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• • 2. Stormwater drainage systems located within open spaces or the residential lots shall be covered by utility and drainage easements dedicated on the final plat to the city. (c) Neighborhood recreational and trail corridor. Recreational open space or trail corridors intended as public parks or public trails shall be dedicated to the city. Management and maintenance of the public recreational areas shall be the responsibility of the city. (4) Residential lot siting. (a) Residential lot areas shall consist of buildable land as defined in § 1001.007 Section 1001.7. (b) Residential lots shall be sited in a manner that preserves existing significant tree cover on the site. (c) The lots of a neighborhood may be arranged so that a majority of the principle structures will take visual advantage of an identifiable feature, building, structure, greenway, wetland, woods, lake, stream, or other open space which could be described as a view shed. (d) The lots may be arranged that the principle structures face a local street enhanced with landscaping, street trees, boulevards, medians, or other landscaping techniques appropriate to the city's street design standards. (Ord. 04 -03, passed 2 -24 -2003) § 1001.100 STREETS AND ALLEYS. (1) Streets. Design criteria for streets is located in 302.03 City Code, Section 302. Street Construction Standards, Section 302.03, as amended. (2) Alleys. Alleys shall be allowed within the city in accordance with Chapter 302. (3) Streets, continuous. Except for cul -de -sacs, streets shall connect with streets already dedicated in adjoining or adjacent subdivisions, or provide for future connections to adjoining unsubdivided tracts, or shall be a reasonable projection of streets in the nearest subdivided tracts. The arrangement of thoroughfares and collector streets shall be considered in their relation to the reasonable circulation of traffic, to topographic conditions, to runoff of storm water, to public convenience and safety, and in their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of the area to be served. (4) Street plans for future subdivisions. Where the plat application includes only part of the tract owned or intended for development by the subdivider, a build out plan (ghost plat) illustrating a proposed future street system for the unsubdivided portion shall be prepared and submitted by the subdivider. (5) Temporary cul -de -sac. In those instances where a street is terminated pending future extension in conjunction with future subdivision and more than 200 feet between the dead -end and the nearest DRAFT JANUARY 5, 2009