ACCESS MANAGEMENT POLICY

Minnehaha County Highway Department Transportation Excellence.

2124 East 60th Street North Sioux Falls, SD 57104

April 2019

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The following guidelines are hereby set forth to serve as the Minnehaha County

Access Management Policy. This Policy shall be administered and interpreted by

the Minnehaha Highway Department:

Section 1 Definitions

Terms used in this document are defined as:

1. “Department,” the Minnehaha County Highway Department;

2. “Applicant,” any land owner or land owner’s agent applying for a Highway

Department Access Permit;

3. “Engineering Study,” an evaluation conducted by a Professional Engineer of the

operational and safety characteristics of a transportation facility using techniques,

standards, and guidelines appropriate to civil engineering;

4. “Traffic Impact Study,” an evaluation of the traffic effects related to a particular land

use, using standards, and guidelines common among traffic engineering

professionals.

5. “Level of Service”, or “LOS”, is a quality measure describing operational conditions

within a traffic stream, generally in terms of such service measures as speed and

travel time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, and comfort and

convenience.

Section 2 Authority and Purpose

Pursuant to SDCL Chapter 31-8-3, the Minnehaha County Highway Superintendent adopts the following Access Management Policy. This Policy is deemed necessary in

order to accomplish the following objectives:

1. Minnehaha County Highway Superintendent and Highway Department, are

charged with the responsibility to protect the traveling public in Minnehaha

County and maintain the public right-of-ways therein; The Superintendent is also charged to protect the general welfare, health, and safety of its citizens

and the traveling public using the public highways, roads, rights-of-ways and

highway system within Minnehaha County; and

2. It is the responsibility of the Superintendent to ensure proper design,

construction, maintenance, and operation of its streets, roads, utilities, driveways, highways, bridges, points of access thereto, and other associated user activities connecting to, using, and/or occurring within these public rights-of-

ways; and

3. The Superintendent has and does hereby find that in order to protect and

provide for the general welfare and safety of the traveling public and to protect

the public highway and road system within Minnehaha County, it is necessary

to provide criteria and conditions which must be met by any person, firm,

corporation, or entity seeking to access or connect roads, streets, highways, or

any part thereof, to any Minnehaha County public road, highway, highway system, to any part thereof, and to prohibit any access or connection to the Minnehaha County highways, streets, roads or the highway system, which do not

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meet with and conform to proper highway design and which do not have approval

of the Department.

Section 3 Jurisdiction

The regulations set forth herein shall apply to all roadways under the jurisdiction of the

Department. The jurisdictional map on record is available for viewing at the Department

office (2124 East 60th Street North, Sioux Falls, SD) or www.minnehahacounty.org.

Roadways within the jurisdiction of the State of South Dakota, Townships, Municipalities, or

Roadway Districts shall be under the authority of each respective agency. Roadways within

the jurisdiction of the Department may have additional rules and regulations if within a joint

jurisdictional area with another agency.

Near STATE Routes: The Access Management rules for the State can be found under the

Administrative Rules Article 70:09. For any proposed access within a quarter-mile (1,320

feet) of an interstate interchange and other intersections owned and operated by the State,

the applicant shall consult with Brooke White from the SDDOT’s Sioux Falls office prior to

submitting an access permit request to the County. Her contact information is:

Brooke White, Access Management Engineer

5316 W 60th Street North

Sioux Falls, SD 57107

605-367-5680

brooke.white@state.sd.us

Near Larger Communities: For any proposed access within the joint jurisdictional limits of

the Cities of Hartford, Brandon, Dell Rapids, and Sioux Falls, the applicant shall consult with

the respective contacts as listed below. Note that if the location of the proposed access is

to occur within the joint jurisdictional limits as shown in the Joint Jurisdictional Areas Map

(see Page 4), the respective jurisdiction must review and approve as indicated by their

signature within the Minnehaha County Highway Access Permit Application.

