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• • • PAGE 4 ORDINANCE NO. 03 - 90 than ten (10) degrees, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius adequate to ensure a sight distance of not less than 500 feet for arterials, 300 feet for collectors, and 100 feet for all other streets. The Council may allow greater or lesser sight distances at the recommendation of the City Engineer. (4) Street Jogs. Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than 125 feet shall be avoided. (5) Access to Arterials. In the case where a proposed plat is adjacent to an arterial street, there shall be no direct vehicular or pedestrian access from individual lots to arterials unless unavoidable in the opinion of the City Council. Where direct access is deemed necessary, access shall include special requirements for turn around space on the lots, combination of driveways to the extent possible, and any other requirements of the authority having jurisdiction over the roadway. As a general requirement, access to arterials shall be at intervals of not less than one-fourth mile and through existing and established cross roads, where possible. (6) Local Streets. Local Streets shall be laid out so that their use by through traffic will be discouraged. (7) Hardship to Owners of Adjoining Property. The street arrangements shall not be such as to cause hardship to owners of adjoining property in platting their own land and providing convenient access to it. (8) Cul-de-sacs. Cul-de-sac use shall be held to a minimum. Cul-de-sacs when used shall be held to as short a distance as possible. The maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 500 feet, measured from the centerline of the street of origin to the end of the right-of- way. Islands in cul-de-sacs shall not be allowed. (9) Half Streets. Half streets shall be prohibited except where it will be practical to require the dedication of the other half when the adjoining property is subdivided, in which case the dedication of a half street may he permitted.