(A) Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to provide realistic controls for assuring safe and convenient access to the development of properties that adjoin interchanges and discourage the indiscriminate location of access points along the intersecting highway.
(B) Areas of control. The following interchange development standards shall apply to all commercial, residential, and industrial development within a radius of one-half mile of the interchange structure except where area of control extends inside the corporate limits of a municipality. In such a case, the municipal regulations shall apply.
(C) Setback distance from intersecting highway. Buildings and structures shall be set back at least 80 feet from the right-of-way line of intersecting highways, or 160 feet from the centerline, whichever is more restrictive, 100 feet from the freeway right-of-way line and 30 feet from the right-of-way line of frontage roads and other roads of the internal circulation system. In the case of unusual changes in alignment of the intersecting highway or unusual topographical characteristics which would cause undue hardship in the application of this requirement, a variance for a lesser setback distance from the intersecting highway may be granted.
(D) Limitation of access. The State Department of Transportation has developed access regulations for particular interchanges based on ramp design and ramp speed. These regulations shall apply only when they are more restrictive than the following restrictions. Access from abutting property to an intersecting highway shall be permitted only at designated access points. The access shall be located as follows:
(1) There shall be no access points located within 700 feet (500 in urban situations) of the most remote end of taper of any existing or proposed entrance or exit ramp of an interchange or 700 feet (500 in urban situations) of median crossovers, or at intervals of less than 700 feet thereafter. A lesser distance may be permitted upon written approval by the State Department of Transportation; and
(2) To avoid dangerous off-set intersections, public streets along opposite sides of intersecting highways shall be located either directly opposite a median strip crossover or separated by at least 300 feet of lateral distance. A lesser distance may be permitted upon written approval by the State Department of Transportation.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)