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A. Functional Classification. The transportation element of the Anacortes comprehensive plan designates public right-of-way and streets based on their functional classification and must be consulted to determine which standards in this chapter apply. The following roadway classification types are designated:

1. Principal Arterials. Streets that have a primary function of carrying traffic to and from major traffic generators and provide major connections to the regional arterial system.

2. Minor Arterials. Streets that provide movement of through traffic, but also provide considerably more access for local traffic that originates in or is destined to commercial, retail, or activity centers along a corridor.

3. Collectors. Streets that assemble and concentrate residential traffic and direct it toward the higher order arterial system.

4. High-Volume Local Streets. Streets that primarily serve residential neighborhoods and some commercial uses and generally connect to collectors or minor arterials.

5. Low-Volume Local Streets. Low-volume streets that serve residential neighborhoods with no direct connections to collectors or arterials.

B. Unclassified and New Streets. Classification of new streets or existing streets not already identified or classified on the roadway functional classification map, for the purpose of determining the appropriate design of a roadway or development, or for the purpose of determining the appropriateness of a location for a proposed use, must be done by the Public Works Director.

1. Factors to be considered in determining a street’s classification include the following existing or proposed features:

a. Facility geometrics, including the number and width of traffic lanes, turning lanes, and parking lanes.

b. Access conditions, including any restrictions on access, the spacing of private accesses, and average lot frontage widths.

c. Traffic characteristics, including average daily traffic, percentage of trucks, average operating speed, percentage of turning movements, origin-destination characteristics of the traffic, and peak-hour characteristics of traffic.

d. Adjacent land uses. (Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)