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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 <br />Page 117 <br /> <br /> <br />H. All lots created having direct access to a County road must show the proposed driveway <br />access locations that conform to access/spacing requirements on the face of the plat, <br />unless the County Engineer decides the location may be determined through the access <br />permit application process. <br />I. Lots adjoining more than one County Roads shall access from the lowest classified road <br />or from a joint-use driveway, when possible. <br />J. Access to corner lots should be from the lesser-classified road and at the greatest <br />distance possible from the intersection. <br />K. Intersection spacing should be maximized wherever possible. <br />L. Direct access from an individual lot to the County Road shall not be permitted unless no <br />other alternative exists. Newly created lots shall access onto an internal road system and <br />not directly onto a County Road, unless approved by the County Engineer. <br />M. Whenever a feasible access exists to any property from two or more roads, the County <br />Engineer may refuse access to the higher classified road. <br />N. Wherever a feasible access exists to any property from a public road and private <br />easement, the County Engineer may refuse access to the public road. <br />O. Lots of record in existing formal plat subdivisions, short plats and large lots that are not <br />served by a minor or major driveway shall be permitted a minimum of one residential <br />driveway or joint usage driveway or shared residential driveway. <br />P. The outer edge of a driveway approach shall not be constructed closer than seventy feet <br />to a bridge, or other structure that may warrant end protection using guard-railing in <br />accordance with the most current criteria adopted by the Washington State Department <br />of Transportation. <br />Q. Rural and urban residential, joint usage and shared residential driveway approaches shall <br />be constructed at the maximum practical distance, but in no event (unless a closer