The provisions of this chapter apply to permits for the laying,
constructing, reconstructing or repairing of curbs, sidewalks, gutters,
driveways, street surfaces, retaining walls, storm drains, culverts,
streetlights or lighting systems, or other appurtenant structures.
(Prior code § 7105.01)
Before a permittee performs any work covered by this chapter,
he or she shall obtain from the city engineer the approved lines and
grades therefor.
(Prior code § 7105.03)
If, in the opinion of the city engineer, the work proposed to
be done requires the making of plans or the setting of stakes, or
both, the city engineer may require the application be accompanied
by the necessary plans, which plans shall be prepared by a competent
engineer.
(Prior code § 7105.02)
The city engineer shall establish the standards for construction,
reconstruction or repairing of curbs, gutters, driveways, street surfaces,
retaining walls, storm drains, culverts, streetlights or lighting
systems, or other appurtenant structures.
(Prior code § 7105.04)
A.
A driveway
shall not be constructed or maintained where fences, buildings, natural
grade, or any other obstacle will prevent a vehicle from being stored
entirely off the public right-of-way after entering such driveway.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
The width of an individual driveway shall be considered as being
the net width thereof, exclusive of side slopes and returns, measured
along the line of the curb or centerline of the highway. The width
of an individual driveway shall be not less than ten feet and shall
not exceed in width:
A.
Thirty
feet, if the driveway serves only residences or apartments;
B.
Thirty
feet for lots or parcels of land less than one hundred feet wide;
C.
Thirty
feet or twenty percent of the front frontage of the lot or parcel
of land, whichever is greater, but not to exceed sixty feet, when
the driveway serves other than residences or apartments on a lot or
parcel of land not less than one hundred feet wide.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
The aggregate width of the total number of driveways serving
any single lot or parcel of land from any one highway shall not exceed:
A.
Fifty
percent of the frontage, if the driveway serves only residences and
apartments;
B.
Sixty
percent of the frontage in other cases.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
A.
The
minimum intervening distance between the side slopes or returns of
adjacent driveways servicing the same lot or parcel shall be twenty-two
feet. In the case of adjacent driveways serving two adjoining lots
or parcels, the intervening distance between the side slopes or returns
shall be at least two feet; otherwise a common or continuous driveway
will be required.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
A.
A driveway,
including the side slopes, shall not be constructed between the points
of curvature of any curb return except in the case of a curb return
having a radius of twenty-five feet or more. Then driveways may encroach
at each end thereof for a distance not greater than one-eighth of
the total arc length of return, leaving in the clear at least three-quarters
of such arc length, if such encroachment does not conflict with other
requirements of this section.
B.
Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing provisions, a driveway shall not encroach on
any curb return beyond or ahead of any traffic-regulating device located
on or adjacent thereto.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
Where topographical or traffic conditions are such that a modification
of these provisions is necessary for the promotion of traffic safety,
and the city engineer so finds, he or she may permit a deviation from
the provisions to the extent which he or she finds necessary.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
If any stakes set by the city engineer for any work covered
by these provisions are disturbed or destroyed by cause directly attributable
to the permittee's delay in making use of the stakes, the city engineer
shall set the additional stakes and shall charge the cost thereof
to the permittee.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
