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the applicable county standards set forth in this section. The applicable standard is determined by the <br />density and type of land use, design speed, and traffic volume (ADT). <br />12.04.04.030 General Design Criteria. <br />General Considerations: In addition to the specific design standards found throughout other parts of <br />these standards, the following general design principals shall be followed to the maximum extent feasible: <br />A. Pedestrian ways, bike paths, and equestrian trails should be separated from roadways to the <br />maximum extent feasible. Sidewalks shall be designed to provide residential building sites with <br />connectivity to all neighboring facilities, including schools, bus collection points, parks, <br />playgrounds, churches, commercial shopping districts, etc. <br />B. Existing roads, including roads in subdivisions having preliminary plat approval in adjoining <br />properties, shall be continued at equal or greater width and in similar alignments by roads <br />proposed in the subdivision, unless variations are approved. <br />C. Roads within rural subdivisions shall be designed as a system of circulation routes so that the use <br />of local roads by through traffic will be discouraged. <br />D. Roads shall intersect at right angles to the maximum extent feasible. Written approval from the <br />Engineer shall be required if an intersection is proposed that would deviate more than 10 degrees <br />from perpendicular. <br />E. When a tract is divided into lots which are twice as large on average as the underlying zoning, <br />such lots or parcels shall be arranged to permit the logical location and opening of future streets <br />or roads. <br />12.04,04.040 Public Roads. <br />Public Roads shall comply with the following conditions: <br />A. Road surfacing requirements shall be in accordance with the KC Standard Plans and the WSDOT <br />Pavement Guide, Volume 1 Pavement Polity, current edition. <br />B. The minimum design speed for all roads shall be 25 MPH. Design speeds shall be based upon <br />WSDOT Design Manual, current edition. Entire road segments shall be designed at the same <br />speed. Minimum design speeds for classified roads are included in the Typical Roadway Sections <br />according to road way classification. See KC Standard Plans 1-8. <br />C. Intersections <br />1. Location of new arterial and collector streets shall be in accordance with the WSDOT <br />Design Manual, current edition. <br />2. All new intersections will have a minimum straight tangent length prior to beginning any <br />curves in accordance with the WSDOT Design Manual, current edition. <br />Title 12 Kittitas County Code I Draft No. 5— Working Draft forAdoption 6/12/2018 <br />38 <br />