Whenever sump conditions occur, an analysis shall be made of the effect of the occurrence of a major storm having at least one hundred (100) year return frequency. The effect of such a storm and the flooding limits anticipated shall be shown. Site design, grading, and drainage shall anticipate such major storm and be so arranged so as to prevent damage to existing or proposed structures or adjacent properties under such conditions .

All major and minor arterial, collector, local collector, local and marginal access streets shall be designed in accordance with the proposals contained in the Master Plan of the City and/or in accordance with this subsection.

a. Upon receipt by the Planning Board of any subdivisions or site plans calling for the installation of new streets or the extension of old streets, the plats shall be referred to the City Engineer and Chief of Police for review.

1. They shall make recommendations as to the acceptable minimum widths of each street and shall base the recommendations upon such factors as the location, proposed use and intensity of traffic, with an emphasis upon safety considerations of both a fire and police nature.

2. These recommendations shall be submitted to the City Engineer to be considered in conjunction with such studies and statistics and other data which the Engineer shall have assembled as a basis for determining minimum street widths within the City.

b. The design and location of collector, minor and marginal access streets shall be determined by the Planning Board in their review of the applications so as to conform to the "Schedule of Street Design Standards" (see Figure 10).

c. The enumerated standards are to be construed as minimum standards and may be increased where, because of high traffic volumes, steep grades or other such reasons, the Planning Board determines that such action is necessary.

d. In residential subdivisions, the minimum street width required by the attached "Schedule of Street Design Standards" shall only be the minimum of thirty-six feet (36') for certain minor streets designed solely to allow access by residents to their homes. Under no circumstances is the minimum widths of any street in the City of Ocean City to be less than thirty-six feet (36').

The arrangement of streets not shown on the Master Plan or Official Map shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension and/or realignment of existing streets except that local and collector streets should only be extended when such extension is necessary and the Planning Board concurs that such extension will promote safety and conform to the street standards contained elsewhere in this Ordinance.

Where developments abut existing roadways, sufficient additional front yard building setbacks shall be provided to coincide with the right-of-way width proposed for the roadway as per the Master Plan.

Local streets shall be designed in accordance with the schedule of street design standards and the requirements contained herein.

a. No street or road shall be designed which has an elevation at the center line of less than six feet (6') above mean sea level and as indicated by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

b. Local streets shall be arranged so that there exists a minimum possibility of their use by traffic which does not have its origin or destination at the lots to which the local streets provide access.

c. Cul-de-sacs (dead end streets) should have a center line length, from the intersecting street center line to the center point of the turnaround of the cul-de-sac, of not less than one hundred feet (100') nor longer than six hundred feet (600') and should not provide access to more than twenty-five (25) lots.

1. They shall provide an end turnaround with a pavement radius of not less than fifty feet (50') and a property line radius of not less than sixty feet (60') and tangent whenever possible to the right side of the street, when viewed toward the closed end.

2. In the event it is contemplated that a dead end street shall be extended in the future, a temporary turnaround, meeting the aforementioned design criteria shall be required, and provisions made future extension of the street and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties.

d. Artificial modifications in street rights-of-way for the purpose of increasing lot frontage shall be prohibited. Such prohibited modification shall include, but not be limited to, widening tile right-of-way of a continuous street through the use of semicircular projections.

e. Use of reduced paving width may be considered by the Municipal Agency when a cul-de-sac or loop street provides access to twenty-five (25) or fewer lots, where, by reason of topography, physical features or other conditions of the reduced paving width would substantially reduce disruption of the development's environment.

1. In no case shall the paving width of a two-way cul-de-sac or loop street be reduced to less than twenty-six feet (26').

2. Such one-way streets with reduced paving width are subject to the review and approval of the Traffic Bureau of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

3. Such review and approval must be obtained by the developer before approval of a final plat will be granted.

In any development, it shall be the duty of the Planning Board to approve classification of proposed streets according to their use, and in accordance with the Federal classification of roadways. In making decisions, the Planning Board shall refer to the Master Plan and the Cape May County Planning Board classification of roadways and shall consider conditions within the development and the surrounding areas and shall use as a guide the street classification and criteria contained herein.

a. Functional Classification of Existing Streets.

