A. The following minimum sight distance requirements apply to roads abutting a commercial or industrial development in the AG-I zone:

1. If the abutting road has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less, the minimum sight distance is 240 feet.

2. If the abutting road has a speed limit of 40 miles per hour, the minimum sight distance is 275 feet.

3. If the abutting road has a speed limit of 45 miles per hour, the minimum sight distance is 315 feet.

4. If the abutting road has a speed limit of 50 miles per hour or more, the minimum sight distance is 350 feet.

The minimum sight distances apply to any intersection of a driveway that serves the development and a road that abuts the development. If the development occupies a corner formed by the intersection of two roads, the minimum sight distances also apply to both such roads; the road for which the minimum sight distance is computed is called the abutting road, and the other road is called the intersecting road. The minimum sight distance along the abutting road is determined from the point of view of a motorist who is on the driveway or intersecting road, who is facing the abutting road, and who is 20 feet from the center of the nearest lane of the abutting road. The minimum sight distance is measured from that point, in both directions along the abutting road. Within the minimum sight distance, clearance for motorists’ vision must be maintained between two and one-half feet and 10 feet above the surface of the abutting road. No fence, wall, tree, vegetation or other object may be allowed to obstruct the minimum sight distance. The Director may vary the requirements of this section due to physical conditions of the property that are beyond the reasonable control of the owner or operator of the development.

B. Driveways. The Director may require driveway access onto county maintained principal arterials, minor arterials, collectors, major collectors or minor collectors, or any road where the speed limit is 35 m.p.h. or greater, to be shared or combined to avoid the proliferation of multiple access points and turning movements. [Ord. 94-005, § 38, 1-3-94.]