[Adopted as Ch. 11, Art. II, of the 1964 Code]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation shall construct a driveway for vehicles or animals across any sidewalk in the Village without first having obtained a permit therefor.
B. 
Applications for such permits shall be made to the Flossmoor Building Department and shall be accompanied by the fee required.
C. 
No permit for construction of a driveway for commercial use, or for the habitual use of other than the owner or occupant of the premises served, shall be issued except upon the order of the corporate authorities. All permits shall be subject to approval of the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 7-17-1995 by FMC-307]
The fee for all such construction permits shall be as stated in Chapter 150, Fees, Fines and Charges, Article 8.
No driveway shall be so constructed or graded as to leave a step, sharp depression or other obstruction on the sidewalk. The grade shall be as nearly as possible the same as that of the adjoining sidewalk. It shall be unlawful to have the grade of such portion vary from the grade of the sidewalk, or be other than level with the sidewalk and shall end the pavement line.
Driveways across sidewalks shall be as follows:
A. 
Driveways constructed in parkways of public streets shall be not less than 10 feet in width and shall extend from the sidewalk edge nearest the roadway to the back of the curb. The driveway surface shall be level with the surface of the adjoining sidewalk and shall slope toward the curb at grade of not less than 2.10% (1/4 inch vertical to one foot horizontal). Where the driveway abuts the curb, the surface of the driveway shall be not less than 3/4 inch above the gutter line or the top, provided where curb and/or sidewalks do not exist, the alignments and elevations for same shall be established by the Director of Public Works and the driveway constructed in accordance therewith.
B. 
No driveway shall be constructed in such manner as to obstruct proper roadway drainage, roadway maintenance or snow removal.
C. 
Where, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, the existing public sidewalk over which vehicles using the driveway must pass is not of sufficient strength, the said sidewalk shall be removed and replaced with new PCC sidewalk. The new sidewalk shall be not less than six inches in thickness, or seven inches if so ordered by the Director of Public Works.
D. 
The new sidewalk shall extend the full width of the adjoining driveway. Expansion joints consisting of preformed joint filler 1/2 inch in thickness shall be placed where new sidewalk joins existing sidewalk. Applicable portions of the code governing construction of PCC sidewalks are hereby made a part of this specification.
E. 
Where concrete driveways abut sidewalks and curbs, the structures shall be separated by expansion joints consisting of preformed joint filler 1/2 inch in thickness.
It shall be the duty of the person maintaining the driveway to keep the same in good repair where it crosses the sidewalk, and free from obstruction and openings.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 11.206, Penalty, of the 1964 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783.