(Ord. #94-16, Appx. A)

In any subdivision abutting or being traversed by a collector street or arterial highway, one of the following conditions shall be required as the Planning Board deems appropriate.

a. A marginal street meeting the classifications herein for a local street shall be provided along each collector, or arterial highway, and shall be separated from the collector or arterial highway by a landscaped strip at least twenty-five feet (25') in width.

b. The frontage of all lots abutting the collector or arterial highway shall be reversed so that the lots will front on an internal local street.

c. All lots abutting collector streets may, in lieu of the above, be provided with suitable driveway turnarounds eliminating any necessity for vehicles to back into the collector street.

d. Other means of providing a satisfactory buffer separating through and local traffic shall be provided as may be deemed proper by the municipal agency.

e. Dwellings on corner lots shall have their driveway access on the roadway designed and intended to carry the lesser amount of traffic.

Street design standards shall be appropriate to the expected use of the street, soil, topographical and other physical conditions, and to the maintenance of the purposes of this Ordinance, but shall not be less than those set forth herein and also in the Schedule of Street Design Standards (Figure No. 10). All streets shall be constructed and graded and surfaced in accordance with these standards and specifications.

a. All topsoil shall be stripped from the proposed subgrade. The subgrade when completed, shall be true to the lines, grades and cross sections given on the plan accompanying the road profile.

1. After the profile has been shaped correctly, it shall be brought to a firm, unyielding surface by rolling entire surface with a three (3) wheel power roller weighing not less than ten (10) tons.

2. All soft and spongy places shall be excavated to such a depth as shall be necessary to stabilize the foundation of the road and refilled solidly with subbase consisting of broken stone, broken slag, gravel, suitable earth or sand as directed by the City Engineer.

3. All loose rock or boulders shall be removed or broken off six inches (6") below the subgrade surface. All stumps and roots shall be removed in their entirety.

4. This shall be done before completing the rolling of the entire surface of the subgrade.

b. Embankments (fills) shall be formed of suitable material placed in successive layers of not more than twelve inches (12") in depth for the full width of the cross section and shall be compacted by distributing uniformly over each succeeding layer, or by rolling with a ten (10) ton roller as directed by the City Engineer, to a compaction sufficient to prevent settling.

1. Stumps, trees, rubbish, and any other unsuitable materials or substance shall not be placed in the fill.

2. The fill shall be allowed to thoroughly settle before constructing the pavement upon it and must be approved by the City Engineer.

c. The roadway base shall conform to the following:

1. The roadway subbase shall be bank run gravel six inches (6") thick conforming to N.J. Department of Transportation aggregate 1-5 or an approved equal.

2. The base course shall be bituminous stabilized base with a minimum thickness of three inches (3").

d. The surface or wearing course shall be bituminous concrete type FABC Mix I-5 with a minimum thickness of not less than one and one-half inches (1-1/2"). The bituminous concrete shall be laid with a self-propelled paving machine approved by the City Engineer.

e. Pavement shall be installed from curb to curb except in unusual conditions of terrain and where otherwise required as determined by the City Engineer.

f. Materials, inspection and general requirements which pertain to this section are as follows:

1. All material and appurtenances unless otherwise specified herein, shall comply with the requirements set forth in the current N.J. State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.

2. The work shall be inspected throughout the course of construction by the City Engineer or his duly authorized representatives, who shall be notified in writing twenty-four (24) hours before any work is started or continued.

3. The requirements herein shall be considered as minimum requirements for street improvements. Where special circumstances or condition of drainage, terrain, character of soil or otherwise, require different construction or materials, such construction or materials shall be determined by the City Engineer.

