7.410 Access Connections – Number, Width and Shared.
(1) Unless there is an access agreement between development sites, a development site shall be entitled to one access connection.
(2) Unless provided otherwise by this chapter 7 or by the vision clearance or maximum driveway width requirements in chapter 9 of this code, an access connection shall be no wider than 20 feet.
(3) The city engineer or engineer’s designee may approve a request for an exception to subsections (1) and/or (2) of this section.
(a) An applicant requesting more than one access connection for a single development site and/or requesting that an access connection be wider than 20 feet shall submit an Alternative Traffic Safety Study on the form adopted by the city engineer.
(b) An exception to subsections (1) and/or (2) of this section may be approved only when the Alternative Traffic Safety Study demonstrates that the access connection(s) will:
1. Provide safe ingress and egress to the development site;
2. Not negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of-way; and,
3. Will not result in a hazard to the bicycle, pedestrian or vehicular traffic using the right-of-way.
(c) In no event shall the width of a single access connection serving a one or two family dwelling, including a shared access connection, exceed 35 feet. For an access connection serving any other type of development, in no event shall the width of a single access connection, including a shared access connection, exceed 50 feet.
(d) In no event shall the total number of access connections and, for multiple access connections, the total combined width of the access connections exceed the following:
|
Single Street Frontage |
Number of Access Connections |
Total Combined Width of Access Connections |
|---|---|---|
|
40 ft. or less |
1 |
20 feet |
|
Over 40 ft. to 100 ft. |
2 |
20 ft. +50% of frontage over 40 ft. |
|
Over 100 ft. |
3 |
50 ft. +30% of frontage over 100 ft. |
(4) The width of an access connection for single family dwelling or duplex shall be no less than 12 feet.
(5) The width of an access connection for multi-family, commercial and employment and industrial developments shall be no less than 20 feet.
(6) Upon application of the involved property owners, more than one development site may share a single access connection. The city engineer or engineer’s designee may approve a shared access connection upon a finding that it will result in safe ingress and egress for users thereof and the general public and will not negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of-way.
(7) Two attached single-family dwellings that have side-by-side parking and that face the same streets shall share a single access connection. The city engineer or engineer’s designee may grant an exception to this requirement if a single access connection would be unsafe, or negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of-way, or result in a hazard to the bicycle, pedestrian or vehicular traffic using the right-of-way.
(8) Property owners of shared access connections shall execute a recordable agreement providing for the shared use of the access connection.
(9) Any person aggrieved by administrative action of the city engineer or the engineer’s designee taken under the provisions of this section 7.410 may appeal the action in the same manner as provided in section 5.045 of this code.