§ 503. Classification of streets.

For the purposes of this ordinance, all streets in the City of Greenville and the surrounding Washington County planning area, are hereby divided into five (5) classes as follows:

(1)

Arterial streets and highways are those which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic;

(2)

Collector streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development;

(3)

Minor streets are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties;

(4)

Marginal access streets are minor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways; and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic; and

(5)

Alleys are minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Cross reference

Streets and sidewalks, § 7-26 et seq.