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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts front of lots if rear access is proposed and feasible. (2) In order to manage access on public streets, a site shall should be permitted no more than one entrance and exit point unless justified by site configuration, trip generation, and traffic conditions, including the need for separate service and visitor/employee vehicular access, and/or one-way traffic movement, or other factors. (a) This standard applies to new construction or redevelopment of a site that increases the square footage of a building by more than 50% of the existing square footage. (3) Intra-site accessibility shall should be provided. Vehicles shall should not be required to enter the public street in order to move from one area to another on the same site. (a) This standard applies to new construction or redevelopment of a site that increases the square footage of a building by more than 50% of the existing square footage. (4) On all corner lots, no vehicular openings shall be located closer than 60 feet from the point of intersection of the street right-of-way lines. (5) Driveway Eentrances/exits shall not exceed 36 feet in width measured at the property line; however, in instances where parking lots serve tractor/trailer traffic, the driveway entrance/exit may be increased to 40 feet in width. (6) Exits for parking facilities containing more than 36 parking spaces shall contain holding lanes for left-turning and right-turning traffic unless the Planning Director determines that due to the physical features of a site, holding lanes would be unsafe and should not be required. (7) All driveway entrances must have an approved NCDOT driveway permit and must be paved to NCDOT standards from the edge of the existing roadway pavement to the existing right-of-way limit on the interior of the property. (8) Pedestrian Circulation 35 (a) Unless deemed unnecessary by the Planning Director during site plan review, large projects, defined in (b), shall may be required to provide an internal pedestrian circulation system, owned and maintained by the property owner. The system shall may be required to provide pedestrian walkways to outparcels and also within any large parking areas. (b) For the purposes of this subsection, a large project is defined as one located on 2 or more acres or proposing more than 15,000 square feet of building area. A large parking area is one containing parking for 50 or more vehicles. (B) Outside Storage of Materials Prohibited 36 (1) All outside storage of materials on lots other than those used for single-family detached residential purposes is prohibited. (2) This prohibition includes the storage of goods or materials which are not an integral part of the use of the property and which are not obviously for sale. 35 In October 2011, the issue of sidewalks was discussed at a BOCC work session and the decision was made that, due to NC counties’ challenges in funding maintenance of public sidewalks, public sidewalks would not become a requirement for development in Orange County at this time. However, walkability in large commercial projects is generally desirable as is the ability of pedestrians to safely traverse large parking areas. Therefore, staff is suggesting that some projects may be required to provide privately maintained walkways. 36 This is a restriction currently found in the ECOD and is suggested for the Efland Village overlay district as well. Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-35 37