13.28.020 Permit – Required – Application requirements.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, to construct or install any service driveway across any sidewalk, parking strip, curb or in or upon any part of any street without first obtaining a permit from the City Engineer or their designee. Any person, firm, corporation or association desiring to construct or install a service driveway shall make application in writing, to the City Engineer or their designee for a permit, and such application shall state the location of the proposed service driveway, a description of the property in front of which such driveway is to be constructed or installed, the kind of material proposed to be used in the construction of such driveway, the width of the proposed driveway, and such other data and information as the City Engineer or their designee may require before issuance of a permit.
A. For service drive ways on property frontages of one hundred feet or less where the City Engineer or their designee finds that such driveways are not a menace to the safety of the city and will not seriously affect the parking area in that portion of the city where such driveway is proposed to be constructed and in line with the provisions of Section 13.28.020, the City Engineer or their designee shall issue a permit therefore.
B. If only one service driveway is desired, the maximum width shall be as follows:
Property Frontage |
Maximum Width of Cuts |
|---|---|
Less than 16 feet |
8 feet |
16 to 30 feet |
53 percent of width |
31 to 50 feet |
26 feet with ramps |
51 to 75 feet |
31 feet with ramp |
Over 75 feet |
36 feet with ramps |
C. In other than residential zones (R l, R 2, R 3 as set forth in the city’s zoning ordinance on file in the office of the city recorder) of the city, only one service driveway shall be allowed for a frontage up to fifty feet. For frontages in nonresidential zones over fifty feet and less than one hundred feet, if two service driveways are desired the maximum width of each driveway shall be not more than twenty five feet and not more than two such twenty-five foot driveways shall be permitted within that frontage. If service driveways less than twenty five feet in width are desired, three ten foot driveways will be permitted for each one hundred feet or more of frontage.
D. For any frontage in excess of one hundred feet, each additional one hundred feet or fraction thereof shall be considered as a separate frontage, any service driveway in excess of the above maximum width must receive the approval of the council.
E. Only one service driveway will be allowed for frontage of less than fifty one feet for residential properties in the R l, R 2, R 3 zone areas of the city except when the City Engineer finds that a residential property has unusual or severe access problems, he may allow two driveway cuts of not more than twelve feet each.
F. On a frontage in cases of more than fifty one feet and less than seventy five feet, two driveways of not more than fifteen feet each may be allowed.
G. In no event shall any two driveways be allowed which do not provide twenty two feet of straight curb to separate driveways under one ownership.
H. In cases where driveways are constructed on corner lots no driveway shall be built closer than three feet from the crosswalk at the curbline.
I. In all cases the City Engineer or their designee shall have the right to determine the location of each such driveway with reference to lot lines keeping in mind the use of the street, public safety, necessity for maximum parking space on street and the use for which the driveway is intended and the premises to be served.
J. The term “frontage” as used in this section shall be considered the boundary of private property abutting upon the city street line.