§ 34-1359. Traffic circulation.

(a)

All development projects shall be reviewed to determine impact on the public street and highway systems serving the village. Where necessary, the village council may require the modification of the development project to ensure that impacts are reduced to the maximum extent feasible.

(b)

All development projects shall be designed and arranged to maximize the flow of on-site traffic. On-site circulation facilities shall be arranged to prevent traffic from stacking up on the adjacent public streets while waiting to enter the property. On-site traffic circulation and parking facilities shall be designed so as to limit conflicts between on-site vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Where necessary, the village council may require the modification of the development project to ensure that on-site traffic circulation impacts are reduced to the maximum extent feasible.

(c)

Ingress and egress from any development shall be regulated so as to prevent unnecessary conflicts with traffic on adjacent streets. The number and spacing of entrances and median openings for divided streets shall be as specified by the agency having maintenance responsibility for the street. Where there are no other standards, the following provisions shall apply:

Width of Row (in feet)	Spacing For Entrances (in feet)	Median Openings (in feet)
Under 50	50	100
50—80	100	200
80 or more	125	250

 

(d)

Where the width of the parcel is less than the spacing required, or where the location of the parcel with respect to adjacent parcels with entrance locations prevents the normal allocation of an entrance to the parcel, one entrance may be permitted, provided, it is arranged to be jointly shared with an adjoining parcel either immediately or at such future time as the adjoining parcel is developed or redeveloped. Where any parcel is developed or redeveloped and adjoins a parcel which is restricted as to access, the on-site traffic circulation shall be designed so as to provide access to the adjoining parcel either through an on-site connection or the joint use of an entrance.

(e)

Entrances shall be arranged to maximize the distance between the entrance and intersecting streets. Median openings and entrances shall be located so that left turning traffic does not impede traffic at intersections of public streets or at major entrances to a development from a public street. Entrances shall not be more than 30 feet in width, provided that an entrance for a commercial land use may not be less than 40 feet in width where a single commercial parcel has only one entrance from the street in question.

(f)

Outparcels included in the arrangement of a commercial development shall be accessed only from within the development itself and shall have no separate access from the adjacent street system.

(g)

Adequate sight distance shall be preserved by restricting the location of buildings, structures, walls, plantings, parking areas or other visual obstructions from an area adjacent to the intersection between two streets or the intersection of a driveway entrance and a street. The following standards shall apply to the maintenance of sight triangles:

(1)

Where two streets intersect, the sight triangle shall include the area encompassed by a line along the edge of pavement of each street extending 30 feet from the point of intersection and a line connecting the ends of the other two lines opposite the point of such intersection.

(2)

Where a street and a driveway intersect, the sight triangle shall include the area encompassed by a line along the edge of pavement of each roadway extending 15 feet from the point of intersection and a line connecting the ends of the other two lines opposite the point of such intersection.

(3)

Within the sight triangle, no vegetation, sign or other structure may be permitted, except where unobstructed cross visibility is maintained at a level between 30 inches above average street level and six feet above average street level.

(4)

The village council may require additional restrictions to preserve sight distance where the grade of the streets, angle of intersection or other factors vary from normal conditions.

(h)

Any development for which a site plan is required shall provide safe and secure parking for bicycles, as follows:

Use	Spaces Required
Multifamily or residential PUD	One per unit
Office or commercial PUD	One per 1,500 gross square feet
Other commercial	One per 1,000 gross square feet

 

(i)

On-site pedestrian circulation shall be shown for any project requiring approval of a site plan. All major buildings shall be connected by exclusive pedestrian walkways, and connections shall be provided between pedestrian destinations on the site and adjacent sidewalks and pedestrianways. Sidewalks or substitute pedestrianways shall be provided along all arterial or collector streets adjacent to the site.

(j)

Where bus stops and shelters are provided, they shall be located so as to be convenient to the buildings on-site and to the pedestrian walkway system for any site adjacent to an existing bus route. Bus stops and shelters shall be subject to the approval of the traffic engineer under chapter 74, and shall conform to the standards of the county transit agency (CoTran). This subsection shall apply to bus shelters not located on public rights-of-way, and shall not apply to any shelter established by CoTran.

(k)

Traffic circulation facilities shall reflect the existing street network, as well as the future street network shown on the future traffic circulation map contained in the adopted comprehensive plan and the thoroughfare right-of-way protection map, established by county ordinance.

(Code 1994, § 30-944)