Ordinances-2003-260

unacceptable delays, impede traffic operations, or impair traffic safety on the prescribed roadway. g. Adjacent access points shall be spaced to insure that conflicting movements as adjacent access points do not overlap and that safe and efficient traffic movements and operations will be maintained. h. The minimum spacing between a given access point and an intersecting street or another access point shall be determined by the distance required to provide full left turn tapers and storage bays along the prescribed roadways for both the given access point and the intersecting prescribed roadway or adjacent access point, regardless of the present need for said tapers and storage bays. Storage bay lengths should be determined by using projected traffic volumes that will be experienced when the development(s) using the access point are fully in service. i. If an abutting property has inadequate frontage to meet these minimum spacing requirements, The City of Tiffin shall determine the location of the access point using the applicable provisions of this policy. The City of Tiffin may require the development of joint (shared) access facilities, the development of indirect access, the restriction in the case of adjacent low volume access facilities, the installation of a two-way untapered left turn lane. j. Access points in the vicinity of interchanges, interchanges ramp terminals, crossroads, frontage roads and service drive connections shall be restricted to minimize hazardous and congested conditions. Sufficient spacing between interchange ramps and access points or crossroad intersections shall be provided to permit the development of turning lanes and proper signing of the prescribed roadway facilities. 3. Internal Circulation Within Developments a. When property abutting a prescribed roadway is to be developed, direct access to a prescribed roadway shall not be used in lieu of an adequate internal traffic circulation system. b. No access shall be permitted to a development if internal traffic patterns are not acceptable based on overall traffic circulation, drive-in reservoir and parking space capacities, internal turning movements, and projected trip/parking generation rates.