§ 3.5.8. Streets standards.

Streets within the Stonecrest Area Overlay District may be either public or private streets. Private streets shall comply with requirements of public streets found in chapter 14 and all other applicable sections of the DeKalb County Code, with the following exceptions:

A.

Streets in the Stonecrest Area Overlay District may be constructed with travel lanes at eleven (11) feet in width, measured inside curb and gutter.

B.

Private or public alleys shall be permitted, providing secondary or service access within developments consisting of at least four (4) occupied structures. An alley shall provide a continuous connection between two (2) streets. Alleys shall be paved and constructed to the same standards as the connecting streets except that:

1.

No alley shall be longer than four hundred (400) feet;

2.

No alley shall have a slope greater than seven (7) percent;

3.

The paved width of an alley shall be not less than twelve (12) feet;

4.

Alleys shall be constructed with flush curbs;

5.

Alleys shall be bordered on both sides by unobstructed seven-foot-wide shoulders constructed of grass sod or gravel; and

6.

Buildings shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from the back of curb of an alley.

( Ord. No. 15-06 , 8-25-2015)