(a) Any person authorized by permit, in accordance with Section 917.02, shall cut the curb for a sufficient but not excessive width at a location of the contemplated permanent driveway so as to prevent damage to the remainder of the curb. If there is no curbing, he shall install in the ditch paralleling the street pipe of sufficient size and strength as approved by the Municipal Administrator to prevent the backing up of water in such ditch, and shall cover the tile with crushed stone, gravel, or other acceptable material to the established grade of the existing roadway. Thereafter, no vehicle shall be driven across the curb, tree lawn, sidewalk, or ditch except by way of such curb cut and connecting driveway or access. The person shall take such further action as may be necessary to prevent the formation of ruts, depressions, or other obstacles or hazards to pedestrian or bicycle traffic along the tree lawn or sidewalk.
(b) If the access is requested along a roadway having no curbing, for the purpose of entrance to commercial or industrial developments, the Municipal Administrator may require that curbing be installed to the specifications of the Municipality.
(c) (1) The specifications for construction of such accessways and driveways shall be approved by the Municipal Administrator in each case. Such specifications shall take into consideration the traffic load, grades, and other pertinent factors for the particular location of the driveway or accessway. All work shall be inspected by the Building Inspector who shall determine and enforce compliance with plans and acceptable construction standards.
(2) The interior angle between the axis of an approach and the center line of the roadway shall fall between 45° and 90°.
(3) The width of all approaches shall not be greater than 25 feet, measured at right angles to the axis of the approach.
(d) The removal of trees and the relocation of utility poles or fire hydrants for the purpose of curb cuts or access shall be made at the sole expense of the property owner, subject to approval by the proper authority.
(e) Before commencing the construction, alteration, or repair of any building for which a new access or curb cut will be required, the owner or his contractor shall construct an approach as defined and described in (a) above. He shall also install a driveway of gravel or crushed stone from the curb, extending to the farthest point where building materials will be unloaded.
(1980 Code 96.22; Ord. 43-68.)