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<br />Conflicts between vehicles using a County Highway and vehicles entering and exiting via access <br />facilities are minimized through the application of appropriate design standards. Therefore, the <br />application of the regulations and standards contained in this Ordinance will promote consistent <br />driver expectations, resulting in maximum operational efficiencies and safety, and protect the <br />public investment in County Highways. <br /> <br />This Ordinance is adopted for the following purposes: <br />. To protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the County. <br />. To preserve an acceptable level of service on County Highways. <br />. To minimize conflicts between vehicles using County Highways and vehicles entering and <br />leaving via access facilities on County Highways, <br />. To promote and ensure the safety of the motoring public using County Highways. <br />. To preserve the ability of the County to provide adequate and safe highway facilities to <br />serve the general public. <br />. To provide for the proper location and limit the number of access facilities to regulate safe <br />and reasonable access from County Highways to abutting property and to provide <br />sufficient spacing between access points to minimize interference with traffic using <br />adjacent access facilities. <br />. To establish reasonable standards and design specifications for access facility <br />improvements on County Highways to protect the public investment. <br />. To minimize congestion and delay on County Highways which are the results of providing <br />access to abutting property and reduces air pollution. <br />. To prohibit the use of a County Highway as a portion of the internal circulation system of <br />abutting property. <br />. To provide for the establishment of sufficient pavement, right-of-way, and easement <br />widths. <br />. To establish reasonable requirements for performance and maintenance guarantees, to <br />ensure the proper construction of required improvements, and to ensure that required <br />Improvements are completed in an expeditious manner in accordance with accepted <br />engineering and geometric standards and specifications. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />; ~)~_:'; ';""" J-:::,'"'L(,:'.~' ,:~::.., :~t;,Te~:'l~:~':.: \ 1"'-,. '<' f <br />