1. Residential neighborhoods shall be designed to include an efficient system of internal circulation and street stub-outs to connect into adjacent developments to link neighborhoods together. (6.02.00(G)(1) 2. Direct access to arterial roads shall be restricted when access can be provided via a collector facility. Unless otherwise approved by the Administrator, residential lots in subdivisions shall not have direct access to a collector or arterial road. Residential lots in subdivisions that abut a collector or arterial road shall not front on said road and access shall be blocked by a vegetative buffer, wall, or other suitable buffer. (6.02.00(G)(2) 3. Unless otherwise approved by the Administrator, residential lots in subdivisions shall front on and have direct access to local, interior streets only. Local streets shall be arranged and designed so as to restrict their use by through and high speed traffic. (6.02.00(G)(3) Network connectivity is critical and must be handled carefully in residential environments to minimize through traffic concerns. Residential areas can be designed on a grid or modified grid with through movement limited by use of narrow cartways, on-street parking, T-intersections, nontraversable medians, traffic diverters, and occasional jogs in the network as appropriate. Continuity of pedestrian and bicycle networks can often be maintained for safe and convenient bicycle and pedestrian circulation even where street network connections are not provided. For example, bicycle pedestrian connections can be provided between cul-de-sacs or development sites and with the abutting sidewalk system. In addition to these requirements, the County is updating its corridor management plan for preservation of right-of-way needed for future transportation corridors. Objective 1.5 of the Hillsborough County Transportation Element calls for right of way protection and other measures to preserve corridors for transportation use. Policy 1.5.1 references an adopted list of corridors (Appendix G of the plan, and Appendix J, which includes Map 25), Map 25 identifies right-of-way requirements, general alignments, and standards for all transportation corridors, primarily within the Urban Service Area, needed to support development defined in the Future Land Use Element for a 30-year timeframe. Policy 1.5.2 indicates that this “corridor plan” will be reviewed and updated as necessary based on County growth and mobility needs by September 30th of each year following adoption. Policy 1.5.3 establishes that “all applications for development approval shall be reviewed for consistency with the adopted Corridor Plan and shall be approved only if they are consistent with the Corridor Plan.” Part 5.11.00: Transportation Corridor Management of the Hillsborough County Land Development Code implements provisions of the Corridor Plan. It requires all development on or adjacent to planned future corridors to be consistent with the transportation functions of those corridors and to avoid encroachment, except under certain circumstances and within the guidelines of Florida law. Provisions include those necessary for determination of alignment and setbacks, density/intensity credits and clustering provisions to accommodate development rights, and right-of-way dedication (Sec. 5.11.08). The code also provides for interim use of
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