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Article 5: Uses 180 <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> (5) Vehicular Access for HP-CZ-CD Districts <br /> (a) Each individual space shall abut an improved access drive or street <br /> approved by the County. <br /> (b) No individual space shall have direct vehicular access to a street or <br /> thoroughfare other than those located within the home park. <br /> (c) The street layout within the Home Park should be appropriately related to <br /> the topography, locations of abutting land uses, drainage patterns, street <br /> function and other natural features of the site. <br /> (d) The planned layout of streets should minimize overall length of streets <br /> and provide for the safe, continuous flow of traffic. <br /> (e) All streets shall be located within a 40 foot right of way <br /> (f) The travelway for all streets shall be at least 18 feet in width and must <br /> comply with the drainage standards established in this Ordinance. <br /> (g) All streets shall be constructed with paved, all-weather surfaces <br /> consisting of four inches of base material (crusher run)and 1 '/2 inches of <br /> 1 2 asphalt or tar and gravel surface treatment consisting of a minimum <br /> of six inches of base material (crusher run) covered with alternating <br /> layers of tar and pea sized gravel. <br /> (h) Every street shall have a maintained six foot wide shoulder running <br /> parallel and adjacent to each side of the paved street surface. The <br /> shoulder section may be used for walkways, driveways, grass or low <br /> growing vegetative ground cover or utility rights of way. <br /> (i) The maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 800 feet. Culs--de-sacs103 <br /> shall have a paved turnaround radius of 45 feet with a right of way radius <br /> of 55 feet. <br /> (j) No street shall intersect another street at an angle less than 60 degrees. <br /> (k) The turning radius at street intersections shall not be less than 30 feet. <br /> (1) Offset intersections are to be avoided, but where permitted, they shall be <br /> separated by a minimum distance of 200 feet between street center <br /> lines. <br /> (m) Streets intersecting with a State maintained street shall conform to the <br /> standards of the North Carolina Department of Transportation specified <br /> in Subdivision Roads Minimum Construction Standards. <br /> (n) Required off street parking spaces must be surfaced with at least four <br /> inches of compacted crushed stone or an all_weather10104 paved surface. <br /> (6) Signs <br /> (a) Any sign erected on-site shall comply with the standards established in <br /> Section 6.12 of this Ordinance. <br /> (b) Traffic control signs (stop, yield, speed limit, children playing signs, etc.) <br /> meeting the standards of the Uniform Traffic Control Manual shall be <br /> placed throughout the home park where necessary. Culs-de-sacs'05 <br /> shall have `Dead End' street signs erected at the entrance to such <br /> streets. <br /> 103 Correct grammar error. <br /> 104 Correct grammar error. <br /> 105 Correct grammar error. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-30 <br />