Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 70 - TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Part I - Highway Construction
Chapter 15 - Access Connection Permits
Section I-1525 - Access Connections - Spacing and Sharing

A. Every effort shall be made by the district traffic operations engineer and/or district engineer administrator to designate approved locations of access connections within existing property limits so that the spacing between adjacent access connections is maximized.

B. A minimum spacing as defined in DOTD policy should be maintained between access connections. If frontage is not available to maintain minimum spacing of access connections, the DOTD reserves the right to require adjacent property owners to share a single access connection.

C. When necessary to maintain the corridor and preserve mobility, adjacent property owners may be required by the DOTD to share an access connection (new or existing). This provision applies to both residential and commercial applicants. Under this provision, a residential applicant shall only be required to share use with other residential applicants. A commercial applicant shall only be required to share an access connection with other commercial applicants.

D. The DOTD may require adjacent commercial applicants to share access connections and/or provide connectivity between properties and parking lots in an effort to limit the number of access connections along the right-of-way.

E. When access connection sharing and/or property connectivity is required by the DOTD of independent property owners, it shall be the responsibility of the property owners to develop maintenance and cost agreements. The signed agreement shall be submitted to the DOTD as part of this application.

F. Any costs resulting from the requirement to share access connections or provide property connectivity shall be borne by the involved property owners and shall not be the responsibility of the DOTD.