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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 1 E v ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations REFERENCE: Section IV-B-3-c-8 Access Restrictions ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff _ X__ Planning Board BOCC Public Other STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High _X Middle W__ Low Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE : FEBRUARY 22, 1988 ************************************************************* PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To amend Section IV-B-3-c-8 of the Subdivision Regulations to strengthen access controls on arterial and collector streets. IMPACTS/ ISSUES: There has been increasing concern among Planning Board members about the effect of driveways on major highways in Orange County. The Planning Board is concerned that as land along major County highways develops, both the amount of traffic on the highway and the number of driveways will increase. There will also be increasing conflicts between vehicles turning into and out of driveways and through traffic. These conflicts will create a safety problem and , potentially, a need for road widening that might be avoided if some control is placed on the location of driveways. These concerns can be addressed by creating or strengthening access restrictions to major County highways from parcels of land created under the Subdivision Regulations. It is during subdivision review and approval that the number and location of driveways can be controlled . It is also through subdivision review and approval that lot configurations can be developed that will allow for access provisions other than individual driveways and lot dimensions that will permit desirable driveway locations with regard to intersecting streets. Being part of the subdivision regulations, these requirements would apply to only the