It is generally recognized that provision must be made for the access of vehicles to private property from streets and alleys, but in regard to the same due consideration must be given to pedestrian and vehicle safety, the need for on-street parking spaces and the resulting interference with the movement of automotive traffic and interference with public improvements. In establishing permissible curb cuts and sidewalk driveway crossings for access to private property, it is the policy of the city to authorize the same only where they are necessary and only where they would not unreasonably interfere with the rights of the public in the adjacent street or alley, or unreasonably interfere with automotive traffic, or unreasonably eliminate on-street parking spaces.
(1994 Code, § 12.04.010)