(A) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to construct a private drive, entrance, approach or mailbox approach which connects to a road, street, highway or alley in the Boone County highway system shall make application for a permit therefore, which application shall be presented to the Boone County Highway Department. The application for a residential driveway and mailbox approach shall be accompanied by a site plan showing:
(1) Property lines;
(2) Road right-of-way;
(3) Distances from intersecting roads;
(4) Width and type of road surface;
(5) Existing drainage features (ditches, culverts);
(6) Location of existing driveways and structures;
(7) Location of proposed driveways and structures;
(8) Width and type of surface of proposed driveway;
(9) Proposed drainage features (culvert size and type);
(10) Copy of plat (if platted); and
(11) Any other pertinent information requested.
(B) The application for a multi-family, commercial or industrial driveway or mailbox approach shall include all items required for a residential driveway and mailbox approach in addition to the following items:
(1) Site plan shall be certified by a professional engineer, architect or land surveyor;
(2) Proposed parking arrangement;
(3) Locations of proposed traffic control devices and signs;
(4) Proposed use of each driveway (enter only, exit only, employees only, delivery trucks and the like); and
(5) Location of any loading docks.
(C) Additionally, the applicant shall stake out the proposed driveway location prior to filing application.
(D) The applicant shall also erect and maintain all necessary barricades, warning signs and lights in conformance with the latest edition of the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as required to direct traffic safely around the place where the work is being done, so long as the work in any way interferes with traffic.
(E) The applicant shall keep in his or her possession the approved application or at the site of work until construction is completed.
(F) The Boone County Highway Department shall keep on file all applications and a record of all permits granted. All permits issued in compliance with the terms of this subchapter shall be made in triplicate, one copy of which shall be filed at the Boone County Highway Department, one copy shall be sent to the Area Planning Commission, Department of Building Inspection, and a copy given to the applicant.
(G) For farm field entrances, the applicant will not have to provide a site plan, but will have to comply with all other aspects of this subchapter.
(Ord. 94-9, passed 5-16-1994)