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Title III - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY Chapter 18 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES Orono, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Created: 2022-07-19 16:12:33 [EST] (Supp. No. 20, Update 2) Page 1 of 29 Chapter 18 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES 1 ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 18-1. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Corner means the point of intersection of the extension of lines of two public or private curb faces or the edges of the street pavement or shoulders. Curb cut means the opening along a street curb line or pavement edge for the purpose of motor vehicle ingress and egress from a roadway. Curb cut width shall include the width of the driveway approach and of the curb returns, if any. Curb return means that portion of a curb next to a driveway approach which includes the radius or curvature or the ramp-type lug on commercial or industrial type pavements and which connects the driveway approach to the public or private road curb. Driveway means a paved or otherwise delineated area on private property for the operation of automobiles and other vehicles. Driveway approach means a paved or otherwise delineated area on the right-of-way between the roadway of a public or private road and private property, intended to provide ingress and egress for vehicles from a private or public road to private property. A driveway approach must provide access to a parking area, a driveway, a door intended and used for the entrance of vehicles, or other similar structure or facility. Driveway approaches shall be of two classes: (1)Business driveway approach means a driveway approach from any public right-of-way providing motor vehicles with ingress and egress from the public or private road to any property other than a single- family dwelling. (2)Resident driveway approach means a driveway approach from any public or private right-of-way providing ingress and egress for motor vehicles from the public or private road to a single-family residential dwelling. Driveway turnaround means a paved or otherwise clearly delineated area which is part of or connected to a driveway or driveway approach, on private property, sufficient in size for an automobile or other vehicle to turn 180 degrees without leaving the paved or delineated area. 1Cross reference(s)—Any ordinance dedicating, establishing, naming, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, repairing or vacating any street saved from repeal, § 1-12(a)(11); any ordinance establishing the grade of any street or sidewalk saved from repeal, § 1-12(a)(12); utilities, ch. 14; parks and recreation, ch. 22; peddlers and solicitors, ch. 30; environment, ch. 58; traffic and vehicles, ch. 66; parades and special events, § 66-191 et seq.; planning commission, ch. 74; zoning regulations, ch. 78; subdivision regulations, ch. 82; buildings and building regulations, ch. 86; manufactured homes and trailers, ch. 90; waterways, ch. 94. State law reference(s)—General powers as to streets, Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subds. 6, 7, 18. 4