Sioux Falls: Shannon Ausen, PE - Civil Engineer

City of Sioux Falls

224 W Ninth Street

Sioux Falls, SD 57104

605-367-8607

SAusen@siouxfalls.org

Note that the City Engineer must sign the Minnehaha County Highway

Access Permit Application prior to the permit being issued. The

estimated time for the City’s review is two to three weeks. Additional

guidance on access and design requirements for the City of Sioux Falls

can be found in their Engineering Design Standards for Public

Improvements:

http://siouxfalls.org/en/public-works/engineering/construction-mgmt/resources/design-standards

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Residential District (RS-2) 7 dwelling units/acre or lessResidential District (RA-1) 10 to 17 dwelling uints/acreRural Residential (RR5) Lot area 5 acres or more (only Dell Rapids joint platting area)

Residential District (RS-1) 5 dwelling units/acre or less

Rural Residential (RR1) Lot area 1 acre or more (only Dell Rapids joint platting area)Planned DevelopmentRecreation and ConservationRural Residential (RR)

Commercial (C)Light Industrial (I-1)General Industrial (I-2)

EROS Overlay DistrictRed Rock Corridor District

Joint Plan/PlatJoint PlanningJoint Platting

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Hartford: City of Hartford

PO Box 727

Hartford, SD 57083

605-528-6187

cityhall@hartfordsd.us Brandon: City Engineer

City of Brandon

304 Main Avenue, PO Box 95

Brandon, SD 57005

605-582-6515

Applicants should be aware that there is a formal approval

process when Brandon considers site plans and developments,

through which access management is considered. The

estimated time for their review and approval is three to four

weeks.

Dell Rapids: City Administrator

City of Dell Rapids

PO Box 10

Dell Rapids, SD 57022

605-428-3595

CityAdmin@cityofDellRapids.com

Crooks: Operations Director

Crooks Community Center

701 S West Avenue

PO Box 785

Crooks, SD 57020

605-543-5238

Section 4 Permits Required

No person may construct an access between a county right-of-way and an adjoining

property thereto without a Highway Department Access Permit issued by the Department.

Applications for access are available through the Department and must be completed by the

Applicant and approved by the Department prior to construction of the access.

The Department shall advise the Applicant of the status of the permit application within

thirty (30) days after receiving a complete application.

The Department may attach reasonable and prudent stipulations as a condition of a permit

application approval. The stipulations shall indicate any improvement or operating condition

necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare, including reference to applicable

design standards.

Applicants are highly encouraged to contact the Department as early as possible when

contemplating the need for an additional or new access, or when contemplating purchasing

or sub-dividing a parcel. The reason for this is, Department personnel may be able to

recommend a more suitable location in terms of safety that would be mutually beneficial to

both the applicant and the traveling public.

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Section 5 Traffic Impact Study

The Department may require a Traffic Impact Study with any permit application for access

to a property that may generate significant peak hour trips or heavy truck trips, or

potentially otherwise impact the safety and operational characteristics of the highway

system. The Department shall determine the scope of the study with the applicant’s traffic

engineer, considering probable operational and safety impacts to the highway system.

The study shall determine what improvements may be necessary to maintain a level of

service “C” (LOS C as defined by the Highway Capacity Manual, Current Edition), or any

performance related metric (v/c ratio, percent time-spent following, average travel speed,

delay, etc.), is decreased by 10% due to the proposed facility under the traffic conditions

expected with the proposed development under consideration. A professional engineer with

specific experience in traffic operations analysis shall perform the study. The study shall be

sealed by a South Dakota registered professional engineer. The study shall examine the

functional relationships among existing, planned, and potential access points and shall use

policies and design manual standards and guidance jointly determined by the Department

and the applicant.

Section 6 Access Control

No person, firm, corporation, or other entity, public or private, shall construct or cause to be

constructed or allow any driveway, highway, road, alley, street, other roadway, or any

aspect or part thereof, to connect to or otherwise access or allow motor vehicle traffic on or

onto any part of the Minnehaha County highway system including the Minnehaha County

right-of-ways, without first applying for and obtaining a Highway Access Permit from the

Department.

