1565189
ORDINANCE NO. 15,651
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS PROVIDING FOR
MODIFICATION OF STREET DESIGN STANDARDS
IN SECTIONS 31 -204, 31 -205 AND 31 -209
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 31, Section 31 -204 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas be amended
to provide for the modification and addition of the language
to read as follows:
To ensure adequate site distance on curves, the
minimum horizontal centerline radius shall be as
follows:
1. Principal Arterials - Fourteen hundred (1400)
feet.
2. Minor Arterials - Nine hundred (900) feet.
3. Collector Streets - Four hundred fifty (450)
feet.
4. Residential Streets - One hundred fifty (150)
feet.
5. Minor Residential Streets - Seventy five (75)
feet.
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SECTION 2. That Chapter 31, Section 31 -205 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock be amended to provide
for modification and addition of language and to read as
follows:
Between reverse curves, a tangent of not less than
four hundred (400) feet for principal arterials;
three hundred (300) feet for minor arterials; two
hundred (200) feet for collector streets; and fifty
(50) feet for residential streets shall be required.
The Commission shall permit modification of these
standards where topography or other conditions
justify and design data supports the modification.
SECTION 3. That Chapter 31, Section 31 -209 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock be amended to provide
for modification of standards to read as follows:
The following are the street classifications and
standards for streets:
DESIGN
STANDARDS
Approx. Design
speed (miles
per hour)
Maximum grade
at centerline
(in percent)
Minimum right -
of -way (in feet)
Minimum street
width, back -
to -back of
curb, in feet
DESIGN STANDARDS
PRINCIPAL MINOR MINOR
EXPRESSWAY ARTERIAL ARTERIAL COLLECTOR RES
55 50 40 30 25 20
8% 9% 9% 12% 15% 16%
As req'd 110 90 60 50 45
by Master
Street Plan
As req'd 66 60 36 29 24
by Master
Street Plan
DESIGN
STANDARDS
Min. sight
distance at
crest of vertical
curve (in feet)
Sidewalks
Min. horizontal
radius at
centerline
(normal crown)
(in feet)
Min. horizontal
tangent distance
bet. reverse
curves (in feet)
DESIGN STANDARDS
(Continued)
PRINCIPAL MINOR
EXPRESSWAY ARTERIAL ARTERIAL COLLECTOR
550' 475' 325' 200'
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MINOR
RES_:. .. RE S,,.,,
ISO' 110'
May be
Both
Both
One
One None
required
sides
sides
side
side
1700'
1400'
900'
450'
ISO' 75'
600'
400'
300'
200'
SO' N/A
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty
(30) days from and after its passage.
PASSED: March 2. 1 ..�...1- 9$.9..._._..,........_.
ATTEST: APPROVED:._,,_.,_ -u
City Clerk ane Czech Mayor Floyd G. Villines, III
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