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<br />..., <br />(].) Section IV-B-3-c-8 - Access Restrictions <br />The staff presentation was made by Eddie Rirk. <br />This item is to receive citizen comment on <br />proposed amendments to Section IV-B-3-c-8 <br />(Access Restrictions) of the Subdivision <br />Regulations. <br />As land along major County highways develops, <br />both the amount of traffic on such highways <br />and the number of driveways increases. The. <br />result is increasing conflicts between <br />vehicles turning into and exiting from <br />driveways and through traffic. The conflicts <br />create safety problems and could lead to <br />eventual widening of the highways as a means <br />of resolving the problems. <br />Increasing concerns about the effects of <br />driveways on major highways in grange County <br />prompted the Planning Soard to draft proposals <br />which would strengthen access restrictions for <br />parcels of land created during the subdivision <br />review and approval process. During the <br />process, the number and location of driveway <br />locations could be controlled. Alternatively, <br />lot configurations could be developed which <br />require access to major highways other than <br />through individual driveways. As examples, <br />marginal access streets could be designed <br />which funnel subdivision traffic to a common <br />entrance/exit or access to a side street of <br />lower classification (and away from major <br />highways) could be required. <br />The Flanning Staff recommends approval of the <br />proposed amendments. <br />Vic Knight asked about a definition for major <br />highways. Jacobs responded that this was <br />included in Article XV-B-3-c-8 (street <br />classified as arterial or collector). <br />Ann Joyner asked about the guidelines in the <br />reviewing of driveway applications. Kirk <br />responded that the previous ordinance <br />provision referring to heavily traveled street <br />has been changed to a heavily traveled street <br />classified as arterial or collector and <br />basically "heavily traveled" would be a <br />