(A)Public Streets Required. Access to every lot in a major subdivision shall be provided over a public street, whether it is privately maintained or maintained by the County. Construction of a privately maintained road requires prior approval by the Board and must be constructed to current County standards. All streets and other features in the Major Transportation Plan of Forsyth County, Georgia, shall be platted by the subdivider in the locations and to the dimensions indicated in the Major Transportation Plan adopted by the Board of Commissioners.
(B)Street Alignment, Intersections and Jogs. Streets shall be aligned to join with planned or existing streets. Under normal conditions, streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles. Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 150 feet shall not be permitted.
(C)Continuation of Existing Streets and Connections. Existing streets shall be continued as the same or greater width, but in no case less than the required width. The Planning Commission or Board of Commissioners may require that a major subdivision provide one or more future connections to adjoining subdivisions or unsubdivided tracts.
(D)Street Plans for Future Phases of the Tract. Where the plat proposed to be subdivided includes only part of the tract owned or intended for development by the subdivider, a tentative plan of a future street system for the portion not slated for immediate subdivision consideration shall be prepared and submitted by the subdivider.
(E)Marginal Access Streets. Whenever the proposed subdivision contains or is adjacent to the right-of-way of a U.S. or State highway, a marginal access street approximately parallel and adjacent to such right-of-way may be required at a distance suitable for the appropriate use of land between such street and right-of-way.
(F)Alleys and Service Access. Alleys may be provided. If they are provided, they must be paved. The pavement width of an alley must be no wider than twenty (20) feet. Dead-end alleys shall be avoided were possible; but if unavoidable, they shall be provided with adequate turn-around facilities. Service access shall be provided in commercial and industrial districts for off-street loading, unloading, and parking consistent with and adequate for the uses proposed.
(G)Street and Subdivision Names. Street and subdivision names require prior approval by the County.
Street and subdivision names shall not be approved that will duplicate or be confused with names of existing streets and subdivisions in the County.
(H)Block Length. Intersecting streets shall be provided at such intervals so as to provide adequate cross traffic. Blocks in residential subdivisions should not exceed one thousand eight hundred (1800) feet nor be less than six hundred (600) feet in length, except where topography or other conditions justify a departure from these standards. In blocks longer than eight hundred (800) feet, pedestrian ways and/or easements through the block may be required by the Planning Commission near the center of blocks.
(I)Block Width. The width of the block shall normally be sufficient to allow two (2) tiers of lots of appropriate depth. Blocks intended for business or industrial use shall be of such width as to be considered most suitable for their respective use, including adequate space for off-street parking and deliveries.
(J)Street Entrances. All street entrances to major subdivisions must be landscaped per plans submitted to and approved by the Forsyth County Department of Planning and Community Development. The proposed location of street entrance monuments, if provided, must be shown on the Final Plat and approved by the County. Street entrance monuments must be setback 10 feet from the right-of-way or out of the clear zone for the main road, whichever is greater. Required landscaping must be in place prior to the approval of a Final Plat; provided, however, that the director may allow the planting of landscaping to be delayed by one season, when there exists adverse seasonal weather conditions, subject to the posting of a landscape bond in a form approved by the director.