(A) General. No person shall hereafter construct, build, establish or maintain any access drive over, across, or upon any public sidewalk or parkway in any business or industrial district, without first obtaining a permit to do so in accordance with this chapter.
(B) Access drive design — commercial and industrial. Commercial and industrial access drives shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) No lot or unplatted parcel shall have more than two access drives per frontage. For the purposes of this section, a PROPERTY shall be defined as:
(a) A platted lot under single ownership which is of record on the effective date of this chapter; or
(b) Two or more platted lots or combinations of lots and portions of lots with continuous frontage under single ownership which are of record on the effective date of this chapter; or
(c) An unplatted parcel of land with continuous frontage under single ownership.
(2) No access drive shall be located less than 200 feet from any parallel access drive on the same property, to center line thereof.
(3) No access drive shall be located less than 150 feet from any parallel street thereof; except in cases where an arterial or collector street intersects another street, then no access drive shall be located less than 250 feet from either intersecting street, measured from centerline to centerline thereof.
(4) No access drive shall be located less than 200 feet from the base of any bridge incline, measured from the centerline of the access drive to the base of the bridge incline.
(5) No on-site vehicular parking aisle or access drive shall be located less than 30 feet from any parallel public street, measured from the nearest curb line of the aisle or access drive to the nearest right-of-way line, measured at right angles to the centerline thereof.
(6) No access drive shall be less than ten or more than 35 feet in width at the right-of-way line, measured at right angles to the centerline thereof.
(7) Standards for access drive construction shall meet the requirements of the village's subdivision ordinance. No access drive shall be permitted in violation of said subdivision ordinance.
(C) Exceptions for automobile service stations and mini-marts. An exception to the provisions of division (B) above shall be made for automobile service stations. At street intersections, a minimum distance of ten feet shall be provided between the terminus of the public street curb radius and the nearest access drive edge line extended. In no case, however, shall the distance between the curb line (extended) of the public street and the nearest access drive curb line be separated by less than 30 feet. A distance of not less than 25 feet shall be provided between access drives, measured from the nearest drive edge thereof. Not more than two access drives per street frontage shall be allowed.
(D) Standards for drive-through uses. A specific land parcel, to be developed with such uses as a drive-in bank, drive-in car wash, drive-in restaurant, drive-in beer or liquor store, or similar use that requires a continuous flow of one-way traffic onto and off of the site, which has frontage with less than two access drives per frontage, may require one-way traffic around the site, provided one access drive is for entrance only and one access drive is for exit only.
(1) Drive-in facilities shall provide a lane for stacking of automobiles waiting to drive through the facility. The minimum total capacity of the stacking area shall be four automobiles per drive-up window. Each stacking space for automobiles shall be eight feet six inches in width and 18 feet six inches in length. Such stacking lanes shall not include any portion of any access aisles or driveway for off street parking lots and shall not encroach in any front yard (this requirement does not apply to gas stations). In the case of drive-through restaurants, the minimum total capacity for stacking shall be eight automobiles per pick-up window.
(2) Automatic teller machines and uses with four or more drive-through lanes shall be required to submit a site plan for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Board.
(E) Residential access drives — design. Residential access drives shall conform with the following requirements:
(1) No parcel shall have more than two access drives.
(2) No access drive shall be located less than 60 feet from any parallel street, measured from centerline to centerline thereof.
(3) No access drive shall be less than ten feet or more than 30 feet in width at the right-of-way line, measured at right angles to the centerline thereof.
(4) Gravel driveways for single-family homes in existence prior to February 18, 2020 are not required to be resurfaced with Portland cement concrete or bituminous concrete. Expansion of an existing driveway or parking area using the same surface as exists prior to February 18, 2020 shall be permitted.
(Ord. 2020-O-3, passed 2-18-2020)