Part 2 — Unified Development Ordinance Definitions
City of Andover Unified Development Manual

STREET: A public thoroughfare which provides the principal means of vehicle and pedestrian access to abutting property, and also provides space for utilities. As used in these regulations, the term "street" includes the entire right-of-way, not just the roadway. ( See ROADWAY.) 1. The term "street" includes the terms road, highway, drive, lane, avenue, circle, place, boulevard, alley, or other similar designations. 2. ARTERIAL STREET: A high-capacity urban road designed to accept traffic from collector streets and carry it to highways, or connect urban centers. Providing access to adjacent properties is secondary to supporting traffic speed and volume. a. By Kansas statute, an arterial street is any U.S. or state numbered route, controlled access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways. (See K.S.A. 8-1403.) 3. COLLECTOR STREET: A street intended to connect local streets to a major street system, used for both through traffic and for access to abutting properties. 4. HALF-STREET: A portion of the right-of-way of a street, usually along the edge of a subdivision where the remaining width of the street is intended to be provided in another subdivision. 5. LOCAL STREET: A street intended primarily for access to abutting properties and of limited continuity within a neighborhood. 6. THROUGH STREET: A street that extends continuously between other major streets.
STREET FRONTAGE: That part of a parcel of land where a lot line abuts a street right-of-way, with the following exceptions (which are not considered street frontage): 1. Lot lines abutting an alley . 2. The ends of dead-end streets without a turning circle. 3. The ends of incomplete or future streets, including temporary turn-arounds.
 Diagram: Street Frontage

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