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TRAFFIC (500) to two thousand (2,000) vehicles. The iainimum distance from the street right- of-way line at any ingress or egress driveway to any interior service drive or parking space with direct access to such driveway shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet measured on a line perpendicular to the street right-of-way. Intermediate drive- ways shall provide minimum ingress lanes fourteen (14) feet wide and egress lanes twelve (12) feet wide. Where left and right turn egress is allowed, dual egress lanes shall be provided with a minimum four -foot separation from the ingress lane. Interme- diate driveways sliall provide minimum ve- hicle turning radii of thirty-five (35) feet. 3. ,Major driveways. A major driveway shall provide fqr a maximum average daily trip volume of two thousand (2,000) to five thou- sand (5,000) vehicles. The minimum dis- tance from the street richt-of-wav line at any ingress or egress driveway to any inte- rior service drive or parking space with di- rect access to such driveway shall be one hundred (100) feet_ measured on a line per- pendicular to the street right-of-way. Major driveways shall provide minimum 'ingress lanesfourteen(14) feet wide and egress _lanes twelve (12) feet wide. Where left and right turn egress is allowed, dual egress lanes shall be provided with a miiumum four -foot separation from the ingress lanes. Mejor driveways shall provide minimum-ve- hide turning radii of forty (40et. ;(9) Median openings. To assure traffic safety, capacity and ontrol, median openings located ,within traffic-wav com hall be spaced the ,maximum distance a t w safe and adequate traffic circulation. (a) Median openings shall be permitted only i where traffic studies justify the need, taking into consideration the following: 1. Potential number of left turns into § 952.13 3. Distance of proposed opening from ad- jacent intersections or other openings; 4. Length and width of the left -turn storage lane as functions of the esti- mated maximum number of vehicles to be in the lane during peak hours; and 5. Traffic control, including signalization, that will be necessary at the median cut. If a traffic signal at a median cut is within one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of another traffic signal, the two (2) shall be coordinated. (b) No median opening shall be spaced at a distance less than six hundred sixty (660) feet from any signalized intersection or me- dian opening, except that median openings may be spaced at a lesser distance based upon a. traffic study and impact analysis; but in no. case . shall median openings be spaced at less than three hundred thirty (330) -feet. Public streets shall be given pri- ority consideration for median openings. (c) All median openings shall include adequate storage and transition lanes, where war- ranted. (d) These regulations may be modified by the public works director on a case by case basis when warranted by circumstances unique to the particular development. (Ord. No, 90-16, § 1, 9-11-90; Ord. No. 93-8, § 19, 3-18-93) Section 952.13. Vehicular circulation. (1) Off-street parking areas. All developments shall comply with the minimum off-street parking requirements, of this code, as established in Chapter 954, Parking. Such parking areas shall be landscaped in compliance with the provisions of this Code. Where the public works director deems necessary, applicants shall install at their expense pavement markings and/or external traffic control signs to ensure the safe movement of traffic. driveways; (2) Off-street loading areas. All developments 2. Length of frontage along the street requiring off-street loading areas pursuant to right-of-way line of the property pro- Chapter 954, Parking, of this Code, shall provide posed to be served; such areas in locations which will not interfere Supp. No. 10 952/29 78 July 12, 1994 BOOK 92 FADE 85