(A) With respect to an application made under this chapter the Director of Community Development or his or her designee may grant the application if the proposed driveway, cut or alteration, when constructed or performed, will conform to all specifications adopted by the city and will not:
(1) Constitute a risk of injury to persons or property;
(2) Impair or impede the proper and efficient maintenance of streets, alleys, thoroughfares or property of the city;
(3) Impair or impede the natural normal or existing flow of surface water; or
(4) Impair or impede the orderly and safe movement of traffic, vehicular and pedestrian, on and over surrounding streets, alleys, thoroughfares and sidewalks.
(B) In the alternative, the Director of Community Development or his or her designee may bring the application before the Public Works and Safety Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting. With respect to any application referred to it, the Board may deny the application if the proposed driveway, cut or alteration will:
(1) Constitute a risk of injury to persons or property;
(2) Impair or impede the maintenance of streets, alleys, thoroughfares or property of the city;
(3) Impede or impair the natural, normal or existing flow of surface water; or
(4) Impair or impede the orderly and safe movement of traffic, vehicular and pedestrian, on and over surrounding streets, alleys, thoroughfares and sidewalks.
(C) The Board may grant the application on condition that the driveway, cut or alteration will, as and when constructed or performed, conform to all specifications now or hereafter adopted by the city for the construction of driveways, streets, alleys, thoroughfares and sidewalks.
(D) The Board may grant the application on the condition specified in division (A)(2) hereof and on the further condition that a cash or surety bond in an amount equal to the cost of the proposed driveway, cut or alteration be filed with the city, to remain in effect for three years or such other time determined by the Board to be reasonable under the circumstances.
(Ord. 4-7-75-A, passed 4-7-75; Am. Ord. 060412, passed 6-4-12; Am. Ord. 091514A, passed 11-17-14)