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<br /> <br /> <br />3. TRANSPORTATION <br /> <br />SECTION 3-1 INTERNAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND PARKING <br /> <br />The parking standards to be used are as follows: Minimum Vehicular Parking Requirements: 1 <br />space per 750s.f. of office space + 1 space per 3,000s.f. of additional indoor area. <br /> <br />Thoroughfare improvements shall be completed in accordance with the following: <br /> <br />1. External roadway improvements will be constructed to NC DOT public road standards and <br />shall be constructed in accordance with a phased construction/development plan in <br />accordance with NC DOT requirements and guidelines, the approved Traffic Impact Analysis <br />(TIA), the approved Master Plan, and the standards outlined herein, <br />2. The developer shall provide a Traffic Impact Statement stating that the proposed <br />development is in accordance with the Master Plan TIA report that identified anticipated <br />impacts of this development at the intersection of OLD US 86 and Interstate 40. The developer <br />shall be responsible for constructing any and all improvements at those intersections that are <br />recommended to mitigate direct impacts resulting from this development unless required by <br />current existing conditions. <br />3. Any required roadway improvements shall try to be accommodated within existing road <br />rights-of-way. <br />4. All street signals shall be erected on metal poles. <br />5. The County, and NC DOT shall approve all metal utility poles allowing for the erection of street <br />signals, both internal and external, prior to installation, <br />6. The developer shall identify and develop entrances and exits for pedestrian and construction <br />vehicular traffic during the development of the project to avoid conflict. <br />7. All traffic directional signage shall include, but not limited to: <br />a. Stop signs, <br />b. Yield signs, <br />c. Bus parking and unloading informational signs, if any, <br />d. Lane ends, Merge signs, <br />e. Caution Pedestrian Traffic – Yield Signs, <br />f. Traffic safety signs designed to direct construction traffic throughout the site, <br />g. Traffic warning signs indicating the location of private driveways and forbidding public <br />access to the various properties, <br />h. Through traffic signs, <br />i. Any and all signs required by NC DOT for the project <br /> <br />61