20.70.050 AC-02 – Access standards – Nonresidential developments.
This access street standards (AC) section applies to the following types of development:
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A. Driveway Access onto a Perimeter Street.
1. Driveway Access onto an Arterial Street. Any lot adjacent to a perimeter street classified as an arterial street shall not have driveway access onto the perimeter street unless the lot width and lot frontage are wide enough to maintain at least thirty-five (35) feet of separation from the side yard and at least seventy-five (75) feet of separation from any intersecting right-of-way. If these standards cannot be met, the lot shall gain access from an internal street.
2. Driveway Access onto a Collector Street. Any lot adjacent to a perimeter street classified as a collector street shall not have driveway access onto the perimeter street unless the lot width and lot frontage are wide enough to maintain at least twenty-five (25) feet of separation from the side yard and at least sixty (60) feet of separation from any intersecting right-of-way. If these standards cannot be met, the lot shall gain access from an internal street.
3. 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 wide enough to maintain at least fifteen (15) feet of separation from the side yard and at least forty-five (45) feet of separation from any intersecting right-of-way. If these standards cannot be met, the lot shall gain access from an internal street.
B. Maximum Driveway Access onto a Perimeter Street. When driveway access is allowed, only one (1) driveway access is permitted onto a perimeter street per qualifying frontage.
C. Internal Street Connection to a Perimeter Street.
1. Maximum Number.
a. Developments with twenty (20) lots or less shall be limited to two (2) internal street connections to a perimeter street.
b. Developments with more than twenty (20) 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.
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 to 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 or local street. [Ord. 12-27-11 § 7.05.]