4. All subsurface utilities shall be installed prior to the application of the wearing surface on the streets.

Street intersections shall be designed according to the standards contained herein.

a. No more than two (2) streets shall cross the same point. Street intersections shall be at right angles wherever possible, and intersections of less than sixty degrees (60 ) (measured at the center line of streets) shall not be permitted.

b. Local streets should not enter the same side of collector streets at intervals of less than five hundred feet (500'), or arterials at intervals of less than one thousand two hundred feet (1,200').

c. Street jogs with center line offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five feet (125') shall be avoided. Streets which enter collectors or arterials from opposite sides shall be directly opposite to each other or must be separated by at least three hundred feet (300') between their center lines measured along the center line of an intersected collector; or five hundred feet (500') along the center line of an arterial.

d. Approaches of any collector or arterial street to any intersection of another collector or arterial street shall be tangent or have a center line radius greater than five thousand feet (5,000') for at least five hundred feet (500') from the intersection.

e. Approaches of any local street to any other street shall:

1. Be tangent (straight) for a distance of at least fifty feet (50') from the intersection, or

2. Have a center line radius greater than one thousand feet (1,000') for at least one hundred fifty feet (150') from the intersection, and

3. Have a clear site of a point three feet (3') high in the intersection for a distance of not less than four hundred feet (400').

Street layout should be in accordance with the provisions contained herein.

a. Curved local streets are preferred to discourage speed and monotony. The maximum straight line distance should not exceed one thousand feet (1,000').

b. The Planning Board in all cases may require provisions for continuing circulation patterns onto adjacent properties and, for this purpose, may require the provision of stub streets abutting adjacent properties.

c. Residential development areas containing more than one hundred fifty (150) lots or dwelling units should have two (2) access points from collector streets or arterial highways.

d. A tangent at least one hundred feet (100') long shall be introduced between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.

Street names and development names shall not duplicate, nearly duplicate or be phonetically similar to the names of any existing streets or developments in the City or contiguous areas of other communities. Any continuation of an existing street shall have the same street name.

The developer shall complete all improvements to the limits of the development, unless other provisions have been made and approved by the Planning Board.

a. In those instances where completion of certain improvements would not be possible until the development of adjacent land takes place, alternate temporary improvements may be constructed subject to the approval of the Planning Board.

b. Cash or a certified check representing the difference between the value of the temporary improvements and the required improvements may be accepted by the City Council to be credited toward the completion of such improvements at such time as the adjacent land develops.

The right-of-way width and other standards for internal roads and alleys in multifamily, commercial and industrial developments shall be determined by the Planning Board on an individual basis and shall in all cases, be of sufficient width and design to safely accommodate maximum traffic, parking and loading needs, and maximum access for fire fighting equipment and shall generally conform to the requirements herein.

There shall be no reverse strips or areas controlling access to streets except where control and disposal of the land comprising such strips or areas have been placed under jurisdiction of the City Council under conditions approved by the Planning Board.

All developments, upon municipal approval of plans and prior to the issuance of a building permit, shall obtain a street excavation permit for any excavation, removal, replacement, repair, construction, or other disturbance of any portion of the public improvements within a public street or drainage right-of-way, and be required to observe all other regulations as set forth in the Street Excavation Ordinance.

For all major subdivisions and multi-family developments which require site plan approval, the developer shall arrange with the Atlantic Electric Company to provide street lighting service upon the appropriate tariff and prevailing government rules and regulations. The street lighting shall be installed at the average pole spacing of one hundred fifty feet (150') on centers for post-top luminaries at an approximate mounting height of thirteen feet (13') or two hundred feet (200') on centers for standard street lighting luminaries on a six foot (6') bracket at an approximate mounting height of twenty-five feet (25'). The Planning Board may alter the street lighting requirements as it deems appropriate due to special circumstances including but not limited to intersections, curves, cul-de-sacs, and collector or arterial roadways.

The Atlantic Electric Company shall install wiring in addition to that on the approved street lighting plan where said additional wiring is required to accommodate the full plan in accordance with the company's filed tariff and approved procedure at the time.

The cost of this additional wiring shall be the responsibility of the subdivider.

Street lighting shall be installed, as directed by and subject to approval by the Planning Board prior to the Certificates of Occupancy being issued.