20.70.040 AC-01 – Access standards – Residential developments.
This access street standards (AC) section applies to the following types of development:
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A. Cross Reference. See the Jasper County thoroughfare plan for items relating to access standards.
B. Driveway Access onto a Perimeter Street.
1. Driveway Access onto a Collector or Arterial Street. Any lot adjacent to a perimeter street classified as a collector or an arterial street shall not have driveway access onto the perimeter street. These lots shall gain access from an internal street.
2. Driveway Access onto a Local Street. Any lot adjacent to a perimeter street classified as a local street shall not have driveway access onto the perimeter street unless the lot width and lot frontage are 500 feet or greater, and the building setback is 200 feet or greater according to the recorded plat. If these standards cannot be met, the lot shall gain access from an internal street.
C. Maximum Driveway Access onto a Perimeter Street. When driveway access is allowed, only one (1) driveway access is permitted onto a perimeter street.
D. Internal Street Connection to a Perimeter Street.
1. Maximum Number.
a. Developments with ten (10) lots or less shall be limited to one (1) internal street connection to a perimeter street.
b. Developments with ten (10) to ninety-nine (99) lots shall be limited to two (2) internal street connections to a perimeter street.
c. Developments with 100 to 399 lots shall be required to have at least two (2) internal street connections to a perimeter street, but shall not exceed three (3) total connections.
d. Developments with 400 or more lots shall be required to have at least three (3) internal street connections to a perimeter street, but shall not exceed four (4) total connections.
2. Safe Location. All internal street connections to a perimeter street shall be at a safe location where the following requirements are met.
a. The vertical alignment (i.e., hills) or horizontal alignment (i.e., curves) of the perimeter street shall not prevent clear view of the internal street’s connection for:
i. 450 feet if the perimeter street is an arterial.
ii. 300 feet if the perimeter street is a collector.
iii. 150 feet if the perimeter street is a local street.
b. Vegetation or other physical condition shall not prevent clear view of the internal street’s connection for:
i. 450 feet if the perimeter street is an arterial.
ii. 300 feet if the perimeter street is a collector.
iii. 150 feet if the perimeter street is a local street.
c. The distance between the internal street’s connection with the perimeter street to any other street that intersects with the same perimeter street shall not be:
i. Less than 600 feet if the perimeter street is an arterial street.
ii. Less than 400 feet if the perimeter street is classified as a collector street.
iii. Less than 200 feet if the perimeter street is classified as a local street. [Ord. 12-27-11 § 7.04.]