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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-28 The provisions of the SFHA Overlay District shall be enforced in accordance with the requirements contained within Section 9.7 of this Ordinance. 6.6.26.6.1 Highway 70 / ECOD (A) Ingress and Egress The following standards shall regulate ingress and egress points within the corridor: (1) For purposes of determining the allowable number of ingress and egress points on any particular lot, all lots recorded at the effective date of this Ordinance shall be granted at least one ingress and egress point per road front unless access can be provided through some internal means. However, minimization of the total number of driveways along the Highway 70 corridor is desirable through the use of shared driveways or other access management techniques. (2) Entrances/Exits (a) 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. (b) To manage access on Highway 70, corner lots may be required to provide ingress and/or egress from the adjacent street. (c) Entrances/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. (d) 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 in accordance with established traffic mitigation standards, should not be required. (3) Multiple Curb Cut Requirements (a) A lot fronting on Highway 70 shall have a minimum of 600 feet of road frontage along the street before two curb cuts are allowed, unless the project meets one of the following criteria: (i) Any mixed-use development where two curb cuts are approved as part of a Special Use Permit or Conditional District, as prescribed by the Board of County Commissioners. (ii) Shared Access a. In instances where a non-residential land use is proposed next to another non-residential land use and each of the contiguous non-residential land uses will have direct frontage along Highway 70, then the County shall require shared driveway cuts for all such contiguous non-residential land uses. b. In the event that shared driveway cuts are required, then the owners of the contiguous parcels shall execute reciprocal easement agreements between the separate property owners and have the same recorded in the Office of the Orange County Register of Deeds prior to the issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit. The easement agreement shall be sufficient to allow for the development of a service road to channel access from Highway 70 to each property. Figure 6.6.2.A.3 shows an example of the shared access. 128