A. Terms: Common access and/or internal cross access easements shall include one or more of the following:
1. Sufficient width to accommodate two-way access between parcels, designed to accommodate passenger vehicles and both service and loading vehicles.
2. Stub streets or other design features to allow abutting parcels future internal cross access. (See figure 11-15-14, "Stub Street Example", of this section.)
3. Connection to internal cross access drives of abutting or adjacent parcels.
B. Change In Tenancy: Upon a change in use or tenancy, the city may require that an obstructed or blocked common access or internal cross access connection be made available for public use and recorded as an easement.
C. Approval And Recording Of Easements:
1. Access that is shared by adjacent parcels, whether under individual or separate ownership, requires a legal instrument in a form acceptable to the city attorney and recorded of official public record by the applicant to ensure continuous shared access. The recorded book and page number shall be referenced on any subsequent subdivision plats of the subject parcel(s).
2. If there is an existing shared access for which there is no official public record, at the time of filing an application for subdivision, an access permit, site plan review, or a building permit, such documentation shall be executed and recorded as provided in subsection C1 of this section. (Ord. 6124, 6-28-2010)