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(B) Streets shal I be aligned to join with planned or existing streets, where desirable. (C) Street jogs are to be avoided on arterial streets and carefully evaluated on col lector streets. Unless otherwise required by the Planning Commission, streets with centerl ine offsets of less than one hundred fifty (150) feet shal I not be accepted. (D) Streets shal I be designed to bear a logical relationship to the topography. (E) Residential streets shal I be laid out so that their use by through traffic wil I be discouraged. (F) Intersections shal I approximate right angles as closely as possible. (G) Cul-de-sacs shal I be permitted, provided they are not more than six hundred (600) feet in length and have a turnaround right-of-way diameter of at least one hundred (100) feet. Surface drainage shal I be toward the inter- secting street, or if this is not possible, a drainage easement shal I be re- quired through the cul-de-sac. (H) Dead-end streets, with the exceptions of cUl-de-sacs, shal I be prohibited unless they are designed to connect with future streets in adjacent land that has not been platted, in which case, a temporary turnaround easement of ninety (90) feet shal I be required. (I) Restriction of access shal I be required when a subdivision or portion thereof adjoins a freeway or arterial street. Marginal access streets, re- verse frontage with screen planting contained in a non-access reservation, deep lots or simi lar treatment shaJ I be required to reduce the impact of the traffic on residential properties and to avoid interference with the movement of the traffic on thoroughfares. (J) The dedicationof a half street shal I not be accepted unless: (I) The subdivider obtains for the City a dedication from the abutting landowner of the other one-half of the streetj (2) The subdivider obtains from the said abutting landowner an agree- ment in a form satisfactory to the City Attorney which guarantees the cost of the improvements and construction of the same on the half street within a time suitable to the City Engineerj and (3) The subdivider guarantees the construction of the improvements on the half street which he is dedicatingj or (4) Any other simi Jar arrangement recommended by the City Engineer and approved by the Planning Commission and City Counci I. (K) When the plat dedicates a street which ends on the plat or is on the perimeter of the plat, the subdivider shal I convey the last foot of the street on the terminal end or outside border of the plat to the City of Louisvi J Ie and such shal I be designated by using Outlot(s)j the City shal I put the same to publ ic use for public road and access purposes when, within its sole and absolute discretion, it deems advisable. 3-2