Where deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Commission and/or the Municipality Engineer, vehicular access points along Principal Arterial and Minor Arterial facilities as identified by the Municipality of Groveport Thoroughfare Plan may be limited in order to not impede the flow of traffic. Access Management Practices such as, but not limited to, frontage roads, service roads, reverse frontage lots with internalized access, restriction on the number and location of drives and shared access points shall be implemented. Vehicular access to residential lots along arterial streets shall be prohibited.
Access Management Standards: The following discussion outlines standards for planning purposes. The Municipality Engineer will evaluate site development proposals and relevant aspects of site access against these standards and provide a recommendation to the Municipal Administrator regarding traffic engineering decisions related to proposed access changes. The Municipal Administrator will approve or deny proposed site access configurations based on these standards, the Municipality Engineer's recommendation, and other engineering evaluations, as appropriate:
(a) Signalized intersections: Traffic signals placed along arterial routes and collector routes should be spaced one thousand two-hundred fifty (1250) feet apart measured center to center of intersections, unless a traffic engineering study demonstrates that different signal spacing will enhance coordination and improvement to the overall operation of the corridor.
(b) Arterial facilities: Non-residential, unsignalized curb cuts should be located at least 500 feet from unsignalized intersections and at least seven-hundred and fifty (750) feet from signalized intersections. Future curb cuts should align with existing or planned curb cuts on the opposite side of the street to the extent possible. If unsignalized curb cuts are to be offset from curb cuts on the opposite side of the arterial, the offset should be at least two-hundred (200) feet if offset to the left and 400 feet if offset to the right. Right turn in/right turn out curb cuts should be located at least three-hundred (300) feet from adjacent intersections.
(c) Collector facilities: Non-residential, unsignalized curb cuts should be located at least five-hundred (500) feet from unsignalized and signalized intersections. Future curb cuts should align with existing or planned curb cuts on the opposite side of the street to the extent possible. If unsignalized curb cuts are to be offset from curb cuts on the opposite side of the collector, the offset should be at least one-hundred fifty (150) feet if offset to the left and three-hundred (300) feet if offset to the right. Right turn in/right turn out curb cuts should be located at least two-hundred (200) feet from adjacent intersections.
Adjacent curb cuts should be considered unsignalized intersections for the purpose of the above criteria. All distances given above should be measured center to center of driveways and intersections. The standards are appropriate for a 45-mph design speed on Arterials and a 35- mph speed on Collectors. Actual field conditions may warrant other standards as determined by the Municipality Engineer.
See the Municipality of Groveport Thoroughfare Plan for further discussion regarding access standards. (Ord. 19-011. Passed 4-22-19.)