1.

Interparcel access. To the maximum extent possible, sidewalks and parking lots serving adjacent lots shall be interconnected to provide continuous driveway connections and pedestrian connections between adjoining lots and streets, except that this requirement shall not apply to lots zoned for single-family residential development. Where necessary, Spalding County and the City of Griffin may require access easements be provided to ensure continuous access and egress routes connecting commercial, office and multi-family lots.

2.

Connections.

a.

Connections to available transportation modes, such as driveways, sidewalk, and bike paths shall be shown along adjacent streets and those entering adjoining properties.

b.

Safe and convenient pedestrian ways shall be provided from sidewalks along streets to each building entrance, including pedestrian access routes across parking lots and between adjacent buildings within the same development.

c.

Where an existing or planned mass transit stop is within 1,250 feet (straight-line distance) from any boundary of the subject property, the access plan shall show how pedestrians may safely travel from such station or stop to the subject property, the access plan shall show how safe, continuous and convenient bicycle access shall be provided to the subject property.

d.

All buildings surrounding a mass transit station must provide an entrance facing the station and a convenient pathway between the building and the transit station.