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5-1. Street Arrangement

The arrangement of streets in the subdivision shall provide for the coordination of principal streets of adjoining subdivisions, and for the proper projection of principal streets into adjoining properties which are not ye subdivided, in order to make possible necessary fire protection, movement of traffic and the construction or extension, presently or when later required, of needed utilities and public services such as sewers, water and drainage facilities. When the topographic or other conditions make such continuance impracticable in the opinion of the Advisory Agency, the above requirements maybe modified.

5-2. Circulation Element

The streets and highway layout of each subdivision shall be based on sections of the circulation element of the General Plan in all cases where such sections shall have been adopted for the portion of the County within which the subdivision lies.

5-3. Centerlines

The centerlines of all highways shall be the continuation of the centerline of existing highways in adjacent and contiguous territory. In cases in which straight continuations are not reasonably possible, such centerlines may be continued by tangential curves.

5-4. Non-Access Strips

Reserved strips controlling access to public ways or to property will not be approved unless such strips are necessary for the protection of the public welfare or the orderly development of the area. Reserved strips shall be in the control and disposal of the County and shall be established as a condition by theAdvisory Agency may recommend, and the Board of Supervisors may approve, a requirement that reimbursement of prorated improvements costs be a condition of relinquishing any reserved strips.

5-5. Street Center Sections

Streets shall be required to intersect one another at an angle as near to the right angle as is practicable in each specified case, and no intersections of streets at angles less than forty-five degrees (45) shall be approved,unless, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, no practicable intersections can be developed without intersecting at an angle of less than forty-five (45). Such intersections shall be provided with ample clear vision and turning areas to minimize traffic hazards.