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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element <br /> ° Adequate storage and turning bays; <br /> Spacing and design of median openings and curb cuts; <br /> ° Provision of service roads; <br /> ° Driveway access and spacing; and <br /> Traffic operations . <br /> POLICY 5 .2 : The county shall review all proposed land developments in order to ensure <br /> consistency with the goals, objectives and policies of this plan, and the county shall <br /> require coordination of traffic circulation plans and improvements with land use and <br /> infrastructure plans before development approval. <br /> / POLICY 53 : The county shall review all access driveways and new roadway <br /> connections associated with redevelopment or new development to ensure safety, <br /> preserve roadway capacity, and ensure compatibility with the long range transportation <br /> plan. <br /> POLICY 5 .4 : The county shall ensure that the installation of all traffic control devices is <br /> consistent with the standards contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control <br /> Devices (MUTCD). The MUTCD will be the standard used by the county to determine <br /> the need for traffic control improvements, including signalization. <br /> POLICY 5 . 5 : The county will review on-site traffic flow for all proposed development <br /> projects to ensure that circulation for motorized and non-motorized vehicles and <br /> pedestrians can be accommodated safely. <br /> POLICY 5 . 6 : The county will, through its land development regulations, continue to <br /> require that all development projects provide a sufficient number of parking spaces for <br /> both motorized and non-motorized vehicles . Sufficient will be based upon information <br /> from parking studies regarding demand by use category. The county will periodically <br /> review its off-street parking requirements, identifying minimum spaces per land use <br /> category, delineating space size, providing for shared parking, setting internal circulation <br /> standards, and addressing other parking characteristics . <br /> POLICY 5 .7: The county shall require that all developments fronting arterial roadways <br /> provide for frontage/marginal access roads or drives, as appropriate. These marginal <br /> access roads may be parking lot access drives. <br /> POLICY 5 . 8 : The county shall, through its land development regulations , provide for the <br /> use of shared driveway facilities. <br /> OBJECTIVE 6 PEDESTRIANBICYCLE SYSTEM <br /> During each five-year period between 2001 and 2030, a minimum of 20 miles of sidewalk <br /> facilities and 10 miles of bicycle facilities will be added to the functionally classified roadway <br /> system. <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County 109 <br />