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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 32-10.1 Compliance Required. The subdivider shall observe the requirements and principles of land subdivision in the design of each subdivision or portion thereof, as set forth in this section or the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (N.J.A.C. 5:21-1 et seq.). (1972 Code § 24-10.1) 32-10.2 General Standards. The subdivision plat shall conform to design standards that will encourage good development patterns within the Township. Where an Official Map or Master Plan, or both, has been adopted, the subdivision shall conform to the proposals and conditions shown thereon. The streets, drainage rights-of-way, school sites, public parks and playgrounds shown on an officially adopted Master Plan or Official Map shall be considered in approval of subdivision plats. Where no Master Plan or Official Map exists, street and drainage rights-of-way shall be shown on the final plat in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.20 and shall be such as to lend themselves to the harmonious development of the Township and to enhance the public welfare in accordance with the design standards set forth in subsections 32-10.3 and 32-10.7. (1972 Code § 24-10.2) 32-10.3 Streets. a. The arrangement of streets shown on the Master Plan or Official Map shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets. b. Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage through traffic. c. Subdivisions abutting arterial streets shall provide a marginal service road or reverse frontage with a buffer strip for planting, or some other means of separation of through and local traffic as the Planning Board may determine to be appropriate. d. The right-of-way width shall be measured from lot line to lot line and shall not be less than the following: 1. Arterial streets, eighty (80) feet. 2. Collector streets, sixty (60) feet. 3. Minor streets, fifty (50) feet. 4. Marginal access streets, forty (40) feet. 5. The right-of-way width for internal roads and alleys in multifamily, commercial and industrial developments shall be determined on an individual basis, and shall in all cases be of sufficient width and design to accommodate safely the maximum traffic, parking and loading needs and maximum access for fire fighting

dividual basis, and shall in all cases be of sufficient width and design to accommodate safely the maximum traffic, parking and loading needs and maximum access for fire fighting equipment. e. No subdivision that shows reverse strips controlling access to streets shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been placed in the Board of Commissioners under conditions approved by the Planning Board. f. Subdivisions adjoining or including existing streets that do not conform to widths shown on the Master Plan or Official Map, or to the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate additional width along one (1) or both sides of the road. If the subdivision is along one (1) side only, one-half (1/2) of the required extra width shall be dedicated. g. Grades of arterial and collector streets shall not exceed four (4%) percent. Grades on other streets shall not exceed fourteen (14%) percent. No street shall have a minimum grade of less than one (1%) percent. h. Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible, and in no case shall be less than sixty (60°) degrees. The block corners at intersections shall be rounded at the curbline with a curve having a radius of not less than twenty (20) feet. 260