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26.28.020 STREET CLASSIFICATIONS DEFINED.

Street classifications shall be defined as follows:

(1) "Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with direct access to abutting property fully or partially controlled, and with intersections generally at grade at widely spaced intervals;

(2) "Freeway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with direct access to abutting property prohibited and with access at connecting streets fully controlled;

(3) "Frontage road" means a short parallel street in conjunction with a limited access arterial, functioning as a connector between interrupted streets and as access to abutting properties;

(4) "Local service street" means a public or private street primarily for access to abutting property and designed for limited traffic use;

(5) "Major arterial" means an arterial street designed for safe movement of through traffic, with or without a median, with intersections at grade and with access to abutting properties or intersecting streets limited to the optimum extent;

(6) "Major collector" means a secondary arterial functioning as a feeder and a connector between arterial streets and local service streets and with full access to abutting properties;

(7) "Minor collector" means a secondary arterial of short length functioning as a feeder and connector between local service streets and major collectors or major arterials, and with full access to abutting properties.