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Article 6: Development Standards 32 <br /> Section 6.6:Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br /> (a) In order to manage access on U.S. Highway 70, developments subject to <br /> this Section, fronting on U.S. Highway 70, and located contiguous to one <br /> another shall provide shared access. <br /> (i) Owners of contiguous parcels subject to this Section shall <br /> execute reciprocal easement agreements between the separate <br /> property owners and have the same recorded in the Office of the <br /> Orange County Register of Deeds prior to the issuance of a <br /> Zoning Compliance Permit. The easement agreement shall be <br /> sufficient to allow for the development of a private service road <br /> or driveway to channel access from Mount Willing Road to each <br /> property. Figure 6.6.2.A.3 shows an example of the shared <br /> access. <br /> (ii) Developments subject to this Section, fronting on Mount Willing <br /> Road, and not contiguous to other similarly situated development <br /> shall be required to designate stub outs to adjoining properties <br /> on the site plan so that shared access can be developed if and <br /> when the adjacent property is developed in either a manner <br /> which subjects it to this Section or if individual curb cut for a <br /> single-family detached residential land use is deemed to be a <br /> traffic safety hazard by the County and NCDOT. <br /> (2) In order to manage access on public streets, a site shall be permitted no more <br /> than one entrance and exit point unless justified by site configuration, trip <br /> generation, and traffic conditions, including the need for separate service and <br /> visitor/employee vehicular access, and/or one-way traffic movement. <br /> (3) Intra-site accessibility shall be provided. Vehicles shall not be required to enter <br /> the public street in order to move from one area to another on the same site. <br /> (4) On all corner lots, no vehicular openings shall be located closer than 60 feet from <br /> the point of intersection of the street right-of-way lines. <br /> (5) Entrances/exits shall not exceed 36 feet in width measured at the property line; <br /> however, in instances where parking lots serve tractor/trailer traffic, the driveway <br /> entrance/exit may be increased to 40 feet in width. <br /> (6) Exits for parking facilities containing more than 36 parking spaces shall contain <br /> holding lanes for left-turning and right-turning traffic unless the Planning Director <br /> determines that due to the physical features of a site, holding lanes would be <br /> unsafe and should not be required. <br /> (7) All driveway entrances must have an approved NCDOT driveway permit and <br /> must be paved to NCDOT standards from the edge of the existing roadway <br /> pavement to the existing right-of-way limit on the interior of the property. <br /> (8) Pedestrian Circulation 30 <br /> (a) Unless deemed unnecessary by the Planning Director during site plan <br /> review, large projects, defined in (b), shall provide an internal pedestrian <br /> circulation system, owned and maintained by the property owner. The <br /> system shall provide pedestrian walkways to outparcels and also within <br /> any large parking areas. <br /> (b) For the purposes of this subsection, a large project is defined as one <br /> located on 2 or more acres or proposing more than 15,000 square feet of <br /> building area. A large parking area is one containing parking for 50 or <br /> more vehicles. <br /> (B) Outside Storage of Materials Prohibited 31 <br /> so This language was added by staff after the November 19 public hearing and December 5 Planning Board meeting <br /> in order to address comments made at the public hearing about internal pedestrian circulation in larger projects . <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-34 <br />