A. 
No person shall construct, build, establish or maintain any driveway over, across or upon any public sidewalk or parkway without first obtaining a permit to do so from the City Engineer.
B. 
Where a proposed driveway is for parking lot, garages, gas stations and other commercial uses, such driveway may be established, built, constructed and maintained upon permit, provided that all other requirements of this article dealing with driveways shall be fully complied with subject to the following limitations:
(1) 
A driveway approach which is proposed to be constructed shall be designed with the proposed volume and type of vehicles which will be using it as design criteria. The design shall be such that a vehicle entering or leaving the premises may do so without leaving the proper traffic lane on the street or driving over the curb outside of the drive approach areas. In no case shall the opening for residential property be more than 16 feet at the property line for a single driveway and 20 feet at the property line for a double driveway. In multifamily, commercial and industrial areas the openings shall be no more than 35 feet at the property line if one driveway is requested and no more than 30 feet at the property line if two driveway openings are requested. In residential areas, only one driveway opening will be allowed if the lot width is less than 100 feet.
[Ord. No. 1990-16]
(2) 
On a corner lot in one and two family areas, no portion of a driveway approach shall be constructed within six feet of the intersection of the property line extended and the curbline of the intersecting street. On a corner lot in multifamily, commercial and industrial areas, the driveway openings shall be established by reasonable and practical design procedures so that the driveway opening will have no adverse effect on the smooth flow of traffic on the street. In industrial or commercial installations which require multiple driveway openings, the location and number of the openings shall be established by good traffic engineering criteria. The design and location of the driveway must be approved by the City Engineer prior to its construction.
[Ord. No. 1980-25]
(3) 
The City Engineer shall charge an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees for each such permit issued. If any person, firm or corporation shall begin construction of a public sidewalk without said permit, the City Engineer shall charge a permit fee as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, for such permit. No person, firm or corporation may be issued any permit under this chapter if any permit fees requested by this section remain unpaid.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
[Ord. No. 1980-25]
Application for a permit for any curb cuts allowable under this article shall be made to the City Engineer and shall contain the name and address or the person making application, the location and dimensions of the proposed driveway, the use to which it is to be devoted, and whether in the building thereof it will be necessary to cut down or alter a street curb or elevate or depress the existing grade of the walk or parkway.
[Ord. No. 1976-126]
All driveways on the public right-of-way shall be constructed of portland cement concrete or bituminous concrete as a condition to the issuance of a permit. The City Engineer may require, as a condition to the issuance of a permit, that appropriate curbing or retaining walls be constructed on the sides of such driveways whenever the physical conditions require the construction of such curbing and retaining walls to prevent erosion and overloading of sewers.
A. 
Whenever the curbing of any pavement is to be cut to afford access to any lot, no part of the cut shall be within 18 inches of the property line extended. However, this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit curb cut or apron repair for an existing joint driveway or to prevent creation of a joint driveway for abutting property owners upon vacation of an alley or street, provided creation or maintenance of curb cuts therefor is otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
[Ord. No. 1978-2]
B. 
Openings for driveways. Openings for driveways shall be made by:
(1) 
Removing and replacing the entire curb and gutter with a new curb and gutter which has a curb laydown molded for the width of the opening and in accordance with the engineering standards of the City of Bloomington; or
(2) 
With a concrete saw, cutting the curb back from the too diagonally at each end of the cut to a point above the low line of the gutter, thence horizontally between the diagonal cuts.
[Ord. No. 1976-27]
C. 
All openings for driveways shall be made so that:
(1) 
The flow of water in the gutter is not directed; and
(2) 
A smooth transitional surface between street and driveway results.
[Ord. No. 1976-27]
Any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be fined in a sum not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense. Each day that such violation or noncompliance continues shall be a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 1976-126]
No person shall have or maintain an entrance or driveway for vehicles from the paved streets or street into his or their premises, crossing an uncut curbing or by means of any curb cut not authorized by the City Engineer. Such authorization shall terminate with the termination of occupancy or use of any premises except those used for single family residences. When an unauthorized curb cut exists, this section shall not be deemed complied with unless the owner of such premises presents a written contract to the City Engineer by which such unauthorized curb cut shall be removed with a period of time found reasonable by the City Engineer in light of the availability of qualified labor, the extent of the repairs and the time of year
Permission shall be granted as provided in this article only upon the further condition that applicant agree in writing to reconstruct the curb and gutter to its former condition as is practicable in the event that such paved portion be not regularly used for either a public or private driveway for a continuous period of one year.
A. 
Calculation of costs.
(1) 
Property owners who sign any petition requesting the vacation of any public street or alley in the City shall be responsible for paying the cost of repairing the entrances to such street or alley if it is vacated by the City. Repairs to entrances required by this section shall include the following improvements across the entire right-of-way of the vacated street or alley:
(a) 
Construction or replacement of curbing; and
(b) 
Removal of all paving in the parkway; and
(c) 
Construction, replacement or repair of sidewalks.
(2) 
Said cost shall be determined by the City Engineer before such petition is submitted to the City Clerk and shall be payable to the City of Bloomington at the time of filing such petition with the City Clerk. Such payment shall be refunded to such property owners if the City fails to vacate such street or alley within 60 days from the date that such petition was filed with the City Clerk.
[Ord. No. 1978-2]
B. 
If one or more petitioners for vacation of a street or alley seek to retain access to some portion of it after vacation, he shall submit a request for a curb cut at such location to the City Engineer as required in this article. The City Engineer shall include the cost of any approved curb cut in his calculation of costs referred to in Subsection A above.
[Ord. No. 1978-2]