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9.6820 provide: 9.6830 9.6870 Cul-de-Sacs or Emeroencv Vehicle Turnarounds. (1) Except for streets that are less than 150 feet long and streets that will be extended in the future, all streets that terminate shall be designed as a cul-de- sac bulb or an emergency vehicle turnaround. (2) If a street will be extended in the future, a temporary easement shall be provided and an emergency vehicle turnaround shall be constructed. (3) There shall be no cul-de-sacs more than 400 feet long from the centerline of the intersecting street to the radius point of the cul-de-sac bulb. (4) Public accessways to provide safe circulation for pedestrians, bicyclists and emergency vehicles shall be required from a cul-de-sac or emergency vehicle turnaround longer than 150' in length when measured from the centerline of the intersecting street to the radius point of the cul-de-sac or to the center point of the emergency vehicle turnaround. (5) As part of a Type II or Type III process, an exception may be granted to the requirements of (1), (3) and (4) of this section because of the existence of one or more of the following conditions: (a) Physical conditions preclude development of the connecting street. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, topography or likely impact to natural resource areas such as wetlands, ponds, streams, channels, rivers, lakes or upland wildlife habitat areas, or a resource on the National Wetland Inventory or under protection by state or federal law. (b) Buildings or other existing development on the subject property or adjacent lands, including previously subdivided but vacant lots or parcels, physically preclude a connection now or in the future, considering the potential for redevelopment. Section 43. Subsection (2) of Section 9.6830 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to Intersections of Streets and Alleys. (2) Offsets. The minimum intersection offset shall be 100 feet on a local street, 200 feet on a collector street, and 400 feet on an arterial street unless adjusted through the process for adjustments to standards of EC 9.8030(12). Offsets shall be measured from the center lines of the two intersecting streets. Section 44. Section 9.6870 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide Street Width. Unless an alternative width is approved through use of other procedures in this code, the right-of-way width and paving width of streets and alleys dedicated shall conform to those designated on the adopted Street Right-of- Way map. When a street segment right-of-way width is not designated on the Street Right-of-Way map, the required street width shall be the maximum shown for its type in Table 9.6870 Right-of-Way and Paving Widths unless a lesser width is approved by the planning director and public works director based on adopted plans and policies, adopted "Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways, and Accessways," or other factors which, in the judgment of Ordinance - 25