Tallahassee Subdivision design standards

This rule establishes design standards that shall apply to all streets proposed in subdivisions:(1)Design standards. All subdivision streets shall be public and shall be paved and designed in accordance with the street design standards of the city, as adopted or amended by the commission.(2)Pavement widths. Pavement widths, median strips, parking lanes, sidewalks and other traffic engineering features shall be constructed, unless otherwise specified in this section, in accordance with adopted policies and guidelines of the commission. […] (15)Pedestrian and emergency access. Pedestrian and emergency access shall be provided to any adjoining public school where such connection is coordinated with the school system, public building, public park, trail, bikeway or transit stop.(16)Bicycle/pedestrian connection of cul-de-sacs or dead-end streets. Where residential developments have culs-de-sac or dead-end streets, such streets shall be connected to the closest local or collector street or to culs-de-sac in adjoining subdivisions via a sidewalk or multi-use path, unless determined impractical or unsafe by the development review committee. […] i.Shade trees. Preservation of existing shade trees is encouraged.(8)Lot drainage: Lots shall be laid out to provide positive drainage away from all buildings. Individual lot drainage shall be coordinated with the general stream drainage pattern for the area. Drainage shall be designed to avoid unnecessary concentration of storm drainage water from each lot to other lots or parcels.