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3~ <br />ARTICLE 7 -SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION/PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS (Continued) <br />("Yes" indicates compliance; "No" indicates non-compliance) <br />1. Streets, drives, parking and <br />service areas shall provide <br />safe and convenient access to <br />dwelling units and general <br />facilities, and for service and <br />emergency vehicles. Streets <br />shall not be so laid out as to <br />encourage outside traffic to <br />traverse the development on <br />minor streets, nor occupy <br />more land than is required to <br />provide access as indicated, <br />nor create unnecessary <br />fragmentation of the <br />development into small blocks. <br />In general, block size shall be <br />the maximum consistent with <br />use and shape of the site and <br />convenience and safety of <br />occupants. <br />2. Vehicular access to streets <br />shall be limited and controlled <br />as follows: <br />a. If the street or portion <br />thereof serves fifty or less <br />dwelling units, vehicular <br />access from off-street parking <br />and service areas may be <br />directly to the street from the <br />sites of individual dwelling <br />units. Determination of <br />number of dwelling units <br />served shall be based on <br />normal routes of traffic <br />anticipated in the <br />development. <br />b. Vehicular access to other <br />streets or portions of streets <br />from off-street parking and <br />service areas shall be so <br />combined, limited, located, <br />designed and controlled as to <br />channel traffic from and to <br />such areas conveniently, <br />safely and in a manner which <br />minimizes marginal traffic <br />friction and promotes free <br />flow of traffic on streets <br />without excess interruption. <br />PLANNING STAFF PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS <br />X Yes No _Yes No <br /> All units are proposed to <br /> have single-car garages and a <br /> space in the driveway. The <br /> streets are laid out in a <br /> residential manner. All <br /> streets are to be constructed <br /> to NCDOT standards. <br />X Yes No _Yes No <br /> Forty-five homes are served <br /> by two different <br /> streets,Tinnin Road and <br /> School House Church Road. <br /> The single-family residences <br />X Yes No that will be built will have a Yes No <br />similar number of vehicle <br />trips (8 -10 VPD) as existing <br />single-family residences. <br />C:\Documents and Settings\Rdavis\Desktop\Efland Commons\Staff Findings for Efland Commons PD.doc <br />