railroads are involved,
provision for grade separations,
buffer strips and other protective
media shall be required to the ex-
tent and type as may be practica-
BILE.
10. Variations and exceptions
from the dimensional standards
and Improvement requirements as
hereinafter set forth may be made
by the Planning Commission in
cases where 1T is deemed that
hardship, topography or other fac
tual deterrent conditions prevail.
B. Dimensions and Layout.
1. STREETS, ALLEYS AND
WALKS-Minimum Right-of-
way.
a. Main Thoroughfare 100