Rules for building driveway entrances from the street

(a) Width of driveway approach. (1) Except for commercial and industrial uses, driveway approaches shall not exceed thirty-six feet in width, including flares. This width shall be measured along the outside face of the curb or the lateral line of the roadway. (2) Driveway approaches for commercial and industrial uses may be wider than thirty-six feet in width, including flares, if designed by an engineer and approved by the director. (b) Common driveway approaches. (1) The director may permit the creation of a common driveway approach for separate parcels when requested by the affected property owners. (2) Except for commercial and industrial uses, common driveway approaches shall not exceed thirty-six feet in width, including flares. This width shall be measured along the outside face of the curb or the lateral line of the roadway. (c) Distance between driveway approach and property lines. Except for a common driveway approach, no portion of a driveway approach, including flares, shall be constructed closer than two feet from the extension of any property line dividing two lots except where a property frontage is less than twenty feet, in which case the flared portions of the driveway may go beyond the property line extension. (d) Location of driveway approaches at intersections. (1) Intersections without a traffic signal system. (A) Except for commercial and industrial uses, no portion of the driveway approach including flares shall be constructed within thirty feet of the intersection of property lines or their extensions. However, if the property corner at the County street intersection is defined by a curve having a radius of greater than thirty feet, no portion of the driveway approach including flares shall be constructed within the curve. (B) For commercial and industrial uses, no portion of the driveway approach including flares shall be constructed within seventy-five feet of the intersection of property lines or their extensions. However, if the property corner at the County street intersection is defined by a curve having a radius of greater than seventy-five feet, no portion of the driveway approach including flares shall be constructed within the curve. (2) Intersections with a traffic signal system. No portion of the driveway approach including flares shall be constructed within seventy-five feet of the intersection of property lines or their extensions. However, if the property corner at the County street intersection is defined by a curve having a radius of greater than seventy-five feet, no portion of the driveway approach, including flares, shall be constructed within the curve. (3) If a property does not have sufficient County street frontage to comply with the intersection location requirements, the driveway shall be located as far from the intersection as possible. A plot plan showing the location of the driveway shall be submitted to the director for review and approval. (e) Maximum number of driveway approaches. (1) Except for commercial and industrial uses, no property shall have more than two driveway approaches. A common driveway approach shall be counted as one of the two driveway approaches. Two driveway approaches will be allowed if they meet the width, spacing and location requirements of this chapter. (2) For commercial and industrial uses, multiple driveway approaches shall be designed by an engineer and approved by the director. (f) Spacing between driveway approaches. (1) When more than one driveway approach is to be constructed for a property, there shall be a minimum space of thirty feet between approaches. (g) Public facilities. (1) No driveway approach shall interfere with any existing public facilities located within a County street. Typical public facilities include street lighting poles, traffic signal poles and equipment, signs, catch-basins, fire hydrants, crosswalks, parking spaces and meters, bus loading zones, utility poles, underground public utilities and other related public structures or improvements within a County street. (2) If a proposed driveway approach interferes with an existing public facility, the owner of the property using the driveway approach shall bear the expense of removing, reconstructing or relocating the facility. This work shall be performed according to the provisions of this chapter. (3) If a proposed public facility interferes with an existing driveway approach, the owner of the public facility shall bear the expense of removing, reconstructing or relocating the driveway approach and its related improvements, including paying for all damages resulting from the work and restoring all improvements to a state equal to or better than its original condition. COUNTY STREETS § 22-4.9 (4) Culverts, swales and other drainage improvements. No driveway approach shall interfere with the proper runoff of surface waters into, or passage of waters through existing drainage culverts, swales, ditches, watercourses, defiles, or depressions. When in the construction of a driveway approach, the proper runoff of surface waters and other waters require the construction of a drainage structure other than a swale, such drainage structure shall be designed by an engineer and subject to the approval of the director. (2002, ord 02-67, sec 2.)22-4.9