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Article 6: Development Standar <br /> Section 6.6:Additional Standards for Overlay Districts' <br /> 6&2s 6.1 Highway 70/ECOD <br /> ) Ingress and Egress <br /> The following standards shall regulate ingress and egress points within e corridor: <br /> (1) For purposes of determining the allowable number of ingress :nd egress points <br /> on any particular lot, all lots recorded at the effective date o his Ordinance shall <br /> be granted at least one ingress and egress point per road •ont unless access <br /> can be provided through some internal means. Howeve,, minimization of the <br /> total number of driveways along the Highway 70 corridor is desirable through the <br /> use of shared driveways or other access managemer techniques. <br /> (2) A trances/Exits <br /> (a) On all corner lots, no vehicular opening: shall be located closer than 60 <br /> feet from the point of intersection of t - street right-of-way lines. <br /> (b) o manage access on Highway 70 corner lots may be required to <br /> pr•vide ingress and/or egress fro► the adjacent street. <br /> (c) Entr. ces/exits shall not exce:: 36 feet in width measured at the <br /> prope line; however, in ins :nces where parking lots serve <br /> tractor/tr.:Her traffic, the driv-way entrance/exit may be increased to 40 <br /> feet in wid . <br /> (d) Exits for par g faciliti: containing more than 36 parking spaces shall <br /> contain holdin• anes or left-turning and right-turning traffic unless the <br /> Planning Directo d: ermines that due to the physical features of a site, <br /> holding lanes wo be unsafe and in accordance with established traffic <br /> mitigation stand. ds, should not be required. <br /> (3) Multiple Curb Cut R:•uireme'ts <br /> (a) A lot fronti • on Highway 70 shall have a minimum of 600 feet of road <br /> frontage ong the street be ire two curb cuts are allowed, unless the <br /> project ' eets one of the folio ing criteria: <br /> (i) Any mixed-use develop ent where two curb cuts are approved <br /> as part of a Special Use '-rmit or Conditional District, as <br /> prescribed by the Board of ounty Commissioners. <br /> (ii) Shared Access <br /> a. In instances where a no residential land use is <br /> proposed next to another •n-residential land use and <br /> each of the contiguous non- -sidential land uses will <br /> have direct frontage along Hig,way 70, then the County <br /> shall require shared driveway c s for all such <br /> contiguous non-residential land u--s. <br /> b. In the event that shared driveway c s are required, then <br /> the owners of the contiguous parcels .hall execute <br /> reciprocal easement agreements betw--n the separate <br /> property owners and have the same reco ded in the <br /> Office of the Orange County Register of D--ds prior to <br /> the issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit. The <br /> easement agreement shall be sufficient to allo for the <br /> development of a service road to channel acces from <br /> Highway 70 to each property. Figure 6.6.2.A.3 shows an <br /> example of the shared access. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-28 <br />