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32 This chapter provides a synthesis of ordinances and regulatory plans of local government agencies. More than 48 ordinances and guidance documents were reviewed for the synthesis, with several having similar or common provisions.
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Local Access Management Regulations 33 Access Management Ordinances Zoning Subdivision Regulations Development Review Classify roadways by function and level of access control. Apply corridor overlay zoning to implement corridor and interchange access management plans.
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34 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances part of the city's major thoroughfare plan and are assigned to each major roadway segment by milepost. They are defined as follows (City of Orlando, 2018)
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Local Access Management Regulations 35 land is controlled to preserve safe and efficient through traffic movement. Posted speeds are typically 45 mph or greater.
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36 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances FDOT Complete Streets Implementation Plan (FDOT and Smart Growth America, 2015)
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Local Access Management Regulations 37 Source: City of Federal Way, Washington, 2015. Figure 9.
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38 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances turns in and out) as required" (City of Omaha, 2014)
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Local Access Management Regulations 39 • Access Class 2: Minor Arterials -- Moderate volume roadways that provide priority to mobility over access. They often feed the major arterial system, support moderate length trips, and serve activity centers.
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40 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances • Arterial street: A street or highway that provides for rapid and efficient movement of large volumes of through traffic between sections of the city and across the urbanized area. It is not intended to provide primary land access service.
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Local Access Management Regulations 41 – Collector streets in nonresidential areas intersecting with any side street or driveway serving a nonresidential development. A continuous left-turn lane should be provided where successive left-turn lanes are required.
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42 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of land use activity center that emphasizes pedestrian access to transit facilities, with dense, walkable networks and pedestrian amenities.
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Local Access Management Regulations 43 cuts are prohibited for existing development when alternative vehicular access is available or the driveway can be constructed to take access from an existing curb cut. Surface parking and travel aisles for on-site circulation are also prohibited from being located in front of a building façade along any frontage.
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44 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances are placed on an overlay district map and effectively limit the intensity of (re) development on a site unless the applicant implements specified access management practices.
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Local Access Management Regulations 45 If uses authorized and operating on the site have an existing peak-hour trip generation in excess of the maximum allowable traffic budget including any credits, then that will serve as the maximum allowable traffic budget for the site, and no additional credits will be provided. However, the applicant may still be required to make traffic and other site improvements as part of a site plan, planned unit development, or conditional use approval (City of South Burlington, 2018)
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46 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances Section 908.02(B) notes that the overlay "shall be combined with at least one (1)
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Local Access Management Regulations 47 Frederick County, Virginia Frederick County, Virginia, subdivision regulations state that "new residential lots shall not have direct vehicle access to roads defined as major collector or arterial by the Frederick County Comprehensive Plan or the Virginia Department of Transportation" (Frederick County, n.d., Section 144-17 Streets.
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48 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances B Minimum access widths for flag lots shall be 30 feet, except that a greater width may be required if it is possible that more than two parcels could be served from such access as their only means of legal access.
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Local Access Management Regulations 49 (b) Collectors.
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50 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances and bicycle parking (City of Fort Collins, 2005)
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Local Access Management Regulations 51 the site. Eligibility for impact fee credits is provided to compensate for right-of-way donations or other improvements that are not reasonably related or in proportion to the impacts of the development.
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52 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances Radcliff, Kentucky The City of Radcliff subdivision regulations establish that minimum lot frontage on all arterial and collector streets "shall not be less than the minimum connection spacing standard for that thoroughfare" (City of Radcliff, 2009, Section 5.12 Number of Access Connections)
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Local Access Management Regulations 53 includes a site plan review checklist for access management as obtained from the TRB Access Management Manual (Williams et al., 2014)
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54 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances The county categorizes roadway connections into five types for purposes of design and permitting, using several factors, including expected traffic volume, property type, land use, and connection type, as shown in Table 22. The number of allowable driveways in development and redevelopment proposals is calculated by dividing Peak Hour Total Project Traffic by Maximum Vehicle Flow, rounded to the highest whole number (Hillsborough County, n.d.)
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Local Access Management Regulations 55 7. Estimate the number of trips generated by existing and proposed development on the site for a typical weekday and weekday peak hours using the latest edition of ITE Trip Generation (ITE, 2019)
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56 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances 14. Prepare a typed report outlining the findings and conclusions of the study, including exhibits that illustrate the site plan, traffic volumes (current and projected)
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Local Access Management Regulations 57 c. Indicate accurate lot dimensions and property lines, as well as the relationship of the lot with neighboring properties.
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58 Incorporating Roadway Access Management into Local Ordinances Variances, Waivers, and Deviation from Standards Because site and corridor conditions vary widely, written procedures and criteria are needed to provide reasonable exceptions to agency access management standards (Williams et al., 2014)
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Local Access Management Regulations 59 shall render a decision in writing to the developer. Materials documenting the variation are maintained in the City's permit files.
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