(a) The length of driveways or "Throat Length" shall be designed in accordance with the anticipated storage length for entering and exiting vehicles to prevent vehicles from backing up into the flow of traffic on the public roadway or causing unsafe conflicts with onsite circulation.
Figure 1: Illustration depicting the measurement to determine throat length of an access drive.
(b) Drive way access shall align with an exist ing oppo sing drive way or roadw ay where ver possib le. The creat ion of new offset driveway patters shall be discouraged unless shown to be necessitated by unique topographical or other site related features or conditions.
Figure 2: Offset driveway designs shall be discouraged.
Figure 3: Aligned access points are preferred.
(c) Driveway design shall conform to the City of Trenton Subdivision Regulations construction standards.
(d) All access points along a public roadway must satisfy the sight distance requirements per the ODOT Location & Design Manual, Volume One.
(e) The length of driveways or "Throat Length" shall be designed in accordance with the anticipated storage length for entering and exiting vehicles to prevent vehicles from backing up into the flow of traffic on the public roadway or causing unsafe conflicts with onsite circulation.
(f) Driveway approaches must be designed and located to provide an exiting vehicle with an unobstructed view. Unless a connection spacing deviation request is granted as provided for in Section 1270.10, construction of full access driveways along acceleration and deceleration lanes and tapers is prohibited due to potential for vehicular weaving conflicts and obstructing the public roadway.
(Ord. 01-2018. Passed 1-18-18.)