(a) General. Safety factors and the need for effective utilization of streets require the limitation of vehicular access points to streets and highways to promote efficient traffic flow and minimize safety hazards.
(b) Limits. Vehicular access points on arterial streets or highways or collector streets shall be kept to a minimum and shall not exceed the following limits based upon the length of subdivision frontage:
Maximum Number of Subdivision Frontage Length(feet) Vehicular Access Points Less than 500 One (1) 500 - 1,000 Two (2) Over 1,000 Two (2) for the first 1,000 feet plus one (1) additional for each additional 1,000 feet. |
(c) Arrangement. The street arrangements to meet vehicular access point limits may be one (1) of the following:
(1) A marginal access street meeting all the requirements for residential streets located parallel to the major street or highway and separated by a planting strip with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet.
(2) A reverse frontage street with the residences facing away from the major street or highway with a minimum separation between the back of the residences and the major street or highway right-of-way line of seventy (70) feet which shall include a reservation for a planting strip (or other approved screening means) in the first twenty (20) feet width abutting the major street or highway right-of-way line.
(Ord. 0-37-95. Passed 5-15-95.)