All Highway Access Permits to Minnehaha County maintained roads shall be subject to the

approval by the Department. No Highway Access Permit will be granted or approved which

does not properly address drainage, sight distance, and other safety criteria including but

not limited to proximity to other access points, proper lane widths, guardrail, front and back

slopes, right-of-way encroachments, or pavement buildup to support anticipated future

traffic on the public highway and highway system at affected points, as established and

determined to be appropriate by the Department.

Compliance with all requirements of the Highway Access Permit are the responsibility of the

property owner, developer, or entity applying for the access. Construction and material

requirements shall be consistent with the restrictions set forth herein and in the permit

application. Driveways for individual residences as well as larger developments must comply

with these access procedures and requirements.

All subdivisions of real property and all developments, along, adjacent to, or accessing

existing paved or unpaved Minnehaha County roads, and any person or entity seeking to

connect said roads, shall be required to improve and upgrade such existing public road and

connecting roads, and associated drainage facilities, to the extent required by the

Department.

These improvements may include, but are not limited to the following:

the construction of additional lanes to increase capacity,

turn lanes,

acceleration and/or deceleration lanes,

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traffic signals,

signage,

guardrail,

clear zones,

upgrade, lengthen, or replace existing drainage installations including

culverts, bridges, and drainage ditches,

modify or relocate public or private utility installations, or

other improvements deemed necessary by the Department.

The existing road system may be required to be upgraded in order to provide for future

anticipated traffic demand and/or traffic volume increases. In addition to these

requirements, subdivisions located on highways or roads classified as a minor collector or

higher (as shown on SDDOT Highway Functional Classification Maps (http://arcgis.sd.gov/Server/DOT/DOTViewer/) and includes major collectors, arterials, etc.)

shall include, at a minimum, turn lanes to enter into the proposed subdivision and shall

have the following limitations to include frontage lots on this type of facility:

a. Residential lots fronting on a major or minor collector with an average daily

traffic volume (ADT) of 1000 vehicles per day (vpd) or greater shall be limited

to one (1) access point and shall be subject to intersection sight distance

requirements based on the posted speed of the road and site conditions. These

lot access points shall also be spaced at minimum intervals equal to the

intersection sight distance;

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time gap must be adjusted and required sight distance

recalculated.

Distances shown are minimum distances and do not necessarily

over-ride the preferred minimum distance spacing of 1000 feet or

5 per mile per side.

b. Residential lots which are proposed denser than the requirements in (a) shall be

limited to one (1) access point for subdivisions with two (2) lots or less and/or

limited to two (2) access points for subdivisions with three (3) or more lots.

These access points must still comply with all sight distance requirements and

all roads/drives shall be constructed in accordance with the Minnehaha County

subdivision regulations;

c. Residential lots on routes classified above a major collector (i.e. arterials) shall

have limited access through service roads or equivalents.

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d. Existing lots with structures (as of the dates of the adoption of this policy shall

be grandfathered or exempt from spacing requirement of (a) provided the lot

configuration does not change. Existing lots without approved building permits

are not exempt from this policy. If a subdivision of the existing lot occurs or is

proposed, the new lot(s) must meet the criteria set out herein.

e. Turn lane requirements shall apply to residential and commercial developments.

The guidelines for these turn lanes are as follows:

i. Turn lanes shall be 12' minimum plus a minimum shoulder width

depending on adjacent roadways, bike use, and other factors. Right lanes

constructed with no center or left turn must be constructed with a

minimum of 6' additional width to accommodate a future need for a

center turn lane;

ii. Minimum Turn lane requirements: Chapter 12 of the SDDOT Road

Design Manual contains guidance on the design of turn lanes. Chapter

15 also provides guidance how the need for turn lanes should be

analyzed. It should be noted that the minimum values presented

within Chapters 12 and 15 do not constitute design values appropriate

for all situations.

