30-77 ORDINANCE NO. 30-77
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRA¥ BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 23A
"SUBDIVISIONS" OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES
BY REPEALING SECTION' 23A-8 (9) RELATING TO DEAD
END. STREETS AND INSERTING A NEW SECTION 23A-8 (9)
RELATING TO PERMANENT DEAD END STREETS NOT TO
EXCEED ONE THOUSAND FEET IN LENGTH; PROVIDING
FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TO RECOMMEND
THAT PERMANENT DEAD END STREETS BE LONGER THAN
ONE THOUSAND FEET; PROVIDING THAT THE"FINAL
DECISION SHALL BE MADE BY COUNCIL; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRA¥ BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 23A-8(9) of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby repealed and a new Section 23A-8(9) is hereby inserted to
read as follows:
(9) Dead end streets are prohibited except those designed
to be so permanently. Permanent dead end streets shall
not exceed one thousand (1,000) feet in length, and shall be
provided at the closed end (cul-de-sac) with a turn-around
having an outside roadway diameter of at least eighty (80)
feet, and a street property line diameter of at least one
hundred (100) feet.
The Planning and Zoning Board may recommend to city Council,
that permanent dead end streets be longer than one thousand
(1,000) feet, when they would help to: (1) preserve natural
features and resources; (2) eliminate unnecessary traffic in
the general area; and (3) preserve and/or increase open space.
The final decision to allow longer dead end streets shall be
made by the City Council.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance
or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remainder' hereof as a whole or part
thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance ~hall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 23r~ day of May . , 1977.
First Reading MaY ~9~
Second Reading ~/m¥ '3, 1~7