The primary objectives of these access management regulations are to promote traffic safety and efficiency, preserve future rights-of-way, maintain proper traffic capacity and traffic flow, reduce interferences with public travel, protect the public's interest in its rights-of-way, and to provide for the efficient and uniform administration of the public road rights-of-way. These regulations further the orderly layout and use of land, and can serve to protect the Trenton community character and natural resources by promoting well-designed road and access systems and discouraging the unplanned development and re-development of land. Specific purposes are as follows:
(a) To protect the safety of motorists traveling on city roads and their crossroad intersections and preserve the efficiency of traffic flow along roadways.
(b) To protect the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists and provide for pedestrian facilities in appropriate locations.
(c) To encourage development on the corridor that is compatible with or does not detract from the aesthetic character or natural beauty of the surrounding area.
(d) To preserve and enhance development options by promoting consolidation of small, irregular lots into larger, more developable properties and promoting development of unified access and circulation systems that serve more than one property.
(e) To assure that driveways and street connections to city roads are designed according to standards, have adequate sight distance for safe entry and exit, and are adequately spaced in accordance with the access spacing requirements set forth in these regulations.
(Ord. 01-2018. Passed 1-18-18.)