ORD-2013-006 Ordinance Amending Comp. Plan, UDO and Zoning Atlas to Establish Two New Zoning Overlay Districts in the Efland Area, etc.

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Article 6: Development Standards 58 Section 6.6:Additional Standards for Overlay Districts (a) In order to manage access on U.S. Highway 70, developments subject to this Section, fronting on U.S. Highway 70, and located contiguous to one another shall provide shared access. (i) Owners of contiguous parcels subject to this Section shall execute reciprocal easement agreements between the separate property owners and have the same recorded in the Office of the Orange County Register of Deeds prior to the issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit. The easement agreement shall be sufficient to allow for the development of a private service road or driveway to channel access from Mount Willing Road to each property. Figure 6.6.2.A.3 shows an example of the shared access. (ii) Developments subject to this Section, fronting on Mount Willing Road, and not contiguous to other similarly situated development shall be required to designate stub outs to adjoining properties on the site plan so that shared access can be developed if and when the adjacent property is developed in either a manner which subjects it to this Section or if individual curb cut for a single-family detached residential land use is deemed to be a traffic safety hazard by the County and NCDOT. (2) In order to manage access on public streets, a site shall be permitted no more than one entrance and exit point unless justified by site configuration, trip generation, and traffic conditions, including the need for separate service and visitor/employee vehicular access, and/or one-way traffic movement. (3) Intra-site accessibility shall be provided. Vehicles shall not be required to enter the public street in order to move from one area to another on the same site. (4) On all corner lots, no vehicular openings shall be located closer than 60 feet from the point of intersection of the street right-of-way lines. (5) Entrances/exits shall not exceed 36 feet in width measured at the property line; however, in instances where parking lots serve tractor/trailer traffic, the driveway entrance/exit may be increased to 40 feet in width. (6) Exits for parking facilities containing more than 36 parking spaces shall contain holding lanes for left-turning and right-turning traffic unless the Planning Director determines that due to the physical features of a site, holding lanes would be unsafe and should not be required. (7) All driveway entrances must have an approved NCDOT driveway permit and must be paved to NCDOT standards from the edge of the existing roadway pavement to the existing right-of-way limit on the interior of the property. (8) Pedestrian Circulation 30 (a) In an effort to provide for and promote pedestrian circulation and connectivity within and between parcels in the Efland Village Overlay District, all projects shall provide within a pedestrian easement a pedestrian circulation system, owned and maintained by the property owner, unless deemed unnecessary or impractical by the Planning Director during site plan review. (i) Pedestrian walkways and paths shall be a minimum of 4-feet 30 This language was added after the November 19 public hearing and December 5 Planning Board meeting in order to address comments made at the public hearing about pedestrian circulation/sidewalks and to incorporate the Planning Board's recommendation that a pedestrian system be provided in the geographic area the Efland Village Overlay District pertains to. While the Planning Board recognizes the County's limitations on the issue of public sidewalks,the Planning Board also believes it is important to provide for a pedestrian system in the Efland area. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-34