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I ******** Freewav means a divided arterial highway designed with full control of access and grade separation at all intersections. Freeways provide movement of high volumes of traffic at relatively high speeds. This system carries most of the trips entering and leaving the city. as well as most of the through movement by-passing the central city. ******** Parkwav means a freeway which does not have continuous frontage roads. Parkways have a green space buffer between the roadway and adjacent development. Parkways preserve and enhance the natural landscape as much as possible. ********* Street means a public right-of-way that provides primary vehicular access to adjacent land, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, avenue, lane, boulevard, road, place, drive or however otherwise designated. I (1) Street, arterial means a thoroughfare designated as a freeway, expressway, major arterial or minor arterial in the most recently adopted city thoroughfare plan. The primary function of an arterial is to carry traffic through the city, and an arterial is designed for as high a speed as possible, to carry as much traffic as possible. Also knovm as a major thoroughfare. (1 ) Street, arterial, means a major arterial street or a minor arterial street. (2) Street, commerciallmultifamilv collector means a street to serve as principal access to commercial or multi-family developments. Large vehicles such as delivery trucks utilize these streets. Driveway access is limited to accommodate higher traffic volumes and larger vehicles. On-street parking is restricted on these streets. Multifamily developments can front on these roads. provided adequate off-street parking is available. Typically. multifamily developments, schools. local retail developments and public facilities are located adjacent to commercial/multi-family collector streets. (2) Street, collector means u street '.vhich primarily carries traffic from local or residential streets to major thoroughfares and highways, including the principal entrance streets for circulation to schools, parks and other community facilities within the development, and also including all streets that carry traffic through or adjacent to commercial or industrial areas. I (3) Street, frontage means a local street lying parallel to and adjoining a major street right of 'Nay, '.vhich provides access to abutting properties. 3