Zoning Ordinance

2. Interior Circulation Drives:

Interior circulation drives are needed in large developments which require large parking areas. These drives interconnect all parking lot access points with all buildings and areas of vehicular parking, loading, and servicing. They are constructed to provide safe and efficient vehicular movement between specified access points of a development or a series of developments. The Planning Commission shall encourage and may require that the interior circulation drives of adjacent developments be connected to eliminate the need to use the public streets to drive from one to another. All circulation drives shall be clearly defined and marked appropriately with arrows, etc., to assist public circulation into and out of the property and its parking areas.

An area of land not less than ten (10) feet deep shall be provided between the public street right-of-way line and the edge of all proposed frontage roads or interior circulation drives. This area will separate the roadways with a minimum turning radius. Such area shall be landscaped and grassed.

The width, placement, and design of frontage roads and interior circulation drives shall be reviewed by the Director of Public Works and the planning staff and shall be approved by the Athens Municipal-Regional Planning Commission.

D. Specific Number of Access Points Allowed for Each Street Classification:

Wherever topographical features, existing developmental patterns, or other factors make the construction of frontage roads unfeasible, the Planning Commission shall allow direct access to the existing streets according to the following minimum requirements for each street classification:

1. Access Points for Arterial Streets (includes major and minor arterials):

In the absence of a frontage road, all lots having between 100 and 500 feet of frontage shall have no more than one (1) point of access to the public arterial. For lots with over 500 feet of frontage, additional access points shall be allowed provided they are spaced at least 500 feet apart from each other and from the first access point. For development generating high overall or high peak traffic volumes, the AMRPC may lessen the distance between access points to allow improved access provided a carefully planned pattern of internal and external channelization is prepared and approved.

When a lot of record fronting an arterial street has less than 100 feet of frontage, the AMRPC shall ask the landowner to first attempt to obtain joint

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