The County Highway Department shall review all
permit applications to determine whether proposed access sites will
be reasonably safe for ingress and egress to County trunk highways.
Each existing lot, parcel or land area abutting
a Green Lake County trunk highway at the time of enactment of this
chapter shall be entitled to one access when in compliance with the
provisions of this chapter. Whenever possible, access shall be granted
on local roads instead of a County trunk highway when there is a choice
between the two types of roads. Newly created lots, parcels or land
areas shall be allowed an access as approved by the County Highway
Department.
All existing points of access may be continued
after the enactment of this chapter. However, if the Green Lake County
Highway Committee believes that the use of an access has been discontinued
for a period of at least one year, and the Green Lake County Highway
Committee is considering vacating the access, it must notify the owner
by certified mail that it is considering vacating the access, and
the Green Lake County Highway Committee shall allow the owner the
opportunity to respond to the Green Lake County Highway Committee
within 30 days. After giving the owner this opportunity to reply,
the Green Lake County Highway Committee may require that access be
vacated. If so determined, it is illegal to use that access point
thereafter. The Green Lake County Highway Committee may require modification
of the existing access so it will conform to the standards of this
chapter.
The Green Lake County Highway Committee shall determine if there has been a change in use of an access that will affect safe and efficient ingress and egress to and use of a County trunk highway. This determination shall be based primarily on a significant change in volume of traffic, or type of vehicle using that point of access. Upon such determination, the Green Lake County Highway Committee may require modification to the access to meet the standards as provided in Article IV of this chapter or it may vacate the access unless otherwise provided for herein.
No owners or occupants of lots, parcels or land
areas created after the enactment of this chapter will have the right
of easement or access by reason of the fact that their property abuts
a County trunk highway unless the following provisions are complied
with:
A.
Horizontal distances between access points shall not
be less than 500 feet. An intersection shall be considered an access
point. A fee shall not be imposed for a variance sought from the requirements
of this subsection when the lot, parcel, or land area does not have
an existing point of access.
[Amended 12-17-2013 by Ord. No. 1076-2013]
B.
A maximum of eight access points per side per mile
shall be permitted. Measurement shall be taken 1/2 mile in each direction
from the proposed access point.
C.
Where an urbanized section of a County trunk highway
has a majority of adjacent property located within a city's or village's
jurisdiction, the spacing and frequency of access points shall be
determined by the Green Lake County Highway Department.
D.
The design of driveway or street intersections for
appropriate sight distance, return radius, angle, profile, width,
parking and internal circulation shall be based on standards approved
by the Green Lake County Highway Committee in accordance with adopted
engineering practices.
