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f- i STREETS,SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES § 18-136 road or public property in the city as requested or DIVISION 3. DRIVEWAY STANDAR,DS with stipulated chan�es. The public services di- rector shall have the authority to refuse to issue a Sec. 1&136. Residential driveways, ap- permit when, in the judgment of the public ser- proaches a.nd turnaround. vices dixector, the requested construction would impose an unreasonable hazazd to the public. There is no administrative appeal from the deci- �a) One driveway approach shall be allowed sion of the director. from up to two single residential parcels of land to (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(3), 6.06(3)) the same road, provided that appropriate ease- ments ezist between parties sharing the driveway Sec. 18-110. Permit fees. and driveway approach. Parcels having frontage on more than one public road shall be allowed a The fees for permits for the construction of driveway approach to one public road. improvements as outlined in this division shall be as set forth by resolution. (b) Residential driveway approach shall not (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(4), 6.06(4)) egceed 20 feet in width at the intersected right- of-way line. Sec. 18-111. Revocation. (a) A ermit issued under the rovisions of this �c) The total width of driveway approaches to P P up to two single parcels of land from a single road division may be revoked by the public services shall not egceed 20 feet. director when he determines that the construc- tion or activity authorized by the permit is not (d) A curb cut shall not egceed the width of the being performed according to the terms of the driveway approach at the property line by more permit or this division. than ten feet. (b) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a)of this section,a permit may be revoked by the (e) No portion of a driveway approach, except city council; and the city shall have the right to the curb return, shall be constructed within 100 revise, relocate or close any sidewalk, curb and feet of a corner. gutter, driveway, driveway approach, driveway turnaround, curb cut or private improvement in (fl For residences constructed after July 25, any road or other property in the city as the result 1986,the driveway approach and that part of the of the reconstruction of any road,a change in land driveway and turnarounds which drain to the use, or a major change in the traffic pattern of an road shall be pa�ed with bituminous concrete existing land use. blacktop or equivalent paving. Where it has been determined by the city's public service director (c) Notice of such revocation, with a descrip- that driveway and/or driveway approach existing tion of ths facts supporting such revocation, shall on July 25, 1986, is causing a maintenance prob- be mailed or delivered to the person named in the lem on the road, including but not limited to the permit at the address listed in the permit. washing of dirt and gravel into the road, the (d) All work shall cease upon receipt of the Public services director shall order that the prop- notice of revocation. erty owner pave such portion of the driveway and/or driveway approach as is necessary to re- (e) Any person whose permit is revoked may move the maintenance problem. Portland cement appeal that revocation to the city council by filing concrete will only be allowed from the driveway notice of such appeal with the city clerk within up to the public right-of-way. This requirement ten days of the date the revocation was mailed or shall not be construed to reduce paving otherwise delivered. required by performance standards in chapter 78 (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(5), (6), 6.06(5), (6)) or required as a condition to the granting of a conditional use permit,lot division,subdivision or Secs. 18-112-18-135. R,eserved. as designated in the approved site plan. CD18:9