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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element On State maintained roadways, special permits must be obtained from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in order to create median openings where none currently exist. FDOT applies strict criteria in issuing such permits because of the negative impact that an excessive number of median openings have on arterial capacity and motorist safety. Until the construction of Indian River Boulevard and CR 512, the County did not have any divided arterials under its jurisdiction, and thus did not have any special regulations on median openings in its land development regulations. Limiting the number and location of driveways and median openings is an effective means of preserving an arterial' s traffic capacity. The most effective means of limiting side friction is through the use of frontage (or marginal access) roadways . These roads act as buffers between arterials and adjacent land uses. The land uses have direct access to the marginal access road (which may be either a one or two way facility), and the access road typically has connections provided to the arterial at discreet intervals. Indian River County' s land development regulations state that non-residential developments fronting major and minor arterials shall establish frontage/marginal access roads by interconnecting parking areas . Existing Right of Way Right-of-way is that land on which a roadway is located. Besides accommodating the roadway itself, the right-of-way must also accommodate various other improvements, including drainage swales/canals, utility lines, sidewalks, bike-paths, landscaping, and traffic control signs . In the 2010 Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1990, Indian River County established minimum right-of-way requirements for all roadways identified on the Thoroughfare Plan map. These requirements were organized according to functional classification and are listed below: TYPE OF FACILITY URBAN RURAL U . S . 1 Corridor - 6LD 130 240 U . S . 1 Corridor - 4LD w/frontage roads 140 240 6LD Principal Arterial 130 240 4LD Principal Arterial 100 200 4LD Minor Arterial 100 200 Collector 80 80 Subdivision Collector Roads 60 60 Local, Minor or Residential 60 60 Local, Minor or Residential 50 (with closed drainage as well as curb and gutter) Marginal Access Roads 40* 40* *Easement or ROW In the past, right-of-way protection requirements have applied only to roadways within the urban service area (USA). An exception to that has been major arterial roads which exist in the urban service area and extend into or through rural areas of the county. Because urban type of growth is not allowed outside of the urban service area, there has been no need to reflect an extension of Community Development Department Indian River County 18