While Chapters 12 and 15 of the SDDOT’s Road Design Manual should

be used as a guide, the Department will take into consideration the

context of each situation which includes existing and proposed

conditions as well as other factors such as heavy-truck use, proximity

to railroad crossings, bridges, percent trucks during peak hour

operations, and other factors.

f. As noted within Chapter 15 (Traffic) of the SDDOT’s Road Design Manual,

Railroad Crossings are treated as a special condition. If a railroad is

parallel to the roadway, then the likelihood of train movements impacting

turning movements, through movements on the intersecting streets

preventing, and creating stopped queues on the highway should be taken

into consideration.

The provided right turn lane storage length will be dependent on the

duration that the side road is closed, the expected number of vehicle

arrivals and the location of the crossing now and in the future. The

analysis should consider all of the variables influencing the design of the

right turn lane, and may allow a design for conditions other than the worst

case storage requirements, provided safety is not compromised.

Additional right-of-way may be required by Minnehaha County in order to be able to

properly construct the required roadway and drainage improvements or utilities. The

developer, traffic generator, or applicant for an access permit is not necessarily entitled

to exclusive use of any excess capacity of the existing roadway or any right-of-way that

may be available and suitable for construction or any right-of-way in excess of that

which is necessary to construct improvements required by the Minnehaha County

Highway Superintendent. The developer, owner, or applicant for an access permit is

responsible for all costs associated with acquiring additional public right-of-way.

Design and construction plans which show all of the proposed access and improvements

must be submitted to the Department for review and approval. All such plans shall bear

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the signature and seal of a professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of

South Dakota. The requirement for such plans may be waived for certain residential or

farm field approach accesses. Preliminary review of draft plans are encouraged.

No building permits or development permits will be issued by Minnehaha County without

access approval from the Highway Department in cases where the driveway or roadway

providing ingress and egress accesses or connects to a Minnehaha County maintained

road. SDCL 11-3-12.2. Furthermore, no access will be granted within joint jurisdictional

areas without approval of the agency sharing joint jurisdiction. Roadways within the

joint jurisdictional areas may have additional rules and regulations.

Individuals seeking access for the purpose of ingress and egress to only one (1) single

family residence shall be required to submit a Highway Access Permit Application, but

may not be required to present engineering studies and detailed construction plans

unless the Highway Department determines that such is necessary due to particular

safety, engineering, or other concerns associated with that specific point of intended

access.

In the event any person or entity shall gain, establish, allow access to or otherwise

connect or allow connection of any public or private highway, street, alley or road to any

part of the Minnehaha County maintained road system, in violation of any part of this

resolution or without first obtaining an access permit as herein provided, and without the

express written permission of the Department. The Department shall place impassable

barricades between the traveled portion of the roadway and the point of unpermitted

access, thus preventing entry onto the roadway. Furthermore, the access may be

ordered to be removed at the expense of the person or entity responsible for allowing

such access.

Highway classifications and access location criteria displayed in the following table shall

be used to determine whether or not an access is allowable, and if allowed, the location

of the access.

Access Class

Signal Spacing

Distance*

(mile)

Median Opening

Spacing*

(mile)

Minimum Un-

signalized

Access Spacing*

(feet)

Access Density

Denial of Direct Access

When Other Available

Free Flow Urban ½ ½ F, ¼ D 1,320 at quarter-mile

increments Yes

Intermediate Urban

½ ½ F, ¼ D 660 at eighth-mile

increments Yes

Urban Developed ¼ ¼ 100 2 accesses/block face Yes

Urban Fringe ¼ ½ F, ¼ D 1,000 5 accesses/side/mile Yes

Rural N/A N/A 1,000 5 accesses/side/mile Yes

NOTES: * N/A = Not Applicable, F = Full Movement – all turns and through movements provided,

D = Directional Only – certain turning and through movements not provided.

* Rural Class minimum un-signalized access spacing may be reduced to 660' by the

Department, based on results of an Engineering Study; however, preferred minimum spacing is 1000 feet.

