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APPENDIX A-SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE 5-35 Variations of the city standards may be considered and approved by the director of public works upon the subdivider submitting a detail of such signs including a plan and budget for maintenance of the signs. Proposed streets, which are obviously in alignment with other already existing and named streets, shall bear the names of the existing streets. In no case shall the names of proposed streets duplicate existing street names in Martinsville or in Henry County irrespective of the use of the suffixes such as: street, avenue, boulevard, drive, way, place, lane, or court. Streets shall not be named after persons except as a memorial subject to the approval of city council. Names shall be subject to the approval of the agent. 5-31. Street trees. Trees shall only be located and planted in accordance with Zoning Ordinance Section XIV; Landscaping Standards and the Tree Ordinance of the City of Martinsville. 5-32. Street lighting. Street lights shall be installed along streets in the subdivision at the subdivider's expense. Fixtures, poles and other components shall meet the standards of the city public works department. Variations of the city standards may be considered and approved by the director of public works upon the subdivider submitting a detail of such lighting including a plan and budget for maintenance of the lights. 5-33. Monumentation. All lot corners and all points of curvature, points of tangency, points of compound curve and points of reverse curve on street rights-of-way shall be marked with iron pipe or rod not less than one-half inch in diameter and twenty-four (24) inches long and driven so as to be flush with the finished grade. When rock is encountered a hole shall be drilled four (4) inches deep in the rock, into which shall be cemented a steel rod one-half inch in diameter, the top of which shall be flush with the finished grade. Upon completion of subdivision streets, sewers, and other improvements, the subdivider shall make certain that all monuments required by the administrator are clearly visible for inspection and use. 5-34. Driveway spacing. No lot shall be created along any street for which driveway spacing standards as outlined in the zoning ordinance for certain zoning districts, cannot be met unless the subdivider dedicates an access easement across the adjacent lot(s) to allow vehicular access to and from the public street at a location in conformity with the zoning ordinance. 5-35. Commercial and industrial sites. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for commercial and industrial purposes or in present or future commercial; zones shall be adequate to provide for the off-street service and parking facilities as may be required. Supp. No. 61 1741