(a) Adjacent to driveways, a buffer area between the right-of-way line and the pavement edge shall be used, as determined by the Building and Planning Department, to provide a permanent physical barrier between moving traffic and private property and unobstructed visions on either side of the driveway. This buffer area may consist of a lawn area, a low shrub area, a ditch or equivalent method and may require the removal of trees, brush, earthen embankments and other obstructions. Where encroachment of parked vehicles may take place, the Building and Planning Department may require this buffer area to be established by curb or equivalent method.
(b) Sight Distance.
(1) Sight distance for residential drives shall be measured 10 feet from the edge of the traveled portion on gravel roads or 10 feet from the edge of pavement on paved roads in accordance with the following table:
(2) The Building and Planning Department recommends and may require that the driveway be located in a location that provides sight distance in excess of the minimums provided herein.
(3) Applications for driveways, which do not provide minimum adequate sight distance, may be denied.
(Ord. 59-2007. Passed 1-3-08.)
(Ord. 59-2007. Passed 1-3-08.)