(A) Permit.
(1) No person shall construct a driveway for vehicles or animals across any sidewalk in the Village without having obtained a permit therefor. Applications for such permits shall be made to the Building Director and shall be accompanied by the fee required.
(2) No permit for the construction of a driveway for commercial use, or the habitual use of any other than the owner or occupant of the premises served, shall be issued except upon the order of the Board of Trustees.
(B) Permit fees. The fee for all permits to construct a driveway for vehicles or animals across any sidewalk in the Village shall be $25 for private driveways and $1 per foot for commercial and industrial driveways to be measured from the curb including the flare.
(C) Construction. No driveway shall be so constructed or graded as to leave a step, sharp depression or other obstruction in the sidewalk. The grade shall be as nearly as possible the same as that of the adjoining sidewalk. It shall be unlawful to have the surface finish of any driveway, where the same crosses the sidewalk, constructed of such materials as to render it slippery and hazardous for pedestrians, or to have the grade of such portion vary from the grade of the sidewalk or be other than level.
(D) Aprons. A 2-foot concrete apron, 6 inches thick shall extend the full width of the driveway on the property owner’s side of the sidewalk, wherever such a driveway crosses a paved sidewalk, except where such apron is not required because the driveway is constructed of concrete.
(E) Materials. Driveways shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt in accordance with specifications established by the Village. Concrete driveways and all sidewalks across any driveway shall be 6 inches in thickness. Driveways shall be paved the entire distance between the curb and sidewalk.
(F) Maintenance. It shall be the duty of every person maintaining a driveway to keep the same in good repair where it crosses the sidewalk and free from obstruction and openings.
(1997 Code, § 9.17) (Am. Ord. C0-00-22, passed 11-20-2000; Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021) Penalty, see § 10.99