To preserve and maintain efficient traffic movement, permitted access to all thoroughfares shall be limited as defined herein. A goal of these access management standards is to limit and reduce the number of driveways in favor of combined driveways and the construction of service roads to handle access to multiple parcels.
For every new or converted multifamily dwelling, rooming house, commercial building, or industrial use, the following standards shall apply for the design of ingress, egress, or accessways:
(a) Number of Driveways: Each lot is permitted to have a single, two-way driveway except in cases where a Traffic Impact Study clearly demonstrates the benefits of a second driveway from the standpoint of traffic movement. Examples of where a second drive may be justified include large corner lots where driveways on both streets may be desirable and instances where two, one-way drives are preferred more than one, two-way drive. There shall not be more than two accessways abutting on any one street.
(b) Location: Each point of ingress and/or egress shall not be closer than thirty (30) feet to an intersecting street right-of-way line. For driveways that serve more than one commercial, multifamily, office, or industrial development, or driveways that intersect with a collector or arterial street, all points of ingress and/or egress shall be located no closer than one hundred (100) feet to the intersection of two thoroughfares, unless such a distance is shown to be undesirable in a Traffic Impact Study.
(c) Alignment. New driveways shall be aligned with existing driveways across a street unless such alignment is shown to be undesirable in a Traffic Impact Study. Where such alignments are shown to be undesirable, the centerlines of opposing driveways shall be offset by at least one hundred (100) feet.
(d) Construction Materials. Each ingress and/or egress driveway shall be improved with hard surface materials (excluding gravel) from the street apron to the entrance of the parking area.
(e) Conditional Approval of Driveways. As part of the Site Plan review process, a Site Plan may be approved with a specific driveway location under the condition that an agreement is reached between the property owner and the City requiring that such driveway(s) be closed when specific circumstances are met. Such circumstances may include the future construction of a service road on adjacent property, the opportunity for a shared driveway with development of adjacent property, or other site-specific circumstances. This conditional approval may be required even if the driveway(s) conforms to all other requirements of this Section.