Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1861--Adoption of the 2012 Land Development Code — reading text

Urban section Transitional section Street type feet) feet) Local 60 60 60 60 2 -lane collector, one way 4 -1ane undivided arterial 96 96 4 -lane divided arterial 112 112 6 -lane divided arterial 112 112 NA 300 4 -lane freeway 6 -lane freeway NA 350 6. 01. 03 Use of Rights -of -Way A. Construction, maintenance, or use of a public right -of -way requires a local development permit issued as set forth in the procedures of Chapter 9. B. Encroachment shall not unreasonably restrict the public use of the right -of -way. C. No person shall willfully obstruct any portion of the right- of-way for a new roadway. D. Roadside stands are prohibited within or on any portion of the right -of -way of any public road. E. The following uses of a public road are specifically permissible and are not a violation of this section: 1. Improvement of a public road by the owner of property adjacent to the public road with landscaping, shrubbery, or grass consistent with the use of the public road for road purposes. 2. Parking motor vehicles on that portion of the public road not used as traffic lanes slandurd> f' o 1 " n" p. momn PaCC 6 . 3  lAolmn nrab Land if not otherwise prohibited. 3. The replacement or maintenance of existing utility facilities, such as telephone poles. F. No person shall remove grass, earth, or sand from, or dig up, any street, or deposit material of any kind on any street or right- of-way, without City authorization. 6. 01. 04 Access Management Street arrangement and layout shall meet the following standards. A. The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade, and location of all streets shall be consistent with the existing street network. B. The arrangements of streets shall either: 1. Provi de for the continuation or appropriate projection of existing planned or platted streets in surrounding areas; or 2_ Cool orm to a plan for the neighborhood approved or adopted by the City to meet a particular situation where topographical or other conditions make continuance or conformance to existing streets impracticable. C. When a project site abuts two ( 2) or more City streets, access shall be from the City street with the lower functional classification. Where the City determines that other access standards preclude placement of a drive on the street with the lower functional classification, an alternate design may be approved. D. The separation between access points on State- maintained roads shall be in accordance with Florida Department of Transportation ( FDOT) rules. On roads that are not maintained by the State, the separation between access points onto arterial and collector roadways, or between an access point and an intersection of an arterial or collector with another road, shall be as shown in Table 6. 01. 04. Table 6. 01. 04. Separation of Access Points Functional class of road ess points Major arterial Minor arterial Major collector Dis7100 50 Minor collector 40 E. The distance between access points shall be measured from the centerline of the proposed driveway or roadway to the centerline of the nearest adjacent roadway or driveway. 6. 01. 05 Street Access and Driveway Design Requirements All ingress and egress driveways onto a City street shall be located to allow the greatest degree of safety to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic on a City street. All proposed development shall meet these standards for vehicular access and circulation: A. Access points shall be able to accommodate all vehicles entering the site, including sta... d a rd, for I.' a' pnlntion 1a¢ e6 . 1 lion oall n Rcn.- I, Lund 1) . (' 1" i ....... I (' ndc delivery vehicles. B. Access design shall ensure that an entering standard passenger vehicle will not encroach upon the exit lane of a two -way driveway. C. Access design shall ensure that a right -turning exiting vehicle shall be able to use only the first through traffic lane available without encroaching into the adjacent through lane. D. There shall be sufficient onsite storage to accommodate queued vehicles waiting to park or exit without using any portion of the street right -of -way or in any other way interfering with street traffic. E. Number, location and separation requirements for driveways Driveways shall be designed to adequately accommodate the volume and normal character of vehicles anticipated to be attracted to the development. 1. The number of driveways shall be determined by existing site conditions and ensuring safe and efficient access and use for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the City street. 2. Minimum distance of driveway to a street intersection a. The edge of a driveway for all uses other than a single -family residential dwelling STREET 25' MIN. shall be located a minimum of seventy -five 75) feet from the proposed right- of-way line of a street intersection. — — b. The edge of a driveway for a single- family residential dwelling shall be located a > I o 1 minimum of twenty -five ( 25) feet from the proposed right -of -way line of a street intersection. Figure 6. 61. 65 (E-2). 3. Where two ( 2) or more driveways connect a Minimum driveway intersection distances single development site to any one ( 1) City street, a minimum clear distance of fifty ( 50) feet, measured along the curb line of the tangents of the proposed driveway curb radii, shall be provided. 4. The edge of a driveway for uses other than a single -family residential dwelling shall be located a minimum of twenty -five ( 25) feet from the proposed property line. Where a property line is the same as the right-of-way line referenced in Section 6. 01. 05.E( 2)( a), the minimum distance shall be the standard in Section 6. 01. 05. E( 2)( a). 5. Opposing driveway intersections a. Opposing driveway intersections for uses other than a single- family dwelling shall be located directly across from each other along City streets. b. If conditions prohibit locating a proposed driveway intersection directly opposite an existing or proposed driveway intersection along a City street, the offsets between the existing and proposed intersections shall be a minimum of 150 feet. 6. Driveways shall be located and designed to ensure that vehicles do not back onto the City right -of -way, except for driveways serving a single- family dwelling in single -family developments and residential zoning districts. standards fm. Tran. 1" r'Otiun 1"," 6- 5 Iron 4ia ton Bench Land F. Driveway design L Depressed curbing may be required across driveway openings, in order to promote the continual flow of street stormwater runoff. 2. Driveways shall intersect the City street at an angle as near 90 degrees as site conditions permit, and in no case shall be less than 75 degrees. 3. All driveway aprons shall be paved from the existing or proposed edge of pavement back to the existing or proposed right -of -way line. Paving within this area shall comply with the City' s paving specifications as set forth in the Engineering Standards Manual for Fort Walton Beach Additional paving or a reinforced concrete driveway may be required, depending upon the type and amount of expected vehicular traffic. 4. All driveways shall be fully maintained by the property owners served by the driveways. 6. 01. 06 Mobility Requirements for Developments in the Transportation Concurrency Exemption Area (TCEA) A. Development within the TCEA shall mitigate trips generated by the development by providing certain mobility improvements consistent with this section. Table 6. 01. 05 outlines the number of points which must be obtained based on the number of trips generated by the development. Table 6.01. 01 Trip Generation Performance Criteria in the TCEA. Net Average Daily Trip Generation Number of Points Required Less than 25 0 26 to 50 5 51 to 100 10 101 to 250 20 251 to 500 30 500 to 1, 000 40 1, 001 to 5, 000 50