The location and number of entrance and exit access drives to parking spaces shall be in accordance with the following:
(a) Ingress and Egress. Entrances to parking areas shall be only from an adjoining public street or alley, or a permanent access easement. Adequate ingress and egress to the off street parking area by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for vehicles.
(b) Location. The location and width of entrance and exit access drives to parking facilities shall be planned and designed to reduce the impact upon traffic from nearby property and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the nearest streets. The intersection of a parking lot driveway with a street shall be located not less than 125 feet from a street intersection, or placed not less than 65 feet from another driveway (measured from the center lines) unless otherwise approved by the Municipal Engineer and the Planning Commission.
(c) Interconnected Drives. The Planning Commission may require off-street parking areas serving adjacent business establishments to be interconnected by drives designed and constructed for safety and convenience.
(d) Number of Drives.
(1) Each parcel shall have not more than two access drives from each street unless otherwise permitted below.
(2) One additional access drive may be permitted for lots with 200 feet of frontage on one street.
(3) Two additional access drives for lots with 500 feet of frontage may be permitted when the Planning Commission determines that they benefit good traffic operation.
(4) The use of common drives by two (2) or more uses shall be encouraged to reduce the number of access drives.
(Ord. 2635. Passed 1-13-11.)