August 6, 2018 CONTENTS SCHEDULE OF EDDS UPDATES ...................................... 1-1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ...................... 1-1 1-01 AUTHORITY .................................................................................................... 1-1 1-02 PURPOSE ........................................................................................................ 1-1 1-03 APPLICABILITY ............................................................................................... 1-1 1-04 ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS AND REVISIONS .................................... 1-2 1-05 DEVIATION FROM STANDARDS ....................................................................... 1-2 1-06 POLICIES ........................................................................................................ 1-3 1-07 REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 1-4 D. Specific ............................................................................................................ 1-4 E. General ............................................................................................................ 1-4 1-08 ALTERNATE STANDARDS ................................................................................. 1-6 1-09 PERMITS......................................................................................................... 1-6 1-10 PLAN REVIEW ................................................................................................. 1-6 1-11 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS .................................................................... 1-6 1-12 INSPECTION ................................................................................................... 1-7 1-13 SECURITIES .................................................................................................... 1-7 1-14 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS ............................................................................... 1-7 1-15 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SITE MAINTENANCE ........................................................ 1-7 1-16 PENALTIES ..................................................................................................... 1-8 1-17 DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................. 1-8 – ACCESS .................................................... 2-1 2-01 ACCESS REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 2-1 A. General ............................................................................................................ 2-1 B. Design ............................................................................................................. 2-1 C. Access to State Highways or City Streets ............................................................. 2-2 2-02 NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS ........................................................................... 2-2 A. Residential ....................................................................................................... 2-2 B. Commercial or Industrial .................................................................................... 2-2 C. Additional Access Points .................................................................................... 2-2 2-03 ACCESS POINT TYPES AND SPECIFICATIONS ................................................... 2-3 A. General ............................................................................................................ 2-3 B. Width Requirements – Residential ...................................................................... 2-3 C. Width Requirement – Commercial or Industrial .................................................... 2-4 2-04 ACCESS POINT LOCATION, SEPARATION AND SPACING ................................... 2-4 A. General ............................................................................................................ 2-4 B. Residential ....................................................................................................... 2-5 Engineering Design and Development Standards August, 6 2018 C. Commercial or Industrial .................................................................................... 2-5 2-05 CORNER CLEARANCE FROM INTERSECTIONS ................................................... 2-5 A. Residential ....................................................................................................... 2-5 B. Commercial or Industrial .................................................................................... 2-6 2-06 HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT OF ACCESS POINTS ................................................. 2-6 2-07 VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OF ACCESS POINTS ...................................................... 2-6 A. General ............................................................................................................ 2-6 2-08 CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS POINTS ............................................................... 2-6 A. General ............................................................................................................ 2-6 2-09 SIGHT DISTANCE ............................................................................................ 2-7 CHAPTER 2 DRAWING INDEX ..................................................................................... 2-8 – ROAD DESIGN ......................................... 3-1 3-01 ROAD CIRCULATION ....................................................................................... 3-1 A. General ............................................................................................................ 3-1 B. Layout and Design ............................................................................................ 3-1 C. Fire Apparatus Access Roads (Fire Lanes) ........................................................... 3-2 3-02 PUBLIC ROAD CLASSIFICATION ....................................................................... 3-4 A. Arterial Classifications ........................................................................................ 3-4 B. Non-Arterial Classifications ................................................................................. 3-4 C. Other Road Classifications.................................................................................. 3-5 3-03 RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH ................................................................................... 3-6 A. Standards......................................................................................................... 3-6 Table 3-1 Standard Right-of-Way Widths .................................................................. 3-6 B. Right-of-Way Width Evaluation ........................................................................... 3-6 C. Separate Tracts ................................................................................................ 3-6 3-04 PUBLIC ROAD STANDARDS: ARTERIALS AND NON-ARTERIALS .............. 3-7 A. General ............................................................................................................ 3-7 B. Concrete Road Standards .................................................................................. 3-7 3-05 PRIVATE ROAD NETWORK ELEMENTS .............................................................. 3-7 A. General ............................................................................................................ 3-7 B. Private Roads ................................................................................................... 3-8 C. Drive Aisles ...................................................................................................... 3-8 D. Other Road Network Elements ........................................................................... 3-8 3-06 HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT ............................................................................. 3-10 A. Design Speed ................................................................................................. 3-10 Table 3-2 Design Speed for Non-Arterial Roads ....................................................... 3-10 B. Operating Speed ............................................................................................. 3-10 Table 3-3 Modifiers to Determine Operating Speed .................................................. 3-11 C. Horizontal Curve Radii and Superelevation ........................................................ 3-11 Table 3-4 Horizontal Curves Minimum Radii and Superelevation ................................ 3-11 3-07 VERTICAL ALIGNMENT .................................................................................. 3-12 A. Grades ........................................................................................................... 3-12 Table 3-5 Maximum Grades ................................................................................... 3-13 B. Vertical Curves................................................................................................ 3-13 Engineering Design and Development Standards August, 6 2018 3-08 SIGHT DISTANCE .......................................................................................... 3-13 A. General .......................................................................................................... 3-13 B. Stopping Sight Distance ................................................................................... 3-13 Table 3-6 Stopping Sight Distance .........................................................................