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RESOLUTION NO. R-05-44
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, CREATING TRAFFIC
CIRCULATION STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS TO ELlMINATE.DEAD-END
STREETS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the safety of residents is best served when emergency vehicles do not have to
maneuver through dead-end streets and insufficient cul-de-sacs; and
WHEREAS, Land Development Code section 54-3-10.4{a) provides that City Council may
adopt traffic circulation design standards for subdivisions by means of resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby adopts this traffic circulation standard pursuant to Land
Development Code section 54-3-10.4{a).
Section 2. Cul-de-sac and dead-end roadways. No subdivision in the City shall be
designed with a dead-end roadway in excess of fifty feet unless the same contains a cul-de-sac
approved as having a sufficient turn radius for firefighting trucks by the agency having firefighting
responsibility within the jurisdiction.
Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
A motion to adopt the foregoing Resolution was made by Council Member Bur k e en
The motion was seconded by Council Member Co v and, upon being put to a vote,
the vote was as follows:
Mayor Nathan McCollum aye
Vice Mayor Brian Burkeen aye
Council Member Lisanne Monier a v e
Council Member Andrea Coy a V e
Council Member Sal Neglia aye
The Mayor thereupon declared this Resolution duly passed and adopted this 16th day of
November, 2005.
Approved as to form and legality for
reliance y the City of Sebastian only:
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