X — means that the standard is required
- — means that the standard is not required
U — means that standards in the underlying District prevail
(A) Lot size and configuration. The following standards shall apply to all lots, unless otherwise noted.
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OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) Flag lots and zero frontage lots shall be permitted within single-family subdivisions and industrial parks, including all phases, serving not more than five lots where a shared driveway or private street provides access as long as: (a) The building numbers served by the driveway/ street are posted next to the public street and again where access to individual lots intersects the shared driveway/street, (b) A legally binding shared driveway and/or private street use and maintenance agreement is filed at the Register of Deeds of Davie County and (c) The shared driveway or private road is shown, along with all appropriate and necessary easements, on a recorded plat and a note is attached thereto stipulating the use of the driveway and referencing any recorded agreements. | X | - | - | U | U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(2) Flag lots and zero frontage lots shall be permitted to serve above ground utility sites. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
(B) Access. The intent of these standards is to promote safe, convenient and sufficient access to all properties by vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists. The following standards shall apply to all uses, unless otherwise noted.
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OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) All vehicular access to a development containing multiple destinations (e.g. malls, strip centers, multiple building developments, etc.) shall be provided by means of a shared driveway, side street or frontage road. (This standard shall not apply to industrial buildings in the CB, SP or GI Districts.) | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) No new driveway on any development site, which accesses a major arterial or collector street with a posted speed limit in excess of 35 mph and an average daily traffic volume greater than 5000 vehicles per day, shall be created less than 80 feet from an existing driveway except where the prohibition would deny access to the property or where a safe sight distance cannot be achieved otherwise. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
(3) No new driveway on any development site shall be created less than 80 feet from a street intersection except where the prohibition would deny access to the property or where a safe sight distance cannot be achieved otherwise. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
(4) The approaches to loading and unloading areas in mixed use and commercial Districts shall be designed to minimize conflict with on-site vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle traffic and with adjacent residential uses. | - | - | - | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | U |
(5) Buildings with uses requiring public access shall provide the primary pedestrian access from the street front. | - | - | - | U | U | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(6) At least one driveway or other vehicular link shall be provided between adjacent mixed use and commercial properties, such as shops and offices, that require public access. | - | - | - | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(7) Driveways shall be paved with a minimum ten foot wide apron made of asphalt, concrete or similar hard material suitable for driveway use which extends at least ten feet from the edge of the public street to prevent washout into the public street and to protect the edge of pavement. | X | X | X | U | U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | U |
(8) Whenever practicable, driveways shall be aligned with driveways on the opposite side of the public street. | - | - | - | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(9) Shared driveways are encouraged. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(10) Private roads that serve up to five single-family detached residential lots may be permitted by the town on a case-by-case basis. | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(11) A multi-family, townhouse, commercial or industrial development site consisting of one or more legal lots of record which is developed under a coordinated, approved site specific plan may be permitted, on a case by case basis, to be served by a private street network and shall only be required to abut a public street along some portion of the development site the minimum distance of which shall be determined by the town to be adequate for public and emergency vehicle access but which shall not be less than 35 feet. | X | X | X | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(12) The number of driveway intersections along major arterial streets with a posted speed limit in excess of 35 mph and an average daily traffic volume greater than 5000 vehicles per day shall be minimized whenever practicable, but in no case shall there be more than one driveway per street frontage on a lot or development site except: (a) Where street frontage exceeds 700 feet there may be two driveways and (b) Where street frontage exceeds 1200 feet, three such points may be allowed, but (c) Three driveways shall be the maximum allowable on any street frontage. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2003 Code, § 8-3.4.3) (Updated 2009)