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Commissioners press for stronger access-management and connectivity requirements in development reviews
Summary
Board members asked staff to reinforce policies and land-development controls that reduce driveway proliferation, require cross-access and support on-site pedestrian/bicycle connections; staff said many standards exist in the LDC and enforcement will be stress-tested in upcoming corridor projects.
Commissioners used the workshop to press staff and consultants on how comprehensive-plan policies and the land development code (LDC) can reduce curb cuts, increase cross-access between commercial sites, and require multimodal connections in new developments.
Staff and consultants pointed to existing comp-plan policies on connectivity and to the LDC as the primary place to implement access-management rules (driveway spacing, shared access, service roads and inter-parcel connections). Commissioners noted past developments that added multiple individual driveways along corridors and said they want more consistent…
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