Ordinances-2003-260

highways have an impact on the capacity, use, and traffic flow of the highway, and because of the uniqueness of the traffic generation and characteristics of each access facility, it is difficult to establish universal standards or requirements for such access facilities. It is the responsibility of the developer/owner to design the access facilities to suit the proposed development needs and the needs of the prescribed roadway in accordance with this Ordinance. Preliminary meetings and/or conversations between the developer and the city street should be held to discuss locations, basic requirements, and future changes or plans for the prescribed roadway and other adjacent streets. Examples of land-uses served by major driveway access facilities include regional shopping centers, multiple-unit, single-family, or multi-family residential developments, and office or industrial complexes. 3. Design Speed The design speed to be used for designing improvements on prescribed roadways and adjacent accesses shall be considered to be a value 5 MPH above the 85th Percentile speed of the street to which the improvements is being made. The design speed may be adjusted at the discretion of the City of Tiffin City Council. 4. Sight Distance Requirements a. Access intersection Sight Distance Requirements for at the intersection with the prescribed roadway. An access shall be located at the point of optimum sight distance along a property frontage. The placement of an access on a horizontal curve or just below the high point of a crest vertical curve on the prescribed roadway shall be discouraged. Safe access Sight Distances are presented in Table 6A. These values shall be goals to meet or exceed when positioning an access along the property frontage. Should these sight distances be physically unobtainable, then the access shall be at a location that provides the sight distance closest to that required in Table 6A provided that the minimum stopping sight distance in Table 6B is met or exceeded. <table> <tr> <th>Design Speed (mph)</th> <th>Distance Required (Feet)</th> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>300</td> </tr> </table>