Agenda - 05-18-2021; 6-a - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments

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Article 6: Development Standards 259 Section 6.6:Additional Standards for Overlay Districts SECTION • •: ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR OVERLAY 6.6.1 ' hway 70/ ECOD ( Ingress and Egress Th following standards shall regulate ingress and egress points within corridor: (1) or purposes of determining the allowable number of ingres and egress points on y particular lot, all lots recorded at the effective dat f this Ordinance shall be gr ted at least one ingress and egress point per r d front unless access can be p vided through some internal means. Ho ver, minimization of the total numbe f driveways along the Highway 70 orridor is desirable through the use of shared ' eways or other access man ement techniques. (2) Entrances/Exits (a) On all corner lots, o vehicul openings shall be located closer than 60 feet from the point o ' ter ction of the street right-of-way lines. (b) To manage access o i way 70, corner lots may be required to provide ingress an r egre from the adjacent street. (c) Entrances/exit hall not exceed feet in width measured at the property lin - owever, in instances ere parking lots serve tractor/tr 'er traffic, the driveway entra /exit may be increased to 40 feet in idth. (d) E i s for parking facilities containing more than parking spaces shall ontain holding lanes for left-turning and right-turns traffic unless the Planning Director determines that due to the physical atures of a site, holding lanes would be unsafe and in accordance with es blished 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 roa 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 SpeGial Use Permit r Gendit'Gnai DiStFiGt pFeSGribedan approval 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 us nd each of the contiguous non-residential land u s will have direct frontage along Highway 70, t n the County all require shared driveway cuts fo I such con ous non-residential land es. b. In the e t that shared driv ay cuts are required, then the owners o e conti us parcels shall execute reciprocal easeme greements between the separate property owner nd h the same recorded in the Office of th range Count egister of Deeds prior to the iss nce of a Zoning Comp e Permit. The e ment agreement shall be sufficie o allow for the evelopment of a service road to channel ess from Highway 70 to each property. Figure 6.6.2.A.3 ows an example of the shared access. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-22