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3 <br /> facility license (See Article 8.8.16.2 b) .), and it <br /> is recommended that the provision be deleted. <br /> 2. Can criteria be established for determining what <br /> types of facilities would be required to have direct <br /> vehicular access to a public road and which <br /> facilities would have access to both public and <br /> private roads? <br /> The number of residential lots on a road is not one <br /> of the criteria used to determine if a road is to be <br /> public or private. However, once a determination <br /> has been made that a private road will be permitted, <br /> the "class" of private road to be installed is <br /> determined by the number of lots to be served. The <br /> various classes of private roads, number of lots <br /> served, and anticipated traffic volumes on each are <br /> shown below. <br /> Class Lots Served Traffic <br /> C 1 - 3 10 - 30 <br /> B 4 - 9 40 - 90 <br /> A 10+ 100+ <br /> Under one possible scenario, an operating day care <br /> facility providing care to the minimum number of <br /> children required for licensing (6) would generate <br /> 12 vehicle trips per day. This assumes that each <br /> parent would take his/her child to the facility and <br /> pick him/her up later. The number of trips thus <br /> generated would be roughly equivalent to those <br /> generated by a single-family residence (10) . <br /> If the above scenario were carried out on a Class C <br /> private road with three lots, it would be equivalent <br /> to the addition of another dwelling unit on the <br /> street, moving it from a Class C to a Class B <br /> private road. A similar situation would result if <br /> the scenario were carried out on a Class B private <br /> road with nine lots, moving it from a "B" to an "A" <br /> classification. <br /> This scenario would seem to indicate that access to <br /> private roads by day care facilities would be <br /> acceptable, provided the road were upgraded, where <br /> necessary, to the appropriate classification. The <br /> appropriate classification would be determined by <br /> the estimated traffic count based on the number of <br /> existing dwelling units served by the road and by <br /> the estimated traffic generated by the day care <br /> facility. <br /> At its December 19, 1988 meeting, the Planning Board <br />