(a) All private driveways intersecting sidewalks in the City shall be constructed on a level with the surface grade of the sidewalks so intersected unless a different method of construction shall be recommended by the City Engineer.
(b) All private driveways, when hard-surfaced, shall be constructed and maintained either with monolithic (one coat) concrete to the minimum thickness of four (4") inches with wire mesh, or six (6") without wire mesh, mixed and cast according to the specifications set forth in Section 1341.03 or shall be constructed and maintained with asphalt, asphaltic material, or asphaltic or bituminous compound, mixed and laid according to specifications set forth in Section 1343.01 provided, however, that no asphalt, asphaltic material or asphaltic or bituminous compound shall be used for the construction or maintenance of any public or private sidewalk or portions thereof.
(c) All private driveways within the limit of any public highway, that is, that portion of the driveway commonly known as the “apron”, between the inside of the sidewalk and the curb, shall be constructed of concrete as specified in Section 1341.03, unless approved by the Building Director, Service Director and City Engineer and shall terminate at the curb line, so flared on each side as to form a turn-out of not less than two (2) feet radius. The radius of the turn-out shall be increased in the instance of narrow or heavily traveled streets as may be indicated by the prevailing conditions and as determined and approved by the City Engineer.
(d) The sidewalk portion of the driveway except where it is impractical because of existing construction, shall be pitched toward the curb at the rate of three-eights of an inch to the foot. The elevation of such sidewalk portion of the driveway except where existing construction prohibits, shall be sufficiently higher than the curb to permit the tree lawn to be sloped not less than three eighths of an inch to the foot.
(Ord. 1999-02. Passed 1-11-99.)