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    Limitations on access

    a.

    Requirements of the Georgia Department of Transportation shall apply whenever more restrictive than the standards in this Code.

    b.

    No point of access shall be allowed within 35 feet of the right-of-way line of any street intersections for single-family and two-family residential lots and within 50 feet for multi-family and nonresidential properties.

    c.

    In office, commercial and industrial zoning districts, no curb cut shall be less than 40 feet from another curb cut, measured along the right-of-way line, nor less than 20 feet from any property line. In cases of practical difficulty, these distances may be reduced upon approval of the Public Works Director if the right-of-way line, nor less than 20 feet from any property line. In cases of practical difficulty, these distances may be reduced upon approval of the Public Works Director if adequate traffic safety conditions can be maintained.

    d.

    Along State or U.S. highways, no more than one point of vehicular access from a property shall be permitted for each 300 feet of lot frontage, or fraction thereof.

    e.

    Along major streets other than State or U.S. highways, no more than two points of vehicular access from a property to each abutting public street shall be permitted for each 200 feet of lot frontage, or fraction thereof; provided however, that lots with less than 100 feet of frontage shall have no more than one point of access to any one public street. The Public Works Department shall determine whether the points of access may be unrestricted or will have to be designed for right-in, right-out traffic flow.