§ 6.03.09. Limited access roads.  


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  • The following limited access standards shall be applicable to P.J. Adams Parkway from its intersection with Highway 85 to Antioch Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. from its intersection with Green Acres Road to the Fort Walton Beach Industrial Park, U.S. Highway 98 from the Santa Rosa County Line to the Walton County line (within the unincorporated portions of the county), the entire length of Commons Drive, and any other road hereinafter designated limited access by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County:

    1.

    Access points shall be located no closer than 660 feet apart measured from center line to center line of the driveway.

    2.

    Median cuts shall be located no closer than 1,320 feet apart measured from center line to center line of the roadway.

    3.

    Deceleration, acceleration, stacking lanes, and median cuts, shall be installed and constructed in accordance with the Florida Department of Transportation standards in effect at the time of application.

    4.

    Other than currently existing driveways, no access will be allowed requiring a backing maneuver into the right-of-way.

    5.

    Other than lots of record, no access will be allowed serving individual private residential driveways.

    6.

    Residential developments contiguous to limited access roads shall be by collector streets at a minimum distance of 660 feet apart.

    7.

    This ordinance is not intended to deny access to any existing lot, parcel, or tract of land for which the only means of access to the same would be by the limited access road, but is intended to limit any further divisions into parcels or lots unless compliance herewith is accomplished.

(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)