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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. C12-5.9. County street.

"County street" shall mean any street, road, avenue, way, land or alley for vehicular use accepted for County maintenance by the Board of Supervisors.

(a) Major street: The part of the roadway system that serves as the principal network for through-traffic flow. The routes connect areas of principal traffic generation and important rural highways entering the city.

(b) Collector: The distributor and collector roadways serving traffic between major and local roadways. These are roadways used mainly for traffic movements within residential, commercial and industrial areas.

(c) Local street: Roadways used primarily for direct access to residential, commercial, industrial, or other abutting property. They do not include roadways carrying through traffic. Long local roadways will generally be divided into short sections by collector roadway systems.

(d) Expressway: A divided major arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and generally with interchanges at major crossroads. Expressways for noncommercial traffic within parks and parklike areas are generally known as parkways.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78)

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