The following words and phrases when used in this article shall, for the purpose of this article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(1) Sidewalk: That portion of the street right-of-way between the curblines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians and generally separated from the curb or roadway surface by a utility strip or grass plot.
(2) Driveway (residential): A passageway for vehicle ingress and egress to private property meeting one (1) or more of the following criteria:
(i) Must extend into an enclosed area such as a garage or carport.
(ii) Must extend a sufficient distance beyond the front building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such front building line.
(iii) In the event of a corner lot, where the passageway leads from the street side lot line, such passageway must extend a sufficient distance beyond the street side building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such street side building line.
(iv) In the event of a lot located in the townhouse residential (R-1T) zoning category as shown on the official zone map atlas on file at the division of planning, the passageway may be constructed so as to allow for parking between the street and the front building line (in the front yard); provided, however, that this provision shall not affect any lot located in the R-1T zone when that lot contains frontage on or abuts any arterial street or major collector street (federal aid primary, secondary, or federal aid urban) as shown on the highway classification map for Fayette County as adopted by the department of transportation by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(3) Driveway (nonresidential): A passageway for vehicle ingress or egress to private property meeting one (1) or more of the following criteria:
(i) Must extend into an enclosed area such as a garage or carport.
(ii) Must extend a sufficient distance beyond the front building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such front building line.
(iii) In the event of a corner lot, where the passageway leads from the street side lot line, such passageway must extend a sufficient distance beyond the street side building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such street side building line.
(iv) Must be for the purpose of passageway to an area of sufficient size between the street right-of-way line and the building line to permit storage and maneuvering of a vehicle in such a manner as not to encroach upon the street right-of-way except at an approved driveway.
(4) Joint driveway: A passageway for vehicle ingress or egress to two (2) or more parcels of property.
(5) Apron: That portion of a passageway that lies between the street side of the sidewalk and the curbline or edge of roadway surface.
(6) Commissioner of public works: Commissioner of sanitation and public works of the urban county.
(Ord. No. 3511, § 1, 3-24-56; Ord. No. 29-82, § 1, 3-25-82)