Traffic Sensitive Overlay District

1. Traffic Sensitive Districts are established for the following purposes:
- a) To facilitate the movement of traffic along major roads in Portsmouth in a safe and orderly manner;
- b) To reduce the number of and increase the spacing of driveways which may disrupt traffic flow;
- c) To reduce infringement on the rights of the public to travel roadways in a safe manner, while at the same time providing for adequate access and egress to properties; and
- d) To protect the public safety along major thoroughfares in the Town where accidents have frequently occurred.
2. All driveways opening onto streets listed in Subparagraph 5 of this Section shall have suitable turnaround space so that automobiles do not back out into said streets.
3. On any lot with frontage on the streets listed in Subparagraph 5 of this Section the following shall apply:
- a) Only one (1) driveway or curb opening onto streets listed in Subparagraph 5 of this Section shall be created to serve the original lot; or
- b) Future subdivision or lots created from the original lot shall be served by a single common driveway or curb opening onto the streets listed in Subparagraph 5 of this Section; or
- c) A public street or street system approved by the Planning Board under the provisions of the Rules and Regulations Regarding the Subdivision of Land shall be created to serve all subsequent lots created from the original lot.
  Editor's Note: See Ch. 236, Land Development and Subdivision Regulations.
4. Common driveways, rights-of-way or other common means of access to adjacent streets listed in Subparagraph 5 of this Section shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Review before any building permit shall be issued for lots created from the original lot.
5. This Section shall be applicable only to lots having frontage on the following streets:
- a) East Main Road (Route 138).
- b) West Main Road (Route 114).
- c) Bristol Ferry Road (Route 114).
- d) Turnpike Avenue.
- e) Union Street.
- f) Middle Road.
- g) Sandy Point Avenue.
  [Added 6-5-1995]
  Note: This amendment exempts Plat 66, Lot 4 as presently constituted.
- h) Wapping Road.
  [Added 6-5-1995]
  Note: This amendment exempts Plat 66, Lot 4 as presently constituted.
- i) Glen Road.
  [Added 6-5-1995]
  Note: This amendment exempts Plat 66, Lot 4 as presently constituted.
- j) Boyd's Lane.
  [Added 6-5-1995]
  Note: This amendment exempts Plat 66, Lot 4 as presently constituted.
- k) Braman's Lane.
  [Added 6-5-1995]
  Note: This amendment exempts Plat 66, Lot 4 as presently constituted.
- l) Stringham Road.
  [Added 3-15-2010]
- m) Burma Road.
  [Added 3-15-2010]
  Plat 66, Lot 4 as presently constituted is exempt (see footnotes).
  Note: Also known as "Defense Highway."