required to provide for safe pedestrian circulation and shall be constructed within rights-of- way, adjacent to or internal to the site.
Internal sidewalks are also required from public transportation stops, parking and passenger loading zones, and public streets or sidewalks to the building entrance they serve. Accessible routes shall connect buildings, facilities, elements and spaces that are on the same site. In the study area, many commercial sites along major roadways have pedestrian or bicycle connections from the sidewalk into the site, as illustrated in Figure 69.
Figure 69. Pedestrian access from sidewalks along arterial roadways into stand alone commercial site (left) and Lowes shopping center (right).
4.2.6 Lot Splits and Subdivision Requirements
Hillsborough County regulates lot splits in Section 4.1.4 through administrative review procedures for “certified parcels” (a maximum of two lots, containing no improvement facilities are created from a parcel). These lots must meet basic access requirements. Flag lots to serve a single dwelling unit may be created in a Certified Parcel Subdivision as long as the subdivision is located within the rural service area and an agricultural zoning district. These lots must meet minimum lot size requirement and the private drive must be a minimum of 20 feet in width, not exceed 1000 feet in length, and only provide access for the single parcel.
Other types of subdivisions are governed through a platted subdivision review process. All lots within a platted subdivision are required to have adequate vehicular and pedestrian access,
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