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Text read by the vision model; check the PDF for anything that matters.c. No access shall be permitted if such access would require backing or turning maneuvers onto a prescribed roadway. Provisions for turnarounds shall be made outside the prescribed roadway right-of-way.
d. No access shall be permitted if such access would result in parking on a prescribed roadway or within the right-of-way of a prescribed roadway. Provisions for parking shall be made outside of the right-of-way of a prescribed roadway, unless created for public use by the City of Tiffin.
4. Roadway Reconstruction
a. During the planning and design of roadway reconstruction and widening projects, abutting property owners and The City of Tiffin shall be required, to the extent feasible, to:
i. comply with all applicable provisions of this access regulation policy
ii. consider, if warranted, the development of continuous two-way left-turn lanes and frontage roads
iii. eliminate unnecessary access points
C. Abutting Property Land Use and Site Development Characteristics
In addition to positive regulation over prescribed roadway features and access locations, the development characteristics of abutting property are an integral part of an effective access control program. Technical and physical improvements to the prescribed roadway and driveway system alone can do very little to improve the orderly and safe movement of traffic when adjacent land uses have poorly located or planned access, or when such land uses generate large increases in traffic volumes without regard to the traffic characteristics of area roadways. Adjacent land use plans should be coordinated with roadway characteristics through land uses and zoning ordinances or subdivision regulations.
The following policies, including considerations of land use, internal circulation, aesthetics and pedestrians/mass transit, shall be considered, to the extent feasible, in the development of property abutting a prescribed roadway.
1. Land Use Characteristics
a. When land uses along the prescribed roadway change or renovation of an area is proposed, the existing access and
Sources
- laserfiche: Ordinances-2003-260 (Ordinances-2003-260.pdf) — where it was found ↗ first seen Oct 12, 2026
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