07-28-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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qq STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (b) The total width of driveway approaches to up to two single parcels of land from a single road shall not exceed 20 feet. (c) A curb cut shall not exceed the width of the driveway approach at the property line by more than ten feet. (d) No portion of a driveway approach, except the curb return, shall be constructed within 30 feet of a corner where feasible. (e) Driveway approaches and that part of the driveway and turnarounds which drain to the road shall be paved with bituminous concrete blacktop or equivalent paving. This requirement shall not be construed to reduce paving otherwise required by performance standards in chapter 6.12 or required as a condition to the granting of a conditional use permit, lot division, subdivi- sion or as designated in the approved site plan. (f) Visibility from driveways to a local or collector street shall be unobstructed between a height of 3 1/a 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, shrub- bery, 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 regula- tions in this subsection shall be where there is a mailbox and/or plantings within the visibility triangle that do not result in obstructions total- ing 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 the ordinance from which this article is derived unless the city determines that such conditions constitute a traffic safety hazard. § 3.04.340 I I I I House � i Hause House i i,F- I,Qri+away I Drive y I DRyw Fy I y t5" Sight visibility triangle Local or Collector Street b Curb ' 1 (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(9), 6.06(9); Code 2003, § 18- 136; Ord. No. 296(3rd series), § 2(18-136), 2-26- 2024) Sec. 3.04.340. Business driveways, approaches and turnarounds. (a) 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 approved as part of a site plan. (b) All business driveways and driveway approaches shall be paved with asphaltic concrete or equivalent material. (c) No portion of a driveway approach, except the curb return, shall be constructed within 100 feet of a comer in a business, commercial or industrial area. (d) Driveway turnarounds shall be required on all driveways or driveway approaches enter- ing onto a state highway, county road or a collector roadway and on all entrances to roads within the city where deemed necessary by the city engineer based upon traffic counts, sight distances, street grades and other relevant fac- tors. Such requirements shall be stated on any permit issued by the city engineer pursuant to this article. (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(10), 6.06(10); Code 2003, § 18-137; Ord. No. 296(3rd series), § 2(18-137), 2-26-2024) CD3:13