§ 123-28. New streets and extensions.

All new streets and extensions and widenings of existing streets:

A. 

Shall be offered for dedication to the Township; county roads shall first be offered to the county; an offer of dedication shall be placed on the recorded plan for state roads.

B. 

Shall conform to the circulation element of the Township Comprehensive Plan, as amended, Township Ultimate Right-of-Way Map and county or state highway plans and be coordinated with existing streets.

C. 

Shall provide appropriate access between abutting tracts of land for immediate or future use.

D. 

Shall create a road hierarchy among interior subdivision and land development streets and exterior streets to ensure proper through traffic flow, local access and internal traffic distribution and flow.

E. 

Shall be related closely to existing topography to assure reasonable grades, alignment and drainage and appropriate access to lots and to minimize regrading and removal of vegetation.

F. 

Shall be designed to continue existing streets at equal or greater right-of-way and cartway width, as recommended by the Township Engineer and Planning Commission.

G. 

Insofar as possible, streets on which structures are to front are encouraged to be oriented in a general east-west direction in order to provide structures with southern exposure and to permit the utilization of solar energy.