(A) Intent. Unimpeded, safe access to parcels of land throughout the city is necessary to provide adequate police and fire protection, ambulance services, and other public services, and to otherwise promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The standards and specifications set forth herein are determined to be the minimum standards and specifications necessary to meet the above stated intentions.
(B) Public access required. The front lot line of all lots shall abut onto a publicly dedicated road right-of-way.
(C) Driveway dimensions. Driveways providing access to residential, commercial or industrial properties shall comply with the dimensional standards specified in § 154.068.
(D) Access across residential district land. No land which is located in a residential district shall be used for a driveway, walkway, or access purposes to any land which is located in a nonresidential district, unless access is by way of a public road.
(E) Service roads. If the Planning Commission determines that proposed or anticipated development will result in an excessive number of entrance or exit drives onto a public road, thereby creating potentially hazardous traffic conditions and diminishing the carrying capacity of the road, the Commission may permit or require construction of service roads across abutting parcels and generally parallel to the arterial street, to allow traffic to circulate from one parcel to another without re-entering the public road. The front edge of any secondary access drive shall be located no closer to the road than the future right-of-way line. The secondary access drive shall conform to the minimum specifications established by the City Engineer.
(F) Performance guarantee. To assure completion of a private road or service road in conformance with the requirements set forth herein, the Building Official or Zoning Administrator may require the applicant or owner to provide a performance guarantee, in accordance with § 154.036.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 2-17-92) Penalty, see § 154.999