All buildings proposed to be constructed within any project containing private streets and which contain residential dwelling units and have an overall length of 300 feet or more, must be so designed to have one or more open, unobstructed walkways through the building at ground level, having a width of not less than five feet each to allow ready access by firefighters and police officers and their equipment and other emergency services to each side of the buildings. In those instances where buildings are to be constructed over and across any private street, the unobstructed overhead clearance must not be less than 14 feet, measured between the highest point of the private street paving under the structure and the lowest part of the building structure or associated parts thereof and suitable restrictions to this condition must be noted on the plat.
(Ord. 96-0220, passed 2-20-1996; Ord. 19-1022A, passed 10-22-2019) Penalty, see § 154.99