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. <br />• <br />SUMMIT COUNTY LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CODE <br />CHAPTER 10: Areas and Activities of State Interest <br />2. Areas around airports shall be administered to avoid danger to public safety and health or to property due to <br />aircraft crashes. <br />3. Airports shall be located or expanded in a manner that will minimize disruption to the environment, <br />minimize the impact on existing community service and complement the economic and transportation <br />needs of the State and the area. <br />F. Additional Criteria Applicable to Arterial Highways, Interchanges and Collector Highways <br />In addition to the general criteria set forth in Section 10400.A, the following additional criteria apply to arterial <br />highways, interchanges and collector highways: <br />Areas around interchanges involving arterial highways shall be administered to: <br />a. Encourage the smooth flow of traffic; <br />b. Foster the development of such areas in a manner calculated to preserve the smooth flow of such <br />traffic; and <br />c. Preserve desirable existing community patterns. <br />Arterial highways and interchanges shall be located so that community traffic needs are met. <br />Arterial highways and interchanges shall be located so that desirable community patterns are not disrupted. <br /> <br />is <br />G. Additional Criteria Applicable to Rapid or Mass Transit Facilities <br />In addition to the general criteria set forth in Section 10400.A, the following additional criteria apply to Rapid or <br />Mass Transit Facilities: <br />1. Areas around rapid or mass transit facilities shall be administered to: <br />a. Promote the efficient utilization of the rapid or mass transit facility. <br />b. Facilitate traffic circulation patterns of roadways serving the mass transit facility. <br />c. Promote development that will include bike and pedestrian paths providing access to the Rapid or <br />Mass Transit Facility. <br />2. Rapid or Mass Transit Facilities shall be located so as to preserve the value of buildings at the site and <br />avoid demolition of businesses or residences to the extent possible. Proposed locations of rapid or mass <br />transit terminals, stations, and fixed guideways which will not require the demolition of residences or <br />businesses shall be given preferred consideration over competing alternatives. <br />3. Rapid or Mass Transit Facilities shall be located and such activities conducted with reasonable <br />consideration, among other things, as to the character of the area and its peculiar suitability for particular <br />uses and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land <br />throughout the unincorporated area of Summit County. <br />4. Stations, shelters and terminals shall be appropriately located to attract maximum ridership to the extent <br />feasible and to meet transit needs. <br />5. Rapid or Mass Transit Facilities shall have adequate and safe ingress and egress for all transit modes. <br />6. The location of fixed guideways shall maximize joint use of rights-of-way for trails and bikeways and other <br />transportation alternatives. <br />7. Rapid or Mass Transit Facilities shall be designed and located in a manner that will reduce traffic <br />congestion. <br />8. Guideway design and location shall not permit snow plumes from snow removal equipment on the <br />guideway to reach the travel surface of a plowed public road except at intersections, nor shall guideways be <br />placed or designed so that snow plumes from snow removal equipment on public roads will reach the <br />guideway. <br />9. The parking areas associated with a terminal or station shall be capable of holding a number of automobiles <br />that equals the number of passengers expected to park at the terminal or station during peak periods. <br />10. Access roads to a station or terminal shall be designed and located to accommodate, during a 15 minute <br />period, the maximum number of automobiles anticipated to arrive before the scheduled departure of the <br />mass transit conveyance without causing cars to back up onto the public road serving the facility. <br />11. The Manual on Traffic Control Devices shall apply to safety devices at intersections of a fixed guideway <br />and other transportation corridors. <br />25