to the site. [Note The Planning Commission could allow for a – temporary driveway with the stipulation that joint and cross access be established as adjacent properties develop.] Additional access connections may be allowed where the property owner demonstrates that safety and efficiency of travel on the thoroughfare will be improved by providing more than one access to the site. No parking or structure other than signs shall be permitted within 25 feet of the roadway right-of-way. The 25-foot buffer shall be landscaped with plants suitable to the soil and in a manner that provides adequate sight visibility for vehicles exiting the site. Section 8.41 Reverse Frontage Access to double frontage lots shall be required on the street with the lower functional classification. When a residential subdivision is proposed that would abut an arterial, it shall be designed to provide through lots along the arterial with access from a frontage road or interior local road. Access rights of these lots to the arterial shall be denied and recorded with the deed. A berm, buffer, and/or sound barrier per O.D.O.T. standards may be required at the rear of through lots to buffer residences from traffic on the arterial. The berm, buffer and/or sound barrier shall not be located within the public Section 8.42 Shared Access or Common Access Driveway created with frontage on a classified roadway may be required to be designed with a shared access point to and from the roadway. Normally a maximum of two accesses shall be allowed when the number of lots or businesses served is greater than 3 (see Figure 20). The shared access drive will need to be constructed by the developer as a condition of final approval of a development plan. Figure 20: Shared Access Section 8.43 Connectivity
to the site. [Note – The Planning Commission could allow for a temporary driveway with the stipulation that joint and cross access be established as adjacent properties develop.] Additional access connections may be allowed where the property owner demonstrates that safety and efficiency of travel on the thoroughfare will be improved by providing more than one access to the site. No parking or structure other than signs shall be permitted within 25 feet of the roadway right-of-way. The 25-foot buffer shall be landscaped with plants suitable to the soil and in a manner that provides adequate sight visibility for vehicles exiting the site. Section 8.41 Reverse Frontage Access to double frontage lots shall be required on the street with the lower functional classification. When a residential subdivision is proposed that would abut an arterial, it shall be designed to provide through lots along the arterial with access from a frontage road or interior local road. Access rights of these lots to the arterial shall be denied and recorded with the deed. A berm, buffer, and/or sound barrier per O.D.O.T. standards may be required at the rear of through lots to buffer residences from traffic on the arterial. The berm, buffer and/or sound barrier shall not be located within the public Section 8.42 Shared Access or Common Access Driveway created with frontage on a classified roadway may be required to be designed with a shared access point to and from the roadway. Normally a maximum of two accesses shall be allowed when the number of lots or businesses served is greater than 3 (see Figure 20). The shared access drive will need to be constructed by the developer as a condition of final approval of a development plan. Figure 20: Shared Access Section 8.43 Connectivity
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