§ 2.0. Highway 280 Access.

All parcels which adjoin private property shall either share access with adjoining properties or have access to a frontage road.

A.

The number and location of access points to Highway 280 shall be determined as part of the site plan review process.

B.

The development of each parcel in areas where a frontage road is either available or planned, shall incorporate the frontage road into the site design.

C.

In areas where a frontage road is not available or planned, each parcel shall be designed to share paved highway access drives with adjoining properties, unless the adjoining property is zoned for residential use.

D.

Access to Highway 280 may be prohibited from any tract having access to a street intersecting Highway 280 or any tract with frontage on Highway 280 which has access through an existing joint-use access easement or driveway. Otherwise, access to Highway 280 shall be limited to one driveway unless otherwise permitted.

E.

Maximum practical spacing between driveways shall be required. Unless otherwise approved by the city engineer, no driveway accessing Highway 280 shall be located:

1.

Closer than three hundred (300) feet from the nearest adjacent driveway, unless no other access is available to a parcel of land;

2.

Where the sight distance is less than ten (10) times the posted speed limit;

3.

On the inside radius of a curve; or,

4.

Where the roadway grade of Highway 280 exceeds seven and one-half (7.5) percent.

F.

Minimum spacing between local streets intersecting Highway 280 shall be six hundred (600) feet and between collector streets shall be one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet; and, improvements to intersections will be based upon a review of a professional traffic analysis.

G.

Highway 280 medians shall be landscaped. The number of median breaks on Highway 280 should be minimized. All future connecting streets should align with median breaks to the greatest extent practicable.

(Ord. No 99-1719, § 1, 2-7-00)