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TOWN OF LADY LAKE
CHAPTER 15
TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I - TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
SECTION PAGE
1 PURPOSE AND INTENT 15 - 1
2 ACCESS AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
a) Driveways 15 - 1
b) Turn Lanes 15 - 2
3 TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS 15 - 3
4 ROAD CLASSIFICATION
a) Arterial Roads 15 - 3
b) Collector Roads 15 - 4
c) Local Roads 15 - 4
5 BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN USE
a) Bicycle Use 15 - 4
b) Pedestrian Use 15 - 5
ARTICLE II - DESIGN STANDARDS
1 GENERAL 15 - 6
2 ACCESS AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
a) Driveways 15 - 6
CHAPTER 15 TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
b) Turn Lanes 15 - 8
c) Service and Frontage Roads 15 - 9
d) Paved Access 15 - 10
3 ROAD DESIGN
a) General 15 - 10
b) Private Roads 15 - 11
c) Roads within Subdivisions 15 - 11
d) Intersections 15 - 11
e) Horizontal Alignment 15 - 12
f) Vertical Alignment 15 - 13
g) Pavement Width 15 - 13
h) Right-of-Way 15 - 14
i) Roads Within Flood Prone Areas 15 - 14
j) Medians, Islands, and Guardhouses 15 - 15
4 DESIGN WITHIN RIGHTS-OF-WAY
a) Bicycle and Pedestrian Use 15 - 16
b) Street Lighting 15 - 18
c) Street Trees 15 - 18
d) Stormwater Discharge into Rights-of-Way 15 - 18
5 TRAFFIC SAFETY
a) Pavement Marking and Signing 15 - 18
CHAPTER 15 TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
b) Signals 15 - 19
ARTICLE III - CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
1 GENERAL 15 - 19
2 ROAD CONSTRUCTION
a) Clearing and Grubbing 15 - 20
b) Earthwork 15 - 20
c) Bridges 15 - 20
d) Culverts, Storm Sewers and Ditches 15 - 21
e) Utility Pipes 15 - 21
f) Inlets, Manholes, and Mitered End Sections 15 - 21
g) Groundwater and Road Underdrains 15 - 21
h) Sodding and Seeding and Mulching 15 - 21
i) Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements 15 - 22
j) Driveway Aprons 15 - 24
k) Turn Lanes 15 - 24
3 PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION
a) Subgrade 15 - 25
b) Shoulders 15 - 25
c) Base Course 15 - 26
d) Wearing Surface 15 - 26
e) Curb and Gutter 15 - 27
CHAPTER 15 TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
f) Decorative Pavement 15 - 28
g) Clay Roads 15 - 28
h) Testing 15 - 28
4 TRAFFIC SAFETY
a) Pavement Marking 15 - 29
b) Signing 15 - 30
ARTICLE IV - RIGHT-OF-WAY UTILIZATION
1 GENERAL 15 - 30
2 APPLICABILITY 15 - 30
3 GENERAL REGULATIONS 15 - 30
4 UTILITY ACCOMMODATION 15 - 35
5 OPERATIONAL SAFETY 15 - 36
EXHIBIT 15 - 1: DRIVEWAY DETAIL WITH CURB AND GUTTER
EXHIBIT 15 - 2: DRIVEWAY DETAIL WITH SWALE
EXHIBIT 15 - 3: DRIVEWAY WITH SWALE
EXHIBIT 15 - 4: TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION - LOCAL ROAD
EXHIBIT 15 - 5: TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION - COLLECTOR ROAD
EXHIBIT 15 - 6: TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION - ARTERIAL ROAD
CHAPTER 15
TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS
ARTICLE I - TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
SECTION 1: PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this section is to ensure effective, efficient and safe design of motorized and non-motorized transportation facilities in accordance with the criteria adopted in the Comprehensive Plan. The following specifies criteria for all development as stated herein. This chapter is intended to serve the following purposes:
a) Maintain functional roadway capacity and travel speeds by requiring traffic analyses for new development to determine the need for transportation improvements.
b) Promote safe and well-designed traffic patterns and enhance functional roadway capacity by maintaining standards for access control.
c) Provide adequate parking and loading spaces for specific uses within the Town.
d) Establish design standards for traffic areas which promote safe and logical traffic patterns.
e) Provide for construction of bike paths and sidewalks to maintain safe bicycle and pedestrian movements and to encourage alternative modes of transportation.
f) Establish right-of-way widths and protection of rights-of-way within the Town network.
g) Provide regulations that meet currency management criteria.
