The purpose of these regulations is to provide standards and criteria for review and approval of driveways, curb cuts and intersections of new or existing public roads with other public or private roads or streets.
(a) The efficiency and safety of a roadway facility, with limited access control, or without access control, depends greatly on the amount and character of roadside interference. Most of this interference originates in vehicular movements to and from residential, commercial and industrial developments along the facility.
(b) The rights of abutting property owners for access is realized, but it is necessary for controls to be established regarding the number, location and geometrics of access points. This is necessary to maintain good operational characteristics on the facility and to provide adequate safety features for the expeditious movement of people and goods.
(c) Roadway interference resulting from excessive roadside development and uncontrolled driveway connections precludes the orderly and safe movement of traffic in and out of private properties and therefore results in poor levels of service, increased hazards and early obsolescence of the roadway.
(d) The necessary regulations and geometrics of access points are very closely associated with traffic volumes and operations, rights-of-way, land use and zoning control.
(e) It is understood that commercial and industrial growth within an expanding metropolitan area is inevitable. Therefore, it is necessary to provide access to these concerns in accordance with a well developed plan, as compatible as possible with the adjacent roadway facilities, as it can easily be shown that traffic congestion adversely affects conditions for transacting business, produces accidents, interferes with the effective operation of fire and police forces, and, in general, reduces the enjoyment of many phases of urban life and activity.
(f) Access from lands adjacent to, but not part of, the Municipality must be carefully controlled to protect roadway integrity and the free passage of traffic from all sites.
(Ord. 89-56. Passed 7-5-89.)