(A) Shared drive access.
(1) The city encourages sharing access drives between separate parcels. Some of the following standards may be relaxed if shown during the site design review process that more efficient design can be accomplished without jeopardizing the public’s health, safety, and welfare. All changes are subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission. All drive accesses shall be approved by the City Engineer for width and location.
(2) Any developments which may not be able to meet the requirements of divisions (B) through (E) below, and are requesting deviations from the standards, shall submit to the Engineering Division, a design exception form and reference the deviations in the traffic impact statement or analysis
(3) Based upon the above data, the City Engineer shall determine whether a deviation from the requirement standards is justified and, if so, what alternative requirements will be necessary.
(B) Drive access required. All non-residential off-street parking spaces shall have access from a drive access and not directly from the public street. Access drives shall not be less than 24 feet in width for two-way traffic nor less than 16 feet in width for one-way traffic. Residential drive accesses shall be not less than 12 feet in width.
(C) Minimum corner clearance. Driveway access distances from street intersections shall be subject to the following minimum dimensions unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer based upon submittal of an approved design exception and traffic statement or analysis as described in division (A) above.
Street Classification | Minimum Required Corner Clearance1 | |
Approving Intersection | Departing Intersection | |
Parkway | 550 feet | 350 feet2 |
Arterial | 450 feet | 260 feet2 |
Collector | 350 feet | 150 feet2 |
1. Minimum distance from nearest curb face of intersecting street to nearest curb face of driveway. Use edge of pavement if no curb exists.
2. When right-turn deceleration lanes are required, the minimum corner clearance departing an intersection on a parkway, arterial, or collector street is at least 260 feet to accommodate the right-turn lane. Additional distance may be required depending on right turn lane storage length.
(D) Drive access spacing. Drive accesses to a public street except for single, two-family, and townhouse dwellings shall be located as measured from inside of drive to inside of drive according to the following specified distances, unless granted approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Street Classification | Required Minimum Spacing |
Parkway | 350 feet1 |
Arterial | 250 feet1 |
Collector | 150 feet1 |
1. Spacing shall be increased from the minimum required to accommodate a required right-turn deceleration lane or to provide sufficient spacing for back-to-back left-turn lanes.
(E) Number of drive accesses. Single-family uses shall be limited to one drive access per property. All other uses shall adhere to City Detail EM-259. These conditions shall apply unless otherwise granted approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(Res. R22-05-08, passed 5-3-2022; Ord. O22-05-02, passed 5-3-2022)