This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "White Township
Driveway Ordinance of 1985."
[Amended 7-3-2001]
There shall be submitted with an application for a driveway
permit the following nonrefundable fees payable to the Township of
White:
A. Residential driveway: $75.
B. Commercial driveway: $50.
C. Industrial driveway: $50.
D. An application for any residential driveway permit which, in the
opinion of the Zoning Officer, requires review by the Township Engineer
shall be assessed both the applicable fee set forth above and an engineering
review and inspection fee of $200.
[Amended 11-6-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-22]
All driveways to be constructed, or existing driveways to be
altered, which intersect with the right-of-way line of any existing
or future public road shall be constructed or altered in accordance
with the following minimum requirements:
A. All driveways to be constructed or altered so as to slope from the
public road right-of-way line of any existing or future public road
shall be constructed or altered in accordance with the following minimum
requirements:
(1) Within the right-of-way limits, the finished grade of the driveway
shall be no greater than 6%.
(2) In instances where the driveway to be constructed or altered intersects
a roadway with a shoulder, the driveway grade shall be the grade of
the shoulder.
(3) The driveway shall slope upward from the gutter line on a straight
slope at least 10 feet long for residential driveways and 40 feet
long for commercial and industrial driveways, unless otherwise specified
by the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Engineer.
(4) No driveway shall be constructed to exceed a slope of 15%.
[Added 12-29-1997]
Those portions of driveways constructed or altered within public
roads or rights-of-way or within 25 feet of the center line of the
public roadway, whichever is greater, shall be constructed of the
following materials:
A. Residential driveways entering unpaved roads: six inches (compacted
thickness) of dense graded aggregate base course.
B. Residential driveways entering paved roads:
[Amended 10-4-2001]
(1) Base course: four inches (compacted thickness) of dense graded aggregate
base course.
(2) Surface course: two inches (compacted thickness) of hot mix asphalt
9.5M64 surface course or approved equal.
C. Commercial driveways:
(1) Base course: four inches (compacted thickness) of dense graded aggregate
base course.
(2) Base
course: four inches (compacted thickness) of hot mix asphalt 19M64
base course or approved equal.
(3) Surface course: two inches (compacted thickness) of hot mix asphalt
12.5M64 surface course or approved equal.
D. Industrial driveways:
(1) Base course: six inches (compacted thickness) of dense graded aggregate
base course.
(2) Base
course: six inches (compacted thickness) of hot mix asphalt 19H64
base course.
(3) Surface
course: two inches (compacted thickness) of hot mix asphalt 12.5H64
surface course.
E. Driveways entering curbed roads:
(1) Curbs crossing driveways shall be constructed or reconstructed to
provide a depression with a two-inch curb height relative to the edge
of the roadway pavement. The top of the depressed curb shall be sloped
down toward the roadway to provide a one-and-one-half-inch curb face.
(2) The total depth of concrete shall be maintained across the depression.
(3) Transitions from the depressed curb to the full faced curb shall
be over a maximum length of 18 inches.
[Amended 12-27-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-29]
A. Upon notice to the Code Enforcement Officer of the completion of
the construction of the driveway, the Code Enforcement Officer or
Township Engineer shall inspect the same and shall endorse a driveway
permit to evidence compliance or noncompliance with standards specified
herein. The construction of the driveway shall not be deemed in accord
with the provisions of this chapter unless and until said permit has
been so endorsed. Failure of the Code Enforcement Officer or Township
Engineer to endorse the driveway permit within 21 days after submission
of said permit for endorsement shall be deemed as approval by the
Township.
B. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued unless all driveways
on the lot or site have been completed in accordance with the approved
plan. Inspection to assure compliance will be done by the Township
Engineer, except that residential driveways shall be inspected by
the Code Enforcement Officer.
C. Performance bond.
(1) When by reason of inclement weather, lack of available materials
due to plant closures, or other reason acceptable to the Code Enforcement
Officer, a driveway cannot be paved, a bond or other security deemed
acceptable by the Township Attorney may be provided to insure completion
of the work. Other driveway-related improvements such as guiderails
shall be installed in all cases prior to any occupancy of the property
or the erection of buildings thereon. This provision shall not apply
if, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer or the Township
Engineer, site conditions do not warrant use of a driveway unless
and until it is completely constructed according to the approved plan.
(2) The applicant shall provide a driveway construction cost estimate
to be reviewed by the Code Enforcement Officer in determining the
amount of the bond or other security. The amount shall be reasonably
related to the costs of construction.