All private driveways intersecting sidewalks in the City shall be constructed on a level with the surface grade of the sidewalks so intersected unless a different method of construction is recommended by the City Engineer.
All private driveways, when hard-surfaced, shall either be constructed and maintained with monolithic (one coat) concrete to the minimum thickness of four inches with mesh, or six inches without mesh, mixed and cast according to the specifications set forth in Section 1026.03, or shall be constructed and maintained with asphalt, asphaltic material or asphaltic or bituminum compound, mixed and laid according to specifications set forth in the State of Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Material Specifications, the latest edition. However, no asphalt, asphaltic material or asphaltic or bituminum compound shall be used for the construction or maintenance of any public sidewalk or portion thereof.
All private driveways within the limit of any public highway, that is, that portion of the driveway commonly known as the apron, between the inside of the sidewalk and the curb, shall be constructed of concrete as specified in Section 1026.03 and shall terminate at the curb line, so flared on each side as to form a turnout of not less than two feet radius. The radius of the turnout shall be increased in the instance of narrow or heavily traveled streets as may be indicated by the prevailing conditions and as determined and approved by the Building Commissioner.
The sidewalk portion of the driveway, except where it is impractical because of existing construction, shall be pitched toward the curb at the rate of three-eighths of an inch to the foot. The elevation of such sidewalk portion of the driveway, except where existing construction prohibits, shall be sufficiently higher than the curb to permit the tree lawn to be sloped not less than three-eighths of an inch to the foot.
(Ord. 1986-51. Passed 10-15-86; Ord. 1994-63. Passed 7-13-94.)