Chapter 17.34
THOROUGHFARE PLAN
Sections:
17.34.030 Classification of thoroughfares.
17.34.040 Compliance with chapter.
17.34.050 Requirements for variance.
17.34.010 Applicability.
To promote public safety, thoroughfare regulations are adopted and established. These thoroughfare regulations shall be applied in the development review process including all rezoning petitions, applications for zoning use permits, and proposed plats submitted to the area plan commission. All development proposals shall allocate adequate access for streets in conformity with the thoroughfare plan and shall designate and label all such streets in accordance with the following definitions, specifications, and requirements regarding control of access, platted width, and setback requirements.
(Ord. dated 10/4/93 § 2 (part): prior code § 153.170)
17.34.020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Collector. Any street designed and labeled as a “collector” shall be planned, designed, and intended to serve as a collector and distributor of vehicular traffic, in conformance with the comprehensive plan, with partial control of access thereof. A collector street collects traffic from local streets and channels it into the arterial system.
Controlled Access. Any street designated and labeled as “controlled access” shall be a divided arterial street planned, designed, and intended for through vehicular traffic in conformance with the comprehensive plan with full control of access thereto.
“Control of access” means the condition where the right of owners or occupants of abutting land, or other persons, to access, including its location in connection with public ways, streets, highways or roads, is fully or partially controlled by public authority, including but not limited to, the area plan commission.
“Full control of access” means the condition where access, including its location, is fully controlled in connection with public ways, streets, highways or roads, to give preference to through traffic by providing access connections only with selected public ways, streets, highways or roads, and by prohibiting both crossings at grade and direct private driveway connections.
Major Arterial. Any street designed and labeled as a “major arterial” shall be an arterial street planned, designed, and intended for through vehicular traffic in conformance with the comprehensive plan with partial control of access thereto. Major arterials are intended to move through traffic to and from such major attractors as central business district, regional shopping centers, and major industrial areas, or as a route for traffic between communities or large developed areas.
Minor Arterial. Any street designated and labeled as a “minor arterial” shall be an arterial street planned, designed, and intended to serve as a distributor of through vehicular traffic, in conformance with the comprehensive plan, from interstates and major arterials to collector streets with partial control of access thereof. Minor arterials are similar to major arterials, except that these streets service minor traffic-generating areas such as neighborhood commercial areas, primary and secondary educational facilities, hospitals, churches and offices.
“Partial control of access” means the condition where access, including its location, is partially controlled in connection with public ways, streets, highways or roads to give preference to through traffic to a degree that in addition to access connections with selected public ways, streets, highways or roads, there may be permitted some crossing at grade and some direct driveway connections, with design and location approved by public authority, including the area plan commission.
(Ord. dated 10/4/93 § 2 (part): prior code § 153.172)
17.34.030 Classification of thoroughfares.
These thoroughfare and building setbacks apply regardless of zoning classification.
A. Controlled Access. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be determined by the state of Indiana or the U.S. Federal Government, whichever is appropriate. The following streets are included in the “controlled access” classification:
Diamond Avenue (Posey County line to Morgan Avenue)
Lloyd Expressway/SR 66 (U.S. 41 to Warrick County line)
I-64 (that portion in Vanderburgh County)
I-164 (that portion in Vanderburgh County)
Lloyd Expressway/SR 62 (Posey County line to U.S. 41)
Riverside Drive/Veterans Memorial Parkway (Fulton Avenue to U.S. 41)
U.S. 41 (that portion in Vanderburgh County)
B. Major Arterial. The following streets are included in the major arterial classification:
1. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be ninety (90) feet.
Green River Road (I-164 to Pigeon Creek)
Morgan Avenue (U.S. 41 to Warrick County line)
2. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be seventy-five (75) feet.
First Avenue (Pigeon Creek to Mill Road)
C. Minor Arterial. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be seventy (70) feet. The following streets are included in the minor arterial classification:
Burkhardt Road (Lincoln to Morgan)
Covert Avenue (Green River Road to Warrick County line)
Darmstadt Road (City limits to Evergreen Road)
Eichoff/Koressel (SR 62 to I-64)
First Avenue (Mill Road to city limits)
Fulton Avenue (Lloyd to Diamond)
Green River Road (Pigeon Creek to Millersburg Road)
Lynch Road (U.S. 41 to I-164)
Mill Road (St. Joseph to U.S. 41)
St. Joseph Avenue (Maryland to Schenk Road)
State Road 57 (U.S. 41 to Gibson County line)
Upper Mt. Vernon Avenue (Peerless Road to Tekoppel Avenue)
D. Collector. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be sixty (60) feet. The following streets are included in the collector classification:
Boonville-New Harmony (Posey County line to I-164)
Burkhardt Road (Covert Avenue to Lincoln Avenue)
Burkhardt Road (Morgan Avenue to Olmstead Road)
Campground Road (Old State Road to Stringtown Road)
Darmstadt Road (Evergreen Road to Boonville-New Harmony Road)
First Avenue (Lloyd/SR 62 to Pigeon Creek)
Fuquay Road (Pollack Avenue to Newburgh Road)
Green River Road (Millersburg Road to SR 57)
Oak Hill Road (Pigeon Creek to SR 57)
Old State Road (Campground Road to U.S. 41)
Pollack Avenue (Green River Road to Warrick County line)
St. Joseph Avenue (Schenk Road to Boonville-New Harmony Road)
Stringtown Road (Pigeon Creek to Campground)
Telephone Road (I-164 to Warrick County line)
Upper Mt. Vernon Road (Posey County line to Peerless Road)
Virginia Street (Green River Road to Burkhardt Road)
Vogel Road (Green River Road to Burkhardt Road)
Western Connector (Eichoff/Koressel Road to St. Joseph Avenue)
(Ord. dated 10/4/93 § 2 (part): prior code § 153.173)
17.34.040 Compliance with chapter.
A. No improvement location permit or building permit shall be issued and no construction or improvement of real property shall take place without compliance with this chapter.
B. All plats of proposed subdivisions and replats of subdivisions in the city of Evansville and Vanderburgh County shall comply with the requirements of Sections 17.34.010 through 17.34.050.
(Ord. dated 10/4/93 § 2 (part): prior code § 153.175)
17.34.050 Requirements for variance.
A. A person desiring a variance from the requirements of this chapter must file a petition with the board of zoning appeals according to Sections 17.36.090 and 17.36.100.
B. Thoroughfare Setback Encroachment Permit. In addition to the items required in Section 17.36.100 for a variance petition, the petitioner shall file a thoroughfare setback encroachment permit, incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, with the variance petition on the form attached to the ordinance codified in this chapter. The thoroughfare setback encroachment permit shall be recorded in the office of the Vanderburgh County recorder by the area plan commission at the time of variance approval by the board of zoning appeals. Cost of the recording will be borne by the petitioner; a certified check shall be filed for the cost of the recording at the time of filing of a variance petition.
(Ord. dated 10/4/93 § 2 (part): prior code § 153.176)