§ 122-913. Roadway access and driveway criteria.

(a)

Driveways for ingress and egress for shopping centers and single retail store developments shall be located and designed to provide safety and maximum accessibility with minimum interference to adjacent road traffic.

(b)

As required by F.S. § 316.0747 (as nongovernmental businesses where the public is invited), shopping centers or single retail store developments must conform to the state's uniform system of traffic control devices.

(c)

Driveways providing motor vehicle access to a new shopping center or single retail store development from a public road must be designed and built according to city standards.

(d)

Any driveway providing access to a shopping center or single retail store development shall not be located within 300 feet of any intersection of public roads unless:

(1)

The city engineer and planning director determine that special engineering design considerations exist for a driveway to be located closer than 300 feet to an intersection of public roads.

(2)

The special engineering design considerations are due to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the design proposals of the developer.

(e)

No more than one access point shall be provided between the proposed development and a fronting public road except in conjunction with a service road, unless additional access points are warranted based on the data from the traffic study or traffic model.

(f)

Where a service road is provided, two connections, one for each end of the service road, may be allowed provided there is a minimum of 1,320 feet between the center points of the two connections.

(1)

All driveway access along arterial roads with existing or planned service roads shall be restricted to the service road.

(2)

Service roads must be designed, constructed and maintained according to city standards.

(3)

Ownership of the service road, including right-of-way, must be transferred to the city prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any building of the development obtaining access from the service road.

(g)

The driveways must be located directly across from existing driveways or roads.

(1)

An exception may be recommended if, in the determination of the city engineer, opposing driveways would create a dangerous crossing conflict situation.

(2)

When an exception is granted, there must be a minimum spacing distance of 300 feet between the centerlines of the offsetting driveways. In order for a driveway to be offset less than 300 feet, the applicant must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the city engineer that extraordinary circumstances exist.

(h)

In the case of right-turn-only exits from the shopping center or single retail store development, the owner/developer may be required to construct barriers to left turns into the development from the adjacent public roads.

(i)

On property being platted, rezoned, developed or redeveloped as a shopping center or a single retail store development, nonconforming curb cuts or driveways shall be eliminated to the greatest extent possible. Types of nonconforming driveways include, but are not limited to, more than one driveway per public road frontage, driveway location, driveway width, driveway radius, and presence of left turn exits on driveways that do not have traffic signals.

(1)

If property to be platted, rezoned, developed or redeveloped as a shopping center or single retail store development has existing nonconforming driveways or curb cuts, the nonconforming curb cuts or driveways must be brought into conformance unless a waiver is granted by the city council during conceptual site plan approval.

(2)

If an existing shopping center or single retail store development that has nonconforming driveways or curb cuts seeks to expand, the nonconforming driveways or curb cuts must be brought into conformance unless a waiver is granted by the city council.

(3)

Driveways must be designed and built according to city standards.

(j)

Decisions or recommendations from the city engineer and planning director regarding subsection (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this section may be appealed by the owner/developer to the city council.

(k)

The following shall apply to service roads:

(1)

Service roads may be required for new shopping center developments under the following conditions:

a.

The size of the property for the shopping center is 40 acres or more; or

b.

The gross leasable area of the shopping center will be 400,000 square feet or more.

(2)

All driveway access along arterial roads with existing or planned service roads shall be restricted to the service road.

(3)

Service roads must be designed, constructed and maintained according to city standards.

(4)

Ownership of a public service road, including right-of-way, must be transferred to the city prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any building in the shopping center.

(Ord. No. 2751, § 24, 8-19-97; Ord. No. 5553, § 4, 8-8-06)