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If additions are planned for the properties located along the above mentioned roadways, then these additions shall meet the designated right -of -way and setback as listed in the Cabarrus Rowan Metropolitan Planning Organization (CRMPO) Comprehensive Transportation Plan, the Comprehensive Transportation Plan Index, and the County's Zoning Ordinance. Any additions, five (5%) percent or less of the original square footage at the time of adoption of the TOZ, shall be exempt from the TOZ requirements. Section 4 -18 Access points The term access point(s) shall mean a point of ingress and /or egress, which may be either public or private. 1. New Lots. All new lots, parcels or divisions of land shall be provided access to the thoroughfare by means of a subdivision street or an entrance either maintained or approved by the State of North Carolina or approved by the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance or Subdivision Regulations. Subdivision streets accessing the thoroughfare shall be located at least four (400) hundred feet apart. Where no more than two lots are created within the internal lot in a single block lying within the TOZ, a single vehicular access provision shall be made from the thoroughfare. 2. Lots of Record. Any lots of record at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance shall be allowed one access point. However, if lots of records are corner lots then the access point shall be located on the road of minor classification no closer than one hundred twenty -five (125) feet or the greatest possible distance from the intersection with the thoroughfare. 3. Corner Lots. Corner lots fronting on two (2) thoroughfares may have one access point from each thoroughfare. However, the access shall meet the one hundred twenty -five (125) foot distance requirement, or the greatest possible distance. 4. Additional Access Points An additional access point may be approved, at the discretion of the ZeRiRg Ad m i i is ter North Carolina Department of Transportation, for access to Commercial or Industrial property. The approval of this additional access point shall require the construction of both a left turn and deceleration lane to serve that entrance. The area of these lanes used for vehicular storage shall be of standard lane width (12 feet) and adequate in length to store a standard tractor - trailer and two automobiles. In no event shall adjacent access points be closer than 100 feet to each other, as measured from the nearest curbs or edges of pavement, excluding any area of the access flared to improve vehicle ingress or egress. This requirement may be waived if no other access to the property would be possible. The additional access point shall be no more than 32 feet in width, and shall be defined by a curb on both ends of the access point. A standard sight triangle (10' by 70') shall be maintained on the portion of curb adjoining the access point. No structure, sign, planting, etc. shall be placed in the sight triangle that would interfere with the tractor - trailer being able to enter or exit the property in one continuous movement. Attachment number 2 \n G -4 Page 350