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11. Cul-de-sac Length. NCDOT standards for cul-decsac length must be met. No residential street cul-de-sac servina lots of 1 acre or greater in size shall exceed 1.000 feet. No residential street cul-de-sac serving lots less than one acre in size shall exceed 600 feet. The District Engineer for NCDOT has the right to vary this standard in conjunction with the Subdivision Administrator. 11. Modify Chapter 4: Required Improvements And Minimum Design Standards, Section 12: Access and Thoroughfare Planning, as follows: Section 12. Access and thoroughfare planning All subdivisions or developments shall be subject to the following provisions relating to access to the public road system. A. Access Management. Direct access to public roads is governed by the classification of that road in the CABARRUS - ROWAN MPO and/or County Thoroughfare Plans such that: 1. No lots may directly access a road classified as a major or minor thoroughfare. These lots must be served by an internal road system or marginal access street. 2. Access shall be limited where lots abut miAer tlgeF6u~l9fare:s afIEi major collector roads. The Planning and Zoning Commission may at their discretion prohibit direct access entirely, or may permit limited access based on analysis by Staff Transportation Planner. B. Traffic Impact Analysis. 1. Applicability. A traffic imoact. analvsis ITIA) shall be reQuired for anv subdivision estimated to oroduce 2,000 vehicles oer dav or areater durina an averaae weekdav based on a five day national averaQe as defined in the Institute of Transoortation Engineers (ITE) Trio Generation Manual. A lJA mav also be reQuired for orooosed access within 1.000 feet of an interchange. in the vicinity of a high accident location. on a maior arterial roadway. when involvement with an existinQ or prooosed median crossover is necessarv. when the orolect includes hiahwav imorovements that are in the Transoortation Imorovement Program. when involvement with an active roadwav construction oroject is necessarv or at the discretion of the NCDOT District Enaineer. The need for a l1A mav be waived when Cabarrus County and NCDOT aQree a l1A is not needed. In the event a waiver is reQuested, the aoplicant must orovide evidence to show that a waiver is aoorooriate. Waiver reauests shall be handled on a case"bv-case basis. , 2. Analysis reauired. A traffic imoactanalvsis shall follow the orocedure and standards set forth in Section 12"12.5 of the Zoning Ordinance. -7- .~- r(b)