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Article 6: Development Standar s <br /> Section 6.6:Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br /> 66.6.2 Efland Interstate <br /> (A) Circulation and Connectivity <br /> (1) All site planning for property east of Mount Willing Road shall take into account <br /> the need for a connecting roadway between Mount Willing Road and the <br /> Interstate 85/U.S. Highway 70 Connector. <br /> (2) All site planning west of Mount Willing Road shall take into account e need for <br /> a connecting roadway between Mount Willing Road and Buckhorn "oad, as <br /> depicted on the Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management ' an, adopted <br /> November 11, 2011. <br /> In order to manage access on public streets, a site shall be p-rmitted no more <br /> than one entrance/exit point unless justified by: <br /> (a) site configuration; <br /> b) trip generation; <br /> (c traffic conditions, including the need for se'arate service and <br /> visitor/employee vehicular access, and/o one-way traffic movement; or <br /> (d) other factors. <br /> (4) Intra-site accessibility shall be provided. Ve cies shall not be required to enter <br /> the public reet in order to move from on- area to another on the same site. <br /> (5) On all corner its, no vehicular opening-. shall be located closer than 60 feet from <br /> the point of int- section of the street r •ht-of-way lines. <br /> (6) Driveway entranc: /exits shall not -xceed 36 feet in width measured at the <br /> property line; howe -r, in instanc-s where parking lots serve tractor/trailer traffic, <br /> the driveway entranc: exit may •e increased to 40 feet in width. <br /> (7) Exits for parking facilitie• co aining more than 36 parking spaces shall contain <br /> holding lanes for left-turni ; and right-turning traffic unless the Planning Director <br /> determines that due to the • ysical features of a site, holding lanes would be <br /> unsafe and should not •- req.ired. <br /> (8) Shared Driveways/. cess <br /> (a) In order to inimize the n ber of driveway curb cuts on Mount Willing <br /> Road, th••reby improving tra .c flow and safety, developments subject to <br /> this Se'tion, fronting on Moun Willing Road, and located contiguous to <br /> one . other shall provide share driveways/access whenever feasible, <br /> as •etermined during site plan re .ew. <br /> Methods to achieve shared .riveways/access may include <br /> reciprocal easement agreeme Its among property owners, <br /> reservation of future access ea -ments on property being <br /> developed, or other methods det- mined during site plan review. <br /> (ii) The location of shared driveways sho ll be determined during site <br /> plan review. Shared driveways do no necessarily need to be <br /> located at the front of lots if rear or side access is proposed and <br /> feasible. <br /> (• All driveway entrances must have an approved NCDOT driveway permit and <br /> must be paved to NCDOT standards from the edge of the exis:ng roadway <br /> pavement to the existing right-of-way limit on the interior of the • operty. <br /> (10) Pedestrian Circulation <br /> (a) Unless deemed unnecessary by the Planning Director during ite plan <br /> review, large projects, defined in (b), may be encouraged to pr•vide an <br /> internal pedestrian circulation system, owned and maintained by he <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-32 <br />