When application for a permit is made to the commissioner of public works to construct, reconstruct or alter a driveway to provide ingress and egress from property other than residential property, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of public works before issuing such permit to first determine the type of driveways proposed, its width and location, and if in his opinion it will not create a hazardous condition, to grant such permit; however, final approval shall be contingent on the work's being done in conformance with the following specifications:
(1) At the time a request is made for a permit, there shall be submitted to the commissioner of public works a plat and plan of the area to be improved. Such plat shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one-eighth inch to one (1) foot and with all principal dimensions shown. Such plans shall show the location of all existing walks, curbs and the relative elevation of the gutters, the top of the curb, and the sidewalk; all existing trees, their size and kind, fire hydrants, mailboxes, traffic signs, water shutoff boxes, storm sewer inlets, utility poles and conduits, and any other structure existing on or in the street adjacent to the property; and shall also show the proposed location of tanks, buildings, air hose, wash racks, oil pits, pump islands, and all other equipment which the applicant proposed to install on the property, together with the distance from such equipment to the street property line.
(2) Where the property line on any one (1) street extends for a distance of one hundred fifty (150) feet or less, there shall not be more than two (2) driveways constructed.
(3) Where the property line on any street extends for a distance greater than one hundred fifty (150) feet, there shall not be more than three (3) driveways; except that the commissioner of public works may issue a permit for more than three (3) driveways if said driveways are shown on a plat approved by the planning commission of the urban county. Said approval must have been given subsequent to January 1, 1956.
(4) Where two (2) or more driveways are constructed on any one property, there shall be a curb between each driveway not less than six (6) feet in length measured at and parallel to the curbline.
(5) The curb for the driveway shall not be cut except in front of the property for which the driveway is to be used, and in no event shall it be cut to a point closer than three (3) feet from the side property line as projected to the street.
(6) When property used for nonresidential purposes is located at an intersection of two (2) streets, no driveway or any part thereof which is intended to serve such property shall be closer than five (5) feet to the intersection of the street right-of-way lines but in no event shall be closer than twenty-five (25) feet from the point of intersection of a projection of the face of the curbline or edge of the pavement surface.
(7) The apron shall be of portland cement concrete of a minimum depth of six (6) inches and where it adjoins the gutter line shall be faced with a raised vertical lip of not less than one and five-eighths (1
5/8
) inch.
(8) The sidewalk portion of the driveway shall be of portland cement concrete with a minimum thickness of six (6) inches and shall be constructed in accordance with LFUCG standard drawings.
(9) To prevent any part of any vehicle using the driveway from projecting over or crossing the public sidewalk except at points designated, there shall be installed on the property six (6) inches inside the property line a curb or other suitable barrier to be approved by the commissioner of public works.
(Ord. No. 3511, § 4, 3-24-56; Ord. No. 174-2001, § 29, 7-5-01)