SECTION 2: ACCESS AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
a) Driveways
1) The choice of the proper location of driveways must involve consideration of the amount of the conflict which can be expected to occur both within the parking area and on the abutting streets. The number of driveways for any individual site shall be the minimum required to adequately serve the needs of the property or development. The following shall serve as guidelines for the number of driveways that will be permitted per site:
A) Parcels with frontage of 100 feet or less will be limited to one driveway per frontage.
B) A single access point per site is preferred. However, there should be no more than two driveways per road frontage for any individual site with less than 1000 feet of frontage.
2) The area to which the driveway provides access shall be of sufficient size and design to allow all necessary functions for loading, unloading, parking, servicing, circulation, and standing of automobiles, trucks, trailers and other vehicles to be carried out on private property completely off the road right-of-way.
3) No design shall be permitted which requires any vehicle to back out onto public right-of-way except for single family, duplex, and triplex residences. Single family residential driveways shall not be permitted which would require vehicles to back out onto arterial and collector roadways.
4) Facilities with drive-in windows must be so designed that waiting vehicles do not extend into the street or right- of-way. A by-pass lane shall be required for all such stack-up facilities.
5) No new residential development shall create any lots or parcels for single family, duplex, or triplex residential uses having direct access on an Arterial or Major Collector road, such as but not limited to U.S. 27, C.R. 25A and C.R. 466.
6) Where lots are developed fronting on existing public roads, the Town may require the use of joint driveways in order to minimize the number and maximize the spacing of access connections. Where joint driveways are required in new developments, the driveway aprons shall be installed during the road construction and shall be part of the construction requirements for the subdivision.
b) Turn Lanes
Turn lanes consist of left turn lanes and right turn lanes (deceleration lanes). Turn lanes shall be installed on the road which is being accessed at the proposed entrance(s) to the development, as determined by the following:
1) If the property accessing the road is projected to generate 50 or more vehicle trips peak hour.
2) If a traffic analysis indicates that turn lanes would be necessary to maintain capacity on fronting roads and/or on adjacent or nearby intersections.
3) If entrances are proposed at locations where grade, topography, site distance, traffic, or other unusual conditions indicate that turn lanes would be needed for traffic safety.
4) Speed limits of road being accessed or departing from.
SECTION 3: TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
a) A Traffic Impact Analysis, where required in the Concurrency Management System chapter, shall be submitted and shall contain the information as specified in that chapter.
b) The potential impact of a site is directly related to its size and intensity of land use which determines trip generation. The higher the trip generation the more detailed a site impact study needs to be in order to accurately determine its impact on the existing infrastructure, present necessary improvements and to meet concurrency requirements. A pre-study meeting is needed between the Town and the developer to set the actual scope of work and parameters. The study should be done as early as practical to avoid unnecessary delays or changes to plans later on.
c) The Lake County Public Services has on line the FSUTMS transportation mode, base year 1989, for Lake County. Data from the County model will be made available by the County if desired. Consultants are encouraged to use FSUTMS in the modeling.
SECTION 4: ROAD CLASSIFICATION
Existing road classifications and service levels are described in the Comprehensive Plan.
a) Arterial Roads
1) An arterial road is a route providing service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, high operating speed and of high mobility importance.
2) The classification of roads as arterials shall be based upon criteria established by the Florida Department of Transportation utilizing their most recent, adopted fun |