Ord #296 Streets, sidewalks and other public places amendment

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granting of a conditional use permit, lot division, subdivision or as designated in the approved site plan. (g) Driveway turnarounds shall be required on all driveways or driveway approaches entering plan, and on all entrances to public roads within the city where deemed necessary by the public services director, based on traffic counts, sight distances, street grades and other relevant factors. If a driveway turnaround is required by the public services director, such requirement shall be stated on any permit issued by him pursuant to this article. (f) Visibility from driveways to a local or collector street shall be unobstructed between a height of three and one-half feet and eight feet above grade (as measured along the driveway elevation), within triangular areas described as beginning at the point where driveway edges meet the street curb (or street pavement in the absence of a curb), thence 15 feet along the driveway edge, thence diagonally to a point 15 feet from the point of beginning along the street curb (or edge of street pavement in the absence of a curb). The owner of the property where any fence, wall,tree, shrubbery,vegetation, or other feature is proposed shall keep such obstructions out of the visibility triangles for their driveway and out of the visibility triangle for driveways on directly-abutting properties. The exception to the regulations in this subsection shall be where there is a mailbox and/or plantings within the visibility triangle that do not result in obstructions House i House House I (57 o Driveway Driveway J Driveway I I ' I - -_ � I -_.._.. __......_. .... . --....... .._..... ._....._ _. 374 . 15. Sight visibility triangle— 3. Local or Collector Street 2. Curb totaling more than three feet in width. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the use of public right-of-way for installation of fencing, walls, or plantings. The regulations contained in this Section shall not apply to conditions that legally existed prior to the effective date of this Chapter unless the City determines that such conditions constitute a traffic safety hazard. Sec. 18-137. Business driveways connections, approaches and turnarounds. (a) driveways are approved by the city, or approved as part of the site plan review. The business driveway approach shall not exceed the width of the access road or 32 feet at the property line,whichever is less, in a business or industrial district. The curb cut shall not exceed the width of the driveway approach at the property line by more than 20 feet unless