§ 22-73. Number, width of openings.

(a)

Residential property generally. The width of residential driveway entrances shall be limited to eighteen (18) feet each as measured along the curbline with not more than two (2) such entrances to the same property; provided that property adjacent to both a local street and either a major or minor thoroughfare shall be permitted access only from the local street. When two (2) entrances are constructed to serve the same residence, there shall be a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet of curb allowed to remain between the driveway entrances measured along the curbline.

(b)

Two- to four-family dwellings in a house. The width of the driveway entrances shall be limited to eighteen (18) feet each as measured along the curbline when two (2) entrances are made to the same property, provided there shall be a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet of curbline allowed to remain between the driveways. The width of a single driveway entrance to serve a duplex shall be limited to twenty-four (24) feet. There shall be no more than two (2) entrances to the same property.

(c)

Multifamily dwellings. When driveway entrances are constructed to serve a townhouse or apartment houses, such entrances may be twenty-four (24) feet in width measured at the curbline with not more than two (2) such entrances to the same property from the same street. When two (2) driveway entrances are constructed, there shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet between driveway entrances measured at the curbline.

(d)

Joint driveways. The width of a joint driveway, as may be authorized by the public services director, serving two (2) adjacent pieces of property, shall be limited to twenty-four (24) feet along the curbline, provided no other means of driveway access is reasonably available and the permit for such driveway is signed by the owners of the adjacent property. There shall be no more than one (1) joint driveway for each two (2) adjacent pieces of general residential property and no more than two (2) joint driveways for each two (2) adjacent pieces of duplex or multifamily residential property.

(e)

Business property. Driveway entrances and exits constructed to serve business property shall not exceed fifty (50) feet in actual width at the property line with the actual width and turning radius to be determined and approved by the public services director city traffic engineer, or their designee. Not more than two (2) such curb openings shall be permitted from the same street to serve any business or combined group of businesses such as a shopping center. When two (2) openings are constructed, a minimum distance of five (5) feet of curb shall remain between the driveway entrances.

(f)

Industrial uses. Curb openings made to provide entrances or exits to industrial plants shall not exceed fifty (50) feet in actual width at the property line with the actual width and turning radius to be determined and approved by the public services director or his designee, with not more than one (1) such entrance to the same property; except that the public services director or city traffic engineer may approve, without the concurrence of the city council, a second entrance when he deems such is in the public interest to facilitate ingress and egress to the property. When two (2) or more such industrial driveway entrances are constructed, there shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet between such entrances as measured at the curbline.

(g)

Corner lots. Property having frontage on two (2) intersecting streets within one hundred (100) feet of the intersection of such streets shall have access only from the minor or less intensively used street except as may be authorized under section 22-68.

(Code 1977, § 24-49; Ord. No. 2018-16, § 3(Exh. C), 4-3-18)