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<br />CASS COUNTY HIGHWAY ACCESS ORDINANCE <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />'li'Jhy Manage Access? <br />Too many driveways, intersections, and closely-spaced traffic signals along major roads cause problems <br /> <br />Crashes increase as vehicles cross and turn along the road in an uncoordinated manner. <br />Stop and go conditions frustrate commuters and local residents <br />Adjacent businesses suffer when customers have trouble turning Into their sites, <br />Freight and delivery trucks lose time and money stuck in traffic <br />Pedestrians can't find a safe spot to cross the road <br />Overall community livability suffers <br /> <br />Wtldi are tl)(:: Benefits'? <br />Effective access management will' <br /> <br />Reduce congestion and crashes <br />Preserve road capacity and postpone the need for roadway widening, <br />Improve travel times for the delivery of goods and services <br />Ease movement between destinations <br />Support local economic development <br /> <br /> <br />r-- <br />j <br /> <br /> <br />.J <br /> <br />. . <br />~ ..;". . <br />, - <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />1-- <br />I <br />I <br />.') <br />{ <br />the best solutions are no <br />longer available <br /> <br /> <br />J <br />I <br /> <br />. -- <br />, , <br /> <br />. ~ll I <br /> <br />, , <br />i 7~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'! <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />--~ <br /> <br />Small, uncoordmated land <br /> <br />use decisions <br /> <br />create problems over time <br /> <br />When problems become <br />apparent <br /> <br />t'lIghlig <br /> <br />Identifies the primary function of County Highways is to carry large volumes of through traffic A <br />secondary and subservient function is to provide access to abutting property <br />Requires an approved permit for all new accesses and eXisting highway accesses With a land use <br />change <br />Develops penalties and methods to mitigate non-permitted highway accesses <br />Establishes right-of-way width requirements and dedications <br />Establishes negative access easement requirements for plats adjacent to county highways, <br />Establishes a $1000 performance guarantee for the construction or modification of a highway access <br />Generally limits highway accesses to one per quarter-mile <br />Establishes design standards for the construction of highway accesses <br />Establishes standards for when turn lanes would be required for a highway access and design <br />standards for their construction <br />Requires all costs for construction or improvements for an access to be paid solely by the applicant. <br /> <br />J .IPLANNINGIHlghway-AccessIOrdlnance_Highlights,doc <br /> <br />3/5/2007 <br /> <br />-,~...~,~~....,..""""=""""""'"---_.~._------.""""""'""....... "'.",.",,,,,._~ <br />