All driveways shall, at a minimum, be designed in accordance with the following:
A. Driveways must be designed in conformance with the sight distance specified in this Chapter.
B. Driveway access to a street shall not be located less than 25 feet from the edge of the cartway of the intersecting street.
C. Driveway access to lots shall be provided to the street of lesser classification.
D. To maintain good access management in the street network, when a driveway intersects with a collector or arterial street, joint, shared use, or reverse frontage driveways should be encouraged when such design would increase traffic safety by decreasing the potential for vehicular conflict.
E. Driveways shall be paved within the intersecting street right-of-way.
F. Leveling areas shall be provided a minimum of 10 feet from the edge of street cartway with a maximum slope of 10%.
G. Shared or joint driveways must meet the following standards:
(1) Shared driveways shall be used only for 3 or fewer dwelling units.
(2) To decrease the potential for vehicular conflicts, shared driveways may be located either partially, centered on, or entirely on one property.
(3) An easement agreement shall be provided and recorded that indicates the rights of ownership, access, and maintenance. The Borough is not responsible to settle conflict issues with joint or shared driveways.
H. Driveways shall be paved with pervious or impervious surfaces.
(Ord. 614, 5/11/2015)