A. Permit Required: Prior to any installation of a new driveway or other new means of ingress and egress, or repair of a driveway or other means of ingress and egress (except repairs which are exempted by subsection D of this section), within any right of way or street under the jurisdiction of the village, a driveway permit shall be secured from the village president, or his or her designee.
B. Application: An application for a driveway permit shall be submitted in writing to the village president, or his or her designee, on such form as shall be reasonably required by the village president and shall include or be accompanied by the following information:
1. Sketch, plat, drawing or other data showing the location and dimensions of said driveway;
2. The relation between the elevation of the traveled portion of the street or right of way, the portion thereof lying between such traveled portion and the right of way thereof and the driveway to be installed;
3. The location of the driveway and reference to the nearest existing intersecting street or right of way; and
4. Provision for drainage under and over said driveway.
C. Permit Fees: The application fee to be paid to the village at the time of the filing of an application for a driveway permit as herein provided shall be as provided from time to time in section 1-10-7 of this code.
For purposes of this section, the term "access" or "point of access" is defined as and shall be interpreted as a means of vehicular entry to or exit from a property.
The driveway permit application fee shall be paid in addition to any other permit fees which may be required by section 7-2-6 of this code. All application fees paid shall be nonrefundable.
D. Exception To Permit: No driveway permit shall be required for repairs or maintenance of any existing driveway, if in the opinion of the village president, or his or her designee, said repairs and maintenance shall not result in relocation of said driveway, materially change the grade or elevation of said driveway or materially affect drainage. (Ord. 2008-O-05, 2-5-2008)