§ 4.5. Highway access.


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  • No direct private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of expressways, nor to any controlled-access arterial street without permission of the highway agency that has control jurisdiction and of the planning commission and village board.

    No direct public or private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of the following:

    Freeways, interstate highways, and their interchanges or turning lanes, nor to intersecting or interchanging streets within 1,500 feet of the most remote end of the taper of the turning lanes.

    Arterial streets intersecting another arterial street within 100 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.

    Streets intersecting an arterial street within 50 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.

    Access barriers, such as curbing, fencing, ditching, landscaping, or other topographic barriers, shall be erected to prevent unauthorized vehicular ingress or egress to the above specified streets or highways.

    Temporary access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the village planning commission after review and recommendation by the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permit shall be temporary, revocable, and subject to any conditions required and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.