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Access Class Definitions

Free Flow Urban – higher speed facilities with access subordinate to through traffic movement.

Intermediate Urban – serves through traffic while allowing moderate access density. Urban Developed – traffic artery with high access density. Access and through movement have equal priority. Urban Fringe – rural highway serving developing area immediately adjacent to a city or town. Access regulated to provide future through-traffic priority.

Rural – low volume, high-speed facility. Access points are spaced for safety and operations efficiency.

The Department shall determine the access classification for each highway. An

Engineering Study of sight distance, corner clearance, operational efficiency, safety and

adjacent land use may also be conducted by the Department prior to granting access

and may alter the criteria shown in the table. The Department may choose to adopt or

defer to local criteria on any highway facility located within or adjacent to the local

jurisdiction if the access location criteria promulgated by the local unit of government

are more stringent than those contained in herein. The Department will seek

opportunities to reduce access density wherever possible.

The Department may grant a variance from the access-location criteria within the

purpose and intent of this Policy. No variance may be considered until other feasible

options for meeting access-location criteria are explored. Any Applicant for a variance

from these criteria shall provide proof of unique or special conditions that make strict

application of the provisions impractical. This shall include proof that:

1. Reasonably convenient access cannot otherwise be obtained;

2. No feasible engineering or construction solutions can be applied to mitigate

the condition; and

3. No alternative access is available from a street other than the primary

roadway.

No variance may be granted, unless a strict application of access-location criteria would

deny reasonably convenient access or would endanger public health, welfare, and

safety.

The Applicant or landowner shall contact the Department to determine if modifications to

the access are required if:

1. The land use served by the access changes;

2. The traffic volume using the access increases by at least 25%; or

3. The truck percentage of total vehicular volume using the access increases by

at least 10%.

The Department may, without receiving notice for the Applicant or landowner, initiate

such a review and determination, with notice to the Applicant.

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The Department may determine an access is not in conformance with these

requirements if:

1. The access was not authorized by an approved access permit;

2. The Applicant did not notify the Department of changes in traffic characteristics;

3. The access is used in violation of the permit; or

4. The Property served by the access has been platted without the approval of the

Department.

If such a finding, the Department may order correction of the nonconformity, require the

Applicant to submit a new permit application, or suspend or revoke the access permit

and order the closure and removal of the access.

The Applicant is responsible for the costs of construction, maintenance, and removal (if

necessary) of the access - this includes any culverts needing to be added, modified, or

relocated as well as any fencing and/or gates and other road-side accoutrements. The

Applicant is also responsible for any risk and liability for any accident and damage that

may occur to a person or property from the work performed under an access permit.

The Department may bring action to recover any cost incurred to correct any deficiency.

The Applicant is also responsible for the cost of designing and constructing any turn

lane, traffic signal, and other roadway improvement recommended in a Traffic Impact

Study as necessary to mitigate any impact of development. Any improvement must be

approved by the Department and comply with Department design standards.

The Applicant shall notify the Department at least one week prior to any construction.

Construction of the access may not proceed until the access permit is issued. The access

shall be completed in an expeditious and safe manner and shall be finished within the

time stated in the permit. The Applicant shall notify the Department at least two days

prior to substantial completion of the access construction. The Department shall inspect

the access to verify that all terms and conditions of the permit are met.

The Applicant is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the access beyond the edge

of the roadway including:

(1) Surfacing;

(2) Curb and gutter;

(3) Cattle guard and gate;

(4) Vegetation control;

(5) Removal or clearance of snow or ice upon the access even though deposited on

the access in the course of Department snow removal operations;

(6) Obtaining Department approval for all culvert repairs, drainage repairs,

resurfacing, and changes in access design or configuration; and

(7) Any other maintenance required for continued safe and satisfactory operation of

the access point.

If the Applicant fails to maintain an access point, the Department, upon notice to the

Applicant, may correct any maintenance deficiency at cost to the Applicant.