(B) Access. A state highway occupancy permit is required for all access drives or driveways onto a state road.
(C) Location. The minimum distance between an access drive or driveway to a street intersection shall be as follows:
Type of Subdivision or Land Development | Distance Between Centerlines of Access Drive or Driveway and Nearest Intersection Street By Type of Intersecting Street | ||
Arterial | Collector | Local | |
Nonresidential or mixed | 300 feet | 200 feet | 150 feet |
Residential: other than single-family detached dwellings and garden apartments | 150 feet | 75 feet | 50 feet |
Residential: single-family detached dwelling | 150 feet | 100 feet | 75 feet |
(D) Sightlines at intersections of driveways or access drives with streets. See the borough zoning ordinance (as adopted by reference in Chapter 155 of this code of ordinances).
(E) Grades. Grades of access drives or driveways shall not exceed 12% when connecting to a local or collector street and 7% when connecting onto an arterial street; however, the initial 20 feet from the edge of the cartway shall not exceed 7%, except for an arterial street shall not exceed 4%.
(F) Drainage. The developer shall make adequate provisions to maintain uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street where intersected by an access drive or driveway. Access drives and aisles within parking lots shall be graded and drained to keep the primary travel lane free of stormwater.
(G) Driveway setbacks. A driveway or accessway shall be setback a minimum of five feet from the lot line of any abutting single-family detached dwelling, unless the lots share an approved driveway.
(Ord. passed 2-3-1992)