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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 38. ZONING
 Article XV. MAJOR STREET SETBACKS

  § 38-1602. Definitions.  

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  • For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

    Arterial road shall mean a signalized roadway that primarily services through traffic with an average signalized intersection spacing of 2.0 miles or less. As used here, signalized intersections refer to all fixed causes of interruption to the traffic stream and may occasionally include STOP signs or other types of traffic control. Class I arterials have a posted speed of forty (40) miles per hour or greater. Class II arterials have a posted speed of thirty-five (35) miles per hour or less.

    Collector road shall mean a roadway providing land access and traffic circulation within residential, commercial, and industrial areas and that collects and distributes traffic between local roads or arterial roads as a linkage between land access and mobility needs. For purposes of this article, the term "collector" includes "major urban collector," "minor urban collector," and any extension of a major or minor urban collector.

    Functional classification shall mean the assignment of roads into systems according to the standards provided in the Highway Classification Manual and the Florida Department of Transportation Quality/Level of Service Handbook.

    Major street shall mean a road functionally classified according to the standards provided in the Highway Classification Manual and the Florida Department of Transportation Quality/Leval of Service Handbook as determined by the county engineer.

    Minor arterial shall mean a route which generally interconnects with and augments principal arterial routes and provides service to trips of shorter length and a lower level of travel mobility. Such a route includes any arterial not classified as a "principal arterial" and contains facilities that place more emphasis on land access than the higher system.

    Principal arterial shall mean a route which generally serves the major centers of activity of an area, the highest traffic volume corridors, and the longest trip purpose and carries a high proportion of the total area travel on a minimum of mileage.

    Rural functionality-classified roads shall mean roadways within the rural area not designated as urbanized, urban, or transitioning by the Florida Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and MetroPlan Orlando based on U.S. Census data, as updated from time to time.

    Setback distance shall mean a horizontal distance which correlates with the functional classification of the major street described in section 38-1603. The distance is measured by a straight line extending perpendicular from the centerline of the major street.

    Transitioning area shall mean an area designated by the Florida Department of Transportation and MetroPlan Orlando (without Federal Highway Administration involvement), based on U.S. Census data, as updated from time to time. Transitioning areas are fringe areas exhibiting characteristics between rural and urbanized/urban. Transitioning areas are intended to include areas that, based on their growth characteristics, are anticipated to become urbanized or urban in the next twenty (20) years and where designated, associated roadways shall use urbanized area setbacks.

    Urban functionally-classified roads shall mean roadways within the urban/urbanized area designated by the Florida Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and MetroPlan Orlando based on U.S. Census data, as updated from time to time.

(P & Z Res., art. XXI, § 2; Ord. No. 91-14, § 6, 6-18-91; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 43, 9-13-16)