The Board of Supervisors may require that the following methods be used adjacent to a collector or arterial street where two lots that are each intended for current or future business uses will be contiguous to each other.
(A) When two contiguous business uses or lots are in common ownership at the time of subdivision or land development application, the parking lots shall include an interconnection to allow motorists and pedestrians to travel from one business to another business without needing to re-enter a public street.
(B) (1) Where two contiguous lots involving current or future businesses are not in common ownership, the applicant for a subdivision or land development shall seek permission from the abutting lot owner to allow a vehicle interconnection between the parking lots. Unless the abutting property owner refuses to permit the interconnection, the subdivision or land development shall include the construction of a vehicle and pedestrian interconnection between the parking areas.
(2) If the abutting property owner refuses to permit the interconnection or the interconnection is currently not feasible, the Board of Supervisors may require that the subdivision or land development include an easement allowing a future interconnection and/or construct the interconnection as a “stub” up to the applicant’s property line.
(C) Where an interconnection is required or planned between two uses or lots, the subdivision or land development shall include a suitable cross-easement that permits vehicles and pedestrians from one use or lot to have access through the parking lot and driveway of the adjacent use or lot.
(Ord. 127, passed 3-18-2010)