The location, width and number of driveways serving off-street parking facilities shall be planned in such a manner as to interfere as little as possible with the use of adjacent property and the flow of traffic on the street system.
Except for one-family and two-family dwellings, driveways to parking areas shall be provided for all permitted uses according to the standards set forth in the following schedule:
No. of Spaces | Distance from Access Drive to Intersecting Street (a), (b) | No. of Drives | Min. No. of Access Lanes | Min. Distance Between Center-Lines of Drives | |
19 or less | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
20 to 59 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
60 to 299 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
300 to 999 | 150 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 100 |
1000 to 2999 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 100 |
3000 and over | 300 | 3 | 4 | 10(c) | 200 |
between 2 four lane drives. 100 between all other drives. | |||||
Footnotes:
(a) Such distance shall be measured from the point at which the center line of the access drive intersects the center line of the frontage street to the point at which the center line of the closest intersecting street intersects the center line of the frontage street.
(b) The Zoning Administrator may require these distances to be increased in order to minimize interference with the flow of traffic on dedicated streets. The Zoning Administrator may permit decreases in the required distances in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator such decrease will not interfere with the flow of traffic on dedicated streets.
(c) At least four of the required lanes shall be provided on one divided drive.
Access drives to parking areas of 1,000-2,999 spaces shall extend into the parking facility a distance of not less than 100 feet from the planned street right-of-way with a solid curb or other barrier on each side of the drive.
Access drives to parking areas of more than 3,000 spaces shall extend into the parking facility a distance of not less than 150 feet from the planned street right-of-way with a solid curb or other barrier on each side of the drive.
Parking facilities shall be designed so that all vehicles may be driven forward into the street. This provision shall apply to all permitted uses in all use districts except one-family and two-family dwellings located on local residential streets. One-family and two-family dwellings located on streets designated as arterial streets as designated by the Cuyahoga County Engineer shall comply with this provision.
The width of driveways to parking areas measured at the street property line (right-of-way) shall not exceed four lanes in width and shall conform to the following schedule:
Number of Lanes |
in Drive
Minimum Driveway
Width (feet)
Maximum Driveway
Width (feet)
One lane
10
12
Two lanes
20
24
Three lanes
30
34
Four lanes
40 (a)
46 (a)
(a) Plus minimum six-foot divider.