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2.3. Access Management The purpose of access management is to provide adequate access to adjacent land development while maintaining acceptable and safe traffic flow on higher level roadways. Access management consists of carefully controlling the spacing and design of public street intersections and private access points to the public roadway system. Because they are designed for higher speed, longer distance trips, arterials generally have restricted access, while local streets can accommodate much greater access. Collector roadways fall in between arterials and local roadways regarding the amount of access that is permitted. The agency with jurisdiction over a roadway sets access management guidelines. Access to I -35W, TH 36, TH 51, and TH 280 must meet MnDOT access management guidelines. See Tables 3 and 4 for MnDOT Access Management Guidelines. Ramsey County has developed a draft set of access management policies. Rather than a set of specific standards, Ramsey County's draft policies "are intended to apply accepted access management principles in a context -sensitive manner to maximize the possible benefits as development occurs or as existing properties are modified." The draft policies are as follows. • A parcel has the legal right to one access from a public street. If access can be obtained from an adjacent street, access from a County Road or County State Aid Highway should be directed to the minor street. • Opportunities to combine or eliminate accesses shall be considered when new accesses are proposed. • Where feasible, the access spacing standards of the MnDOT Access Management Manual shall be met. • Where possible, new driveways shall be aligned with existing driveways or streets. • Any proposed new access or modification of an existing access to a Ramsey County Road or County State Aid Highway requires a County access permit, with approval subject to review by the County Engineer. • Any change in land use of a property with access to any County Road or County State Aid Highway, requires review of the access, in accordance with Minnesota Rules 8810.5200. Existing access is not automatically perpetuated. • Unless no other option for access to a property exists, access will not be allowed within the functional area of a street intersection, or within the functional area of another existing access. As defined by MnDOT, the functional areas of intersections are defined as follows: On roadways with posted speed limits less than 45 MPH, 435 feet. On roadways with posted speed limits of 45 MPH or greater, 650 feet. ChapterX—Transportation (DRAFT) Adopted XXXXXXXXX XX, 2017 Page X-21