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32 <br />N - TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS -INTERNAL: <br />In addition to any and all applicable local or State requirements, the following <br />specific standards shall govern internal transportation improvements for the <br />Project: <br />1. All internal traffic improvements shall be completed in accordance with all <br />Traffic Improvement Plans, submitted as part of staff's review of site specific <br />development plans as detailed within Section B of this document, <br />2. All streets 'and sidewalks shall be designated as available for general public <br />use through an easement(s) agreement recorded prior to the <br />commencement of earth disturbing activities. All easement agreements, and <br />agreements outlining the bonding and perpetual upkeep and maintenance of <br />these roadways and sidewalks, shall be reviewed and approved in <br />accordance with Section A of this document, <br />3. In implementing the internal circulation traffic pattern, the following street <br />shall be designed to accommodate the following maximum speed limits: <br />a. Alleys affording access to residential land uses and to the rear of <br />various buildings for service delivery: Ten (10) Miles and Hour, <br />b. Streets serving the interior portions of District II: Ten (10) Miles <br />and Hour, <br />c. Streets serving as service roads to allow for the free flow of traffic <br />between the various districts as well as Buckhorn and West Ten <br />Roads: Twenty-two (22) Miles an hour. <br />4. Crosswalks shall be painted, or otherwise delineated, within the roadways to <br />signify pedestrian crossing points, <br />5. Crosswalk signals shall be installed, where stoplights are located, providing <br />assistance to deaf and visually impaired individuals announcing when it is <br />safe to cross thoroughfares, <br />6. Entrances to parking areas for individual uses, whether it is a single, <br />independent, land use or amulti-tenant building, shall be designed to <br />channel traffic through central points off of interior thoroughfares in an effort <br />to avoid unnecessary vehicular and/or pedestrian interaction, <br />7. In cases where a corner lot is created within the development, parking shall <br />not be located directly adjacent to the corner facing the intersection. <br />Instead, the developer shall install landscaping, and/or a prominent building <br />feature, within this area, <br />8. Any land use requiring or utilizing drop-off zones/areas shall be provided <br />near building entrances and segregated from required parking spaces and/or <br />vehicular travel lanes, <br />9. Parking areas shall be separated from structures by: <br />