The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Access connection--Facility for entry and/or exit such as a driveway, street, road, or highway that connects to a highway on the state highway system.
2. (2) Commercial driveway--An entrance to, or exit from, any commercial, business, or similar type establishment.
3. (3) Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.
4. (4) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.
5. (5) Eligible county--A county with a population of 3.3 million or more or a county adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
6. (6) Engineering study--An appropriate level of analysis as determined by the department, which may include a traffic impact analysis, that determines the expected impact that permitting access will have on mobility, safety, and the efficient operation of the state highway system.
7. (7) Executive director--The executive director of the department, or a designee not below the level of deputy executive director or assistant executive director.
8. (8) Local access management plan--A plan or guideline in a formally adopted rule or ordinance that is related to the application of access management within the municipality's or eligible county's jurisdiction.
9. (9) Local access road--A local public street or road, generally one parallel to a highway on the state highway system to which access for businesses or properties located between the highway and the local access road is provided as a substitute for access to the highway. A local access road may also be called a lateral road or reverse frontage road, depending on individual location and application.
10. (10) Permittee--A property owner or its authorized representative who receives an access connection permit from the department to construct or modify an access connection from the property to a highway on the state highway system.
11. (11) Private driveway--An entrance to or exit from a residential dwelling, farm, or ranch for the exclusive use and benefit of the permittee.
12. (12) Public driveway--An approach from a publicly maintained road or street or an entrance or exit from a public school, a publicly owned cemetery, or other publicly owned places or buildings that provide for public access.
13. (13) Regionally significant highway--A highway functionally classified as a minor arterial or higher.
14. (14) Traffic impact analysis--A traffic engineering study to the level of analysis determined by the department that determines the potential current and future traffic impacts of a proposed traffic generator and is signed, sealed, and dated by an engineer licensed to practice in the state of Texas.

Source Note:The provisions of this §11.51 adopted to be effective October 16, 2003, 28 TexReg 8958; amended to be effective October 19, 2006, 31 TexReg 8574.