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178TRANSPORTATION2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />Washington County has established access management guidelines <br />for urban (areas within the 20-year MUSA boundary) and rural areas <br />(areas outside the MUSA boundary)� Washington County access <br />management guidelines are displayed in Table 8-7� Washington <br />County requires permits for new driveway access to county roads <br />and when land uses change at a site adjacent to a county road� <br />Washington County typically requires that new access points meet its <br />guidelines; however, the county can make exceptions to the guidelines <br />with sufficient justification. <br />The City of Hugo does not have access management guidelines for <br />City streets. The City evaluates new and modified accesses to its City <br />streets through a permitting process on a case-by-case basis� <br />It should be noted that there are existing access points that do not <br />meet County and MnDOT access spacing guidelines� In many cases <br />these access points were established prior to agency access spacing <br />guidelines� In other cases, the agency has granted an exception to <br />the existing guidelines� As roadways are reconstructed, each of these <br />agencies generally works to modify and/or relocate access points that <br />do not meet current access spacing guidelines� <br />Table 8-6 (cont): MnDOT Access Management Manual (Table 3.2 – Summary of Recommended Street Spacing <br />for Non-IRCs) <br />Table 8-7 Washington County Access Spacing Guidelines (1) <br />Type of Access Principal Arterial Minor Arterial <br />>7,500 ADT (2) <br />Minor Arterial <br /><7,500 ADT (2)Collector Local <br />Private residential driveways No direct access No direct access Variable (3)Variable (3)Variable (3) <br />Commercial driveways or non- <br />continuous commercial streets No direct access No direct access 1/8 mile 1/8 mile Variable (3) <br />Non-continuous residential streets <br />(4)No direct access 1/8 mile with no <br />median opening 1/8 mile 1/8 mile Variable (3) <br />Continuous local streets and <br />collector streets 1/2 mile 1/4 mile 1/4 mile 1/8 mile 1/8 mile <br />Minor arterials 1/2 mile 1/2 mile 1/2 mile 1/2 mile 1/2 mile <br />(1) Distances shown are minimums� The county reserves the right to increase the minimum distances based on other criteria� The type of traffic control, turn lanes and bypass lanes required <br />are determined based upon the projected traffic volumes on the type of access requested� <br />(2) ADT is the 20-year forecast for average daily traffic� <br />(3) Spacing is based on criteria such as sight distance, speed, traffic volumes, etc� <br />(4) Cul-de-sac or short-length streets (less than ½ mile) that do not cross a county highway� <br />Category Area or <br />Facility Type <br />Typical Functional <br />Class <br />Public Street Spacing <br />Signal SpacingPrimary <br />Full-Movement <br />Intersection <br />Secondary <br />Intersection <br />5 Minor Arterials <br />5A Rural <br />Minor <br /> Arterials <br />1/2 mile 1/4 mile See Section 3�2�5 <br />5B Urban/Urbanizing 1/4 mile 1/8 mile 1/4 mile <br />5C Urban Core 300-660 feet, dependent upon block <br />length 1/4 mile <br />6 Collectors <br />6A Rural <br />Collectors <br />1/2 mile 1/4 mile See Section 3�2�5 <br />6B Urban/Urbanizing 1/8 mile Not Applicable 1/4 mile <br />6C Urban Core 300-660 feet, dependent upon block <br />length 1/8 mile <br />7 Specific Area Access Management Plans <br />7 All All By adopted plan