[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Mazomanie 6-28-1988
as Title 4, Ch. 3 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
For the safety of the general public, the Village shall
determine the location, size, construction, and number of access points to
public roadways within the Village limits, through the administration of this
chapter by the Director of Public Works. It is the Village's intent to provide
safe access to properties abutting public roadways suitable for the property
to be developed to its highest and best use, provided that access is not deficient
or dangerous to the general public.
B.
Unless otherwise especially permitted by resolution of
the Village Board, upon written application giving the reason therefor, no
person shall construct, repair or reconstruct any driveway across or through
any sidewalk or curbing without having first obtained a permit from the Director
of Public Works for which a fee in the sum as set by the Village Board shall
be charged. Such permit shall be issued upon an application form provided
by the Village and shall contain such information as the Village Board shall
deem necessary; issuance shall be conditioned upon complete compliance with
the provisions of this chapter.
A.
Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall be at
least 10 feet wide at the property line for residential properties, and a
minimum of 10 feet and a maximum of 25 feet wide at the property line and
a minimum of 15 feet and a maximum of 30 feet at the roadway for residential
properties, and a minimum of 18 feet and a maximum of 30 feet at the property
line and a minimum of 23 feet and a maximum of 35 feet at the roadway for
farmsteads and all other properties.
[Amended 3-12-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-2]
B.
No driveway shall be closer than 10 feet to an extended
street or alley line at an intersection. At street intersections a driveway
shall not provide direct ingress or egress to or from the street intersection
area and shall not occupy areas of the roadway deemed necessary by the Village
Board for effective traffic control or for highway signs or signals. Vehicular
entrances and exits to drive-in theaters, banks and restaurants; motels; funeral
homes; vehicular sales, service, washing and repair stations; garages; or
public parking lots shall be not less than 200 feet from any pedestrian entrance
or exit to a school, college, university, church, hospital, park, playground,
library, public emergency shelter, or other place of public assembly.[1]
[Amended 3-12-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-2]
C.
No more than two driveway entrances and approaches shall
be constructed for any lot or premises except where deemed necessary and feasible
without the impairment of safety, convenience and utility of the street by
the Village Board or the committee thereof. Driveway approaches shall be at
least 10 feet apart except by special permission from the Village Board or
the committee thereof, and driveways shall in all cases be placed wherever
possible so as not to interfere with utilities in place. Any costs of relocating
utilities shall be the responsibility of the property owner, with approval
of the Village Board necessary before any utility may be relocated and the
driveway installed.
[Amended 4-14-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-2 ]
E.
No driveway apron shall extend out into the street further
than the facing of the curb, and under no circumstances shall such driveway
apron extend into any gutter area. All driveway entrances and approaches shall
be so constructed as not to interfere with the drainage of streets, side ditches
or roadside areas, or with any existing structure on the right-of-way. When
required by the Village Board or the committee thereof so as to provide for
adequate surface water drainage along the abutting street, the property owner
shall provide any necessary culvert pipe at such owner's expense.
[Amended 3-12-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-2]
(1)
When a curb opening is to be made, the property owner shall reconstruct
the curb and gutter in accordance with the specifications for standard curb
and gutter adopted by the Village Board and on file with the Clerk-Treasurer,
namely the three figures showing:
(a)
Construction of a driveway entrance when curb and gutter is being
first constructed on a street which has none;
(b)
Construction of a driveway entrance where curb and gutter exists
by entirely removing the existing curb and gutter; and
(c)
Construction of a driveway entrance where curb and gutter exists
by cutting out a portion of the existing curb and gutter and replacing that
portion only.
(2)
Either of the last two methods may be used in situations in which
curb and gutter already exists. All curb replacements must meet with the approval
of the Director of Public Works. Simply knocking off the back of the curb
and pouring a new transition piece at both ends is not an acceptable alternative.
These specifications shall be adopted unless such ordinance or resolution
establishes different standards therefor.[2]
Permit applications shall be made at least 24 hours in advance of intended
installation, but this shall not be deemed to be a limitation of time within
which a permit must be granted, and the Director of Public Works shall have
such time as reasonably necessary for examination and consideration of any
application before granting the permit, subject always to specific direction
of the Village Board. The Director of Public Works may hold the permit application
in abeyance, when necessary, pending referral and action by the Village Board
or the committee thereof.
The permittee shall assume all responsibility for any injury or damage
to persons or property resulting directly or indirectly during construction
or repair of driveway approaches or entrances. When curb or gutter is removed,
the new construction shall be of equivalent acceptable material and curb returns
provided or restored in a neat, workmanlike manner. Driveway surfaces shall
connect with the street pavement and sidewalk in a neat, workmanlike manner.
