§ 17.8.130 WIDTHS AND LOCATIONS OF DRIVEWAYS AND CURB CUTS.

   A.   Minimum driveway widths at the street right-of-way line shall be 15 feet for institutional, commercial, industrial and multi-family residential projects with at least five units, and ten feet for single-unit detached and townhomes, duplex , triplex , fourplex and cottage clusters .

   B.   Maximum driveway widths at the street right-of-way line shall be as follows.

      1.   In residential zones:

         a.   Twenty-four feet or 50% of the lot  frontage , whichever is less, for lots with less than 60 feet of street  frontage ;

         b.   Thirty feet for lots with street  frontages of 60 feet or greater;

         c.   There shall be a minimum distance of 30 feet between any two adjacent curb cuts on the same lot ;

         d.   Triplex and quadplexes on lots or parcels with frontages only on local streets may have either two driveway approaches not exceeding 32 feet in total or one maximum 16-foot-wide driveway approach per frontage ;

         e.   A maximum of one driveway approach is allowed for every single-unit attached unit/townhouse . Driveway approaches and driveways may be shared provided reciprocal access easements are recorded.

      2.   Thirty-six feet in institutional, town center or commercial zones; and

      3.   Forty feet in industrial zones.

   C.   Location of curb cut. No portion of a curb cut shall be located closer to an intersecting street right-of-way line than:

      1.   One hundred feet on an arterial street with four or more travel lanes;

      2.   Fifty feet on an arterial street with two or three travel lanes;

      3.   Fifty feet on a collector street ; or

      4.   Twenty feet on a local street .

   D.   Minimum distance between curb cuts. On arterial and collector streets , minimum distances shall be maintained as follows between adjacent curb cuts on the same side of any such street :

      1.   Eighty-five feet where the speed limit is 20 mph or less;

      2.   One hundred five feet where the speed limit is 25 mph;

      3.   One hundred twenty-five feet where the speed limit is 30 mph;

      4.   One hundred fifty feet where the speed limit is 35 mph;

      5.   One hundred eighty-five feet where the speed limit is 40 mph;

      6.   Two hundred thirty feet where the speed limit is 45 mph; and

      7.   Two hundred seventy-five feet where the speed limit is 50 mph or greater.

   E.   In measuring the distance between curb cuts on arterial and collector streets , existing curb cuts, or accesses serving single-family and two-family dwellings shall not be considered.

   F.   City Engineer ’s authority to restrict driveway widths and locations. To ensure that driveways do not conflict with public infrastructure, the City Engineer has the authority to restrict the width and location of any driveway .

(Ord. 2009-01, passed 3-9-2009; Ord. 2013-3, passed 5-22-2013; Ord. 2017-01, passed 4-10-2017; Ord. 2022-01, passed 5-9-2022; Ord. 2023-03, passed 5-22-2023)