(a) Entrances to parking lots shall be only from an adjoining public street or alley or from a permanent private, access easement. Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for vehicles. Ingress and egress for a parking lot lying in an area zoned for other than residential use shall not be across land in a residential district.
(b) The location and width of entrance and exit access drives to parking facilities shall be planned to interfere as little as possible with the use of nearby property and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the nearest streets. Access drives shall be located at least 50 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.
(c) Driveways shall be setback a minimum of three feet from any lot line with the exception of the one where the drive connects to the street. Such setback shall not apply to shared driveways.
(d) Number of Drives.
(1) Each parcel shall have not more than two access drives from each abutting street unless otherwise permitted below.
(2) One additional access drive may be permitted for lots that have 200 or more feet of frontage on one street.
(3) The Planning Commission may permit an additional access drive for lots that have more than 500 feet of frontage when the Planning Commission determines it is in the interest of good traffic operation.
(4) Insofar as practical, the use of common drives by two or more uses shall be encouraged to reduce the number of such access points.
(e) Cross-Access Requirements.
(1) Development that includes nonresidential uses shall allow for shared, private vehicular access among all buildings and/or lots within the development and with adjacent lots to the maximum extent feasible in order to facilitate movement of customers and their vehicles without generating additional turning movements on public streets.
(2) Where cross access is provided across multiple lots, a cross-access easement shall be recorded with the Wayne County Recorder prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Cross access shall be provided subject to the following provisions:
A. Cross-access routes shall permit shared automobile access to driveways and parking areas for all nonresidential uses in the development, and to the maximum extent feasible, to adjacent lots and development. The use of parking spaces may be restricted to the owner's customers and tenants only.
B. The Zoning Administrator may waive the requirement for cross access, in whole or in part, administratively, where cross-access is deemed impractical due to vehicular safety issues or environmental constraints such as severe topography.
(f) Driveway Entrances. All driveway entrances and other openings onto streets within the City shall be constructed so that:
(1) Vehicles can exit from the lot in question without having to back up, except lots that contain single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings; and
(2) Interference with the free and convenient flow of traffic in abutting or surrounding streets is minimized.
(Ord. 2018-009. Passed 5-7-18.)