§ 14-202.3. Driveways.

The following standards for driveway access and spacing shall apply to all properties included in an access management area. These standards shall apply unless a more restrictive standard is required by the Georgia Department of Transportation:

(a)

Where roadways include medians, median openings shall be separated by a minimum of six hundred sixty (660) feet, except in the Lithonia Industrial Boulevard Access Management Area, where median openings shall be separated by a minimum of one thousand (1,000) feet;

(b)

Right-turn lanes shall be required at all driveways where the right-turning volume exceeds three hundred (300) vehicles per day;

(c)

The following driveway spacing shall be required for all driveways along the corridor between median openings or intersections with public roadways (measured center line to center line):

(1)

The minimum distance of an upstream driveway from a median opening or intersection with a public roadway shall be three hundred (300) feet in addition to the storage length required for the driveway.

(2)

The minimum distance of a downstream driveway from a median opening or intersection with a public roadway shall be three hundred (300) feet;

(d)

All developments shall have access to a public right-of-way. Access to a public right-of-way may be obtained via an adjacent public roadway with a lower functional classification. The maximum number of driveways per parcel depends upon the length of frontage along the corridor:

(1)

For parcels with less than six hundred (600) feet of frontage, there shall be a maximum of one (1) driveway allowed per parcel.

(2)

For parcels with at least six hundred (600) feet of frontage, there shall be a maximum of two (2) driveways per parcel.

(3)

For parcels which have frontage along an adjacent public roadway with a lower functional classification, the maximum number of driveways will be unchanged, but the first driveway shall be located on the adjacent public roadway.

(e)

All driveways serving a single parcel must be at least one hundred (100) feet (measured from the centerline) from the property line that is perpendicular to the property frontage, and all deceleration lanes must be contained entirely within the property frontage. For parcels with insufficient frontage to accommodate these requirements, exceptions will be allowed, but driveway locations must be approved by the chief executive officer or his or her designee. Access to a public right-of-way may be obtained through a shared driveway, which provides access to more than one (1) parcel. Shared driveways are exempt from the requirement regarding distance of the driveway from the property line.

(f)

There shall be a minimum driveway throat length of fifty (50) feet.

(Ord. No. 11-03, Pt. I, 2-22-11; Ord. No. 12-04, Pt. I, 3-27-12)