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Article 5: Usk <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> (a) Each me4i-l-e-lasnaeindividual space shall abut an improved access drive <br /> or street approved by the County. <br /> (b) No meb4e-14emeindividual space shall have direct vehicular access to a <br /> street or thoroughfare other than those located within the mobile home <br /> park. <br /> (c) The street layout within the Home Park should be <br /> appropriately related to the topography, locations of abutting land uses, <br /> drainage patterns, street function and other natural features of the site. <br /> (d) The planned layout of streets should minimize overall length of streets <br /> and provide for the safe, continuous flow of traffic within the mobile home <br /> (e) All streets shall be located within a 40 foot <br /> right of way <br /> (f) The travelway for all streets shall be at least 18 feet in width and must <br /> comply with the drainage standards established in this Ordinance. <br /> (g) All streets shall be constructed with paved, all-weather surfaces <br /> consisting of four inches of base material (crusher run)and 1 '/ inches of <br /> 1 2 asphalt or tar and gravel surface treatment consisting of a minimum <br /> of six inches of base material (crusher run) covered with alternating <br /> layers of tar and pea sized gravel. <br /> (h) Every street within a mobile home park shall have a maintained six foot <br /> wide shoulder running parallel and adjacent to each side of the paved <br /> street surface. The shoulder section may be used for walkways, <br /> driveways, grass or low growing vegetative ground cover or utility rights <br /> of way. <br /> (i) The maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 800 feet. Cul de sacs shall <br /> have a paved turnaround radius of 45 feet with a right of way radius of 55 <br /> feet. <br /> (i) No street shall intersect another street at an angle less than 60 degrees. <br /> (k) The turning radius at street intersections shall not be less than 30 feet. <br /> (I) Offset intersections are to be avoided, but where permitted, they shall be <br /> separated by a minimum distance of 200 feet between street centerlines. <br /> (m) Where strcctcStreets - -e - --e e - -e--- e- intersectinj with a <br /> State maintained street, the intersection design shall conform to the <br /> standards of the North Carolina Department of Transportation specified <br /> in Subdivision Roads Minimum Construction Standards. <br /> (n) Required off street parking spaces must be surfaced with at least four <br /> inches of compacted crushed stone or an all weather paved surface. <br /> {74(6) Signs <br /> (a) Any sign erected on-site shall comply with the standards established in <br /> Section 6.12 of this Ordinance. <br /> (b) Traffic control signs (stop, yield, speed limit, children playing signs, etc.) <br /> meeting the standards of the Uniform Traffic Control Manual shall be <br /> placed throughout the mobile home park where necessary. Cul-de-sacs <br /> shall have `Dead End' street signs erected at the entrance to such <br /> streets. <br /> f8 (7) Street Names, Signs & Unit "'u dmberingAddressing <br /> (a) All street names shall be approved by the Orange County Planning <br /> Department and Land Records staff. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-43 <br />