(A) No permit shall be issued until there is filed with the City Engineer for approval: a city driveway permit application, site plans showing information as described in section 6-2-36(C) below and payment of appropriate fees as shown in the city Manual of Fees.
(B) In the case of driveways on roadways that are a part of the North Carolina Department of Transportation street system, inside the corporate limits of the city, no permit shall be issued until there is filed with the City Engineer for approval five copies of the N.C. D.O.T.’s “Street and Driveway Access Permit Application,” site plans showing location and dimensions of all proposed and existing driveways and payment of appropriate fees as shown in the city Manual of Fees.
(C) Information that must be shown on plans submitted shall include:
(1) Location of property and property owners;
(2) The nature of the present and proposed property use;
(3) The location of all existing and proposed buildings;
(4) Street pavement and right-of-way width;
(5) Location and dimensions of existing and proposed driveway approaches on both sides of the affected roadway;
(6) For commercial and/or industrial buildings, the proposed location of off-street loading and unloading facilities;
(7) Interior parking arrangements and traffic circulation patterns;
(8) The location of the property must be identified by street, street address, map block, lot number and subdivision name, so that it may be located in the field;
(9) Complete names and addresses of the property owners and the applicants must be given on the application;
(10) The planned use of the property must be indicated as one of the following:
(a) Residential, single-family or duplex;
(b) Residential, multi-family;
(c) Commercial;
(d) Industrial;
(e) Institutional;
(f) Governmental; and
(g) Automobile fuel/gasoline sales.
(11) Plans shall show retaining walls, drainage, utility poles, water, sanitary sewer, electric, gas and other physical features which may affect the driveway location; and
(12) Location of sight distance line(s).
(Ord. No. 2371, § 1, passed 9-23-1991; Ord. No. 23-040, § 1, passed 5-11-2023)