[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Bell Acres 6-16-1980 by Ord. No. 96. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Borough of Bell Acres finds that it is in
the public interest to regulate the design, location and construction
of access driveways in such a manner so as to facilitate the safe
and unobstructed movement of vehicular traffic on Borough roads.
Any person desiring to construct or lay out
an access driveway shall make application to the Borough for approval
of the location, design and mode of construction of such driveway
and for permission to proceed. Application forms will be available
at the Borough Secretary/Treasurer's office to any applicant upon
request. The construction of the proposed driveway shall not be started
prior to written approval by the Chairman of the Public Works Committee.
There shall be installed under a driveway which
abuts a Borough road or street drainage pipe having a minimum diameter
of 15 inches.
A flat or level area of approximately four feet
in length in said driveway shall be provided between the private property
and the point where the driveway intersects the cartway.
Access driveways shall be constructed in accordance
with the guidelines and tables set forth in the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation Revised Guidelines for Design of Local Roads and
Streets, dated July 12, 1976, specifically, pages 13 and 14, No. 10.,
Driveways, and page 15. Figures 2 and 3.
[Amended 9-14-1992 by Ord. No. 158]
Any person violating any provision or regulation
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before any District
Justice, be fined a sum not exceeding $600, plus costs of prosecution
for each offense, and, upon any default of payment of such fine and
costs, may be committed to imprisonment in the Allegheny County Jail
for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day's continuance of a violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
