1. Driveways off Existing County Roads. All new driveways for proposed lots, parcels or tracts that take access off an existing County road shall maintain a 300-foot access separation distance from other driveways and 500 feet of sight distance in each direction.
A. Upon approval of the County Engineer, the separation distance may be reduced in cases where special conditions require less separation distance.
2. Existing lots, parcels, and/or tracts.
A. Any lot, parcel, or tract intended for development purposes that exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of the Ordinance that does not abut on a county or subdivision/private road shall have an exclusive, unobstructed private easement as recorded in the Office of the Story County Recorder.
B. Shared access easements shall be required in the cases where any lot, parcel, or tract that exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of the Ordinance has frontage along an existing or proposed subdivision/private road or county road, but does not meet the separation or sight distance requirements for driveways set forth in Section 88.04(1).
C. In no case shall an easement provide access to more than four single-family dwellings, more than two two-family dwellings, or more than two multiple dwellings.
3. New lots, parcels, and/or tracts.
A. No new lot, parcel, or tract intended for development purposes and created through a platting process shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors that proposes to take access through an easement. All new lots intended for development purposes shall abut a current or proposed county or subdivision/private road. Lots created through the Residential Parcel Subdivision process are exempt from these requirements.
B. Shared access easements shall be required in the case where any new lot, parcel, or tract has frontage along an existing or proposed subdivision/private road or county road, but does not meet separation or sight distance requirements set forth in Section 88.04(1).
4. Access Easement Width Requirements.
A. In cases where access is to be provided by easement to one single-family dwelling, an exclusive, unobstructed private easement 20 feet in width shall be provided and recorded in the Office of the Story County Recorder. See Figure 1.
B. In cases where access is to be provided by easement to two or more single-family dwellings or for other development purposes via a single drive, an exclusive or common easement 50 feet in width shall be provided over the shared portion of the drive and recorded in the Office of the Story County Recorder. See Figure 1.
