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POLICY ON TEMPORARY DEAD-END S <br /> <br />It is clearly the intent of the subdivision ordinance that dead-end <br />streets over 600 feet in length shall not be allowed on a permanent <br />basis. It is also clearly the intent of the ordinance that dead-end <br />streets of indeterminate length be created on a temporary basis. <br /> <br />The question at hand is how long can the temporary dead-end street <br /> <br />be and for how long a time? <br /> <br />The c6sts of providing services to those lots receiving access from the <br /> <br />street in question would seem to be a' suitable measure of '!community <br /> <br />requirements: as used in Section 8.0la of.the Subdivision Ordinance. <br /> <br />Costs of services such as police protection and SchOol bUs transportation' <br />are much higher when only a long roundabout route is available. Road <br />maintenance costs are higher if the length of township roads are mOre than <br /> <br />normal for the number of lots involved. <br /> <br />Where 'the long dead-end conditions are expected to exist for only a short <br />time, one or two years, more latitude could be allowed. However, where 'the <br />conditions are likely to remain for an extended period of 'time, the criterion <br />should be held to quite rigidly. <br /> <br />Suggested guidelines are as follows: <br /> <br />1. The average length of road per lot in the subdivision shall not exceed. <br /> 275' length in A-1 and C-I zones or <br /> 140' length in R-1. <br /> <br />-1 - <br /> <br /> <br />