A. Common Drives: In residential areas with townhouse (zero lot line) development, common drives centered on common lot lines will be allowed up to fifty feet (50') in width measured at the gutter line. Minimum width shall be thirty feet (30').
B. Drive Pad Design Standards:
1. The construction of drive pads must conform to the village design standards, and materials to the current editions of the New Mexico department of transportation "Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction".
2. Drive pads should cross the sidewalk on the sidewalk grade line without depression of the sidewalks. However, if a drive pad gradient in excess of ten percent (10%) would be required to avoid depression of the sidewalk, the sidewalk shall be transitioned to match the drive pad within six feet (6') and the drive pad gradient shall be maintained.
3. Abandoned or no longer used drive pads entering a site to be developed or redeveloped must be replaced with curb and gutter and sidewalk must be installed at the grade of adjacent sidewalks in accordance with current standards.
4. Drive pads on the state highway system must be approved by the New Mexico department of transportation as well as by the village.
5. All drive pads must be constructed from the edge of the driving lane to the property line. If the property line is twenty feet (20') or more from the edge of the driving lane, a fifteen foot (15') depth is satisfactory.
C. Damage: Should the property owner, or their contractor, damage the integrity of the existing street surface adjacent to a curb cut, he shall be responsible for restoring the surface as directed by the village public works director.
D. Drive Pad Widths (Nonresidential):
1. Arterials and collectors: Thirty foot (30') minimum for right turn in and out (no left turn access); thirty five feet (35') desirable. Thirty five foot (35') minimum with left turn access; forty feet (40') desirable.
2. One-way drives: These are only permitted where the circulation is self-enforcing; that is, the circulation pattern allows for desired flow by the motorist. The drive pad shall be designed for the turning path of the vehicle utilizing the drive.
3. Widths for larger vehicles: Up to fifty foot (50') width for tractor trailer combinations, mobile homes.
4. Local streets:
a. Twenty five foot (25') minimum for two-way access to and from street; exception is for when five (5) or less spaces are required; twelve foot (12') minimum width for one-way access.
b. No backing into the streets is permitted.
c. Twenty five feet (25') to thirty five feet (35') permitted.
d. Forty feet (40') to fifty feet (50') for substantial large vehicle usage.
e. Twelve feet (12') to twenty feet (20') for one-way drive (with appropriate signs and parking layout).
E. Maximum Number Of Drive Pads/Entrances:
1. Principal arterials: As allowed by the New Mexico department of transportation with consideration given that one to two (2) drives per three hundred foot (300') frontage depending upon various factors including the general layout of the site.
2. Minor arterials: One to two (2) drives per one hundred fifty foot (150') frontage.
3. Collectors: One drive per seventy five foot (75') frontage.
F. Curb Return Construction vs. Drive Pad Construction: Curb returns provide better entering and exiting characteristics for vehicles. These will be required where there are sufficient numbers of vehicles entering and exiting developments on arterials. They will be permitted in other cases given sufficient traffic generation.
1. Curb returns required:
a. On arterials where:
(1) High generators with fifty (50) or more required spaces.
(2) The development has median access and twenty five (25) or more spaces.
2. Curb returns permitted:
a. On arterials where:
(1) High generators with twenty five (25) or more spaces.
(2) Medium generators with fifty (50) or more spaces.
b. On collectors where:
(1) Twenty five (25) or more spaces per drive or to accommodate large vehicles (tractor trailer combinations).
c. Local where:
(1) Fifty (50) or more spaces per drive or to accommodate large vehicles.
G. Location Of Drives: Drives are to be somewhat evenly spaced where there is more than one drive. The following distances should be used as minimums for an intersection. Dimensions are from face of curb of intersecting street to the centerline of drive pad or access.
1. Minor Arterial:
a. Approach condition:
(1) One hundred fifty feet (150') to an arterial or collector intersection.
(2) Seventy five feet (75') to a local street.
b. Following condition:
(1) Seventy five feet (75') from collector or arterial intersection.
(2) Fifty feet (50') from a local street intersection.
2. Collector:
a. One hundred feet (100') to a collector or arterial intersection.
b. Fifty feet (50') to a local street intersection.
c. Fifty feet (50') following any intersection.
3. Local:
a. Fifty feet (50') from intersection with arterial.
b. Twenty five feet (25') from intersection - any other street.
4. Drives With Median Access:
a. Streets with median channelization: Drives need to be placed such that the centerline of the drive is approximately centered on the median openings. Where a drive exists on the opposite side of the street, the centerline of new drive needs to be within ten feet (10') of the existing drive centerline.
b. Streets without median channelization: Where drives are to be constructed on opposite sides of the street, unless they are small developments, or offset by more than fifty feet (50'), the centerline needs to be within fifteen feet (15') of each other. (Ord. 2007-06, 8-14-2007)