[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1901, 4/11/1995]
Wherever motor vehicle access is provided from the street (or
private road) onto the lot the following regulations shall apply.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1902, 4/11/1995]
1. Access to the lot shall comply with the following regulations:
A. Access shall be by not more than two driveways for each 100 feet
frontage on any street.
B. No two of said driveways serving single-family and two-family dwellings
shall be closer to each other than 12 feet and no driveway shall be
closer to a side property line than three feet and no flare shall
cross an extended side property line. Except in the case of single-
and two-family dwellings the general layout shall be such that there
will be no need for motorists to back over public rights-of-way.
C. Each driveway shall be paved and shall not exceed 35 feet in width,
measured at right angles to the center line of the driveway except
as increased by permissible curb return radii. The entire flare of
any return radius shall fall within the right-of-way.
D. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way line within 40
feet of the street right-of-way line of an intersecting street and
in no case less than 10 feet from the point of tangency when the intersecting
street lines are joined by a curve. Notwithstanding the above and
when deemed necessary for public safety by the Board of Supervisors
this dimension shall be increased for access drives to shopping centers,
other commercial, industrial, public or institutional uses. Such access
drives shall be located in a manner to permit safe ingress and egress.
E. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within five feet
of a fire hydrant, catch basin or drain inlet.
F. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within 40 feet
of another driveway on the same lot, excepting in the case where dual
access drives are deemed necessary to permit safe ingress and egress,
these dimensions may be reduced to not less than 12 feet between two
access drives.
G. For multifamily developments and nonresidential uses, when deemed
necessary to permit safe ingress and egress, acceleration and deceleration
lanes paralleling the street shall be installed at the expense of
the property owners.
H. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way for all multifamily
developments and in all commercial, industrial and other such nonresidential
uses, within 20 feet of a property line unless two adjoining property
owners mutually agree in a legally recorded instrument to a common
driveway.
I. For multifamily developments and nonresidential uses, where there
is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalks on the street or private
road, a safety island along the entire frontage of the property shall
be provided except for the permitted driveways. On the two ends and
street side of each such island shall be constructed a concrete curb
in accordance with other codes and ordinances of the Township.
J. For multifamily developments and nonresidential uses where there
is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalks a curb, fence or pipe
rail shall be constructed along the entire length of the property
line except in front of the permitted driveway in accordance with
other codes and ordinances of the Township.
K. General safety requirements — Sight distance. Driveways shall
be located in safe relationship to sight distance and barriers to
vision and shall not exceed a slope of 10% within 12 feet of the street
line. Where drives enter a bank through a cut, unless a retaining
wall is used, the side slopes of the cut shall be graded to not more
than one-half foot vertical to one-foot horizontal within 10 feet
of the point the drive intersects with the right-of-way line.
L. Submission of plan. A scale drawing of proposed off-street parking
and loading areas, access drives and walks shall be submitted as part
of the required plot plan. Any plan requiring access onto a state
highway shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1903, 4/11/1995]
Gasoline pumps and all other service equipment shall be set
back not less than 25 feet from any street line and shall be so located
that vehicles stopped for service will not extend over the property
line.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1904, 4/11/1995]
Stabilized emergency vehicle access shall be provided around all buildings which are defined as "unlimited area building" by the BOCA National Building Code [Chapter
5] or as otherwise required by the Township Board of Supervisors. Stabilized areas shall be located as required by the Township and consist of either paving in accordance with Township standards or, in lawn areas, eight inches of #4 crushed aggregate or approved equal, 18 feet in width and covered with sod. In lawn areas, delineators shall be placed at fifty-foot intervals to identify the location of the access lane.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1905, 4/11/1995]
Fire lanes shall have a minimum width of 18 feet for the efficient
and effective use of fire apparatus. Designated fire lanes shall be
maintained free of obstructions and vehicles and shall be marked in
an approved manner. All designated fire lane signs or markings shall
be maintained in a clean and legible condition at all times and replaced
when necessary to ensure adequate visibility.