§ 255-124. Access and circulation.

[Amended 11-13-2007 by Ord. No. 1188, § 10]

   A.   Access limitations. No mobile home or dwelling unit built as part of a compact, pedestrian oriented, residential development shall have direct access to any existing public street .

      (1)   If garage apron/driveways are served by alleys , the aprons and/or driveways shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from the point where the alley intersects the nearest internal street . If the driveway is located on a one-way alley , this requirement shall only apply to that end where vehicles can enter. [Amended 5-10-2022 by Ord. No. 22-1375]

   B.   Pedestrian circulation. All mobile home development and compact, pedestrian oriented, residential developments shall provide safe, convenient, all-season pedestrian access of adequate width for intended use , durable and convenient to maintain, between individual residential structures , streets and all community facilities provided for the resident.

      (1)   Sidewalks, with a minimum width of four feet, shall be installed along internal streets in compact, pedestrian oriented, residential developments . Sidewalks, with a minimum width of six feet, shall be installed along adjacent, existing public roads .

         (a)   A grass planting strip for street trees, with a minimum width of five feet, shall separate the sidewalks from the adjacent internal street .

         (b)   A grass planting strip, with a minimum width of four feet, shall separate sidewalks from adjacent public streets .

   C.   Vehicular circulation.

      (1)   Design standards for streets in compact, pedestrian oriented, residential developments shall comply with the standards provided in the Subdivision and Land Development Code, § 212-15, Streets, except as otherwise provided herein. In lieu of the requirements of Chapter 255, Article III, § 255-18, and Chapter 255, § 212-15, individual lots of a proposed compact pedestrian oriented residential development may access private streets without a defined right-of-way when developed in accidence with the Planned Community Act of Pennsylvania. [Amended 5-10-2022 by Ord. No. 22-1375]

      (2)   Where the design of internal streets is such that yield movement conditions are created the applicant shall demonstrate that for each block of more than 100 feet in length there will be at least one break in the on-street parking sufficient for a passenger vehicle to pull out of the path of an approaching vehicle.

         (a)   Driveway curb cuts, alley to street intersections, fire hydrant “no parking zones” and the like are all acceptable breaks in on-street parking for the purposes of this section.