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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.8. Access and Circulation
5.8.6. Vehicular Access and Circulation
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 5-55
(3)
For single-family attached and multifamily dwellings, and for institutional, commercial,
mixed-use, and industrial developments, the number of vehicular access points along a
street shall be minimized as necessary to protect the function, safety, and efficiency of
travel on the street and any associated bikeways and sidewalks.
(4)
Where a through lot or corner lot fronts on roadways of different classifications, direct
driveway access to the lot shall be from the lower-classified fronting street, to the
maximum extent practicable.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
c.
Spacing of Driveway Intersections
(1)
Intersections of driveways along major or minor thoroughfares shall be spaced at least
250 feet from any street intersection, as measured between centerlines.
(2)
Intersections of driveways serving traffic volumes exceeding 300 ADT (average daily
traffic), based on the most recent edition of the ITE Trip Generation Manual, shall be
spaced at least 400 feet apart, as measured between centerlines, and shall be spaced
at least 250 feet from any street intersection, as measured between centerlines.
(3)
Intersections of full access driveways open to signalization shall be spaced at least 1,000
feet apart, as measured between centerlines.
(4)
Intersections of driveways into major and neighborhood shopping centers shall be spaced
at least 400 feet apart, as measured between centerlines.
(5)
Intersections of driveways along a collector street shall be spaced at least 100 feet from
any street intersection, as measured between centerlines.
(6)
Intersections of driveways along a local street shall be spaced at least 40 feet from any
street intersection, as measured from the point of tangency of the radius curvature of the
intersecting street.
(Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015)
Figur
e 5.8.6.E.2.c:Spacing of Driveway Intersections.