(A) Residential districts.
(1) Lots of less than 100 feet in width shall have no more than one point of access to any one public street. Lots wider than 100 feet shall be allowed one additional point of access for each additional 100 feet of width or major fraction thereof.
(2) No point of access shall be allowed within 20 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way of intersecting streets. A point of access shall not exceed 20 feet in width for one-way and/or one-land entrance or exit. No two-way exit and/or entrance access shall exceed 35 feet in width.
(B) Business and commercial districts.
(1) In all commercial districts, points of access to highways and streets shall be controlled by the regulations of the Planning Commission. Before any building permit for any structure in a business or commercial zone may be issued, the prospective builder or operator of the proposed activity shall submit a sketch of the layout and design of the proposed structure(s) and/or the access points to the highway or street to the Chairperson of the county’s Joint City County Planning Commission for review as to their conformity with the regulations of the Planning Commission.
(2) The Planning Commission may require that when two or more consumer commercial establishments adjoin, or are so located along one side of a street as to make a single point of access practical, the establishments should share such access.
(3) Planned shopping areas of four or more establishments which adjoin, or are located in close proximity to each other on any major street, may be required by the Planning Commission to be served by a road parallel to the highway or street which has no more than two points of entry or exit. Such roadway shall be constructed at the expense of the owner(s).
(4) In a planned commercial district, entrance and exit shall be so designed as to minimize traffic congestion. No more than one entry/exit way shall be constructed for every 150 feet of highway frontage or bordering roadway.
(Ord. 20.920-1, passed 3- -2020)