It is illegal for any person to break out or remove a corporate curb along any paved street, or to construct a private drive from an unpaved street, without first obtaining a permit from the Clerk or Building Department. No such permit shall have any force or effect unless approval shall be endorsed of the fact on said permit by the Building Inspector.

   Before any permit is issued, the person who makes the application shall pay a fee to the Clerk based upon the schedule of fees adopted by resolution of the Council.

   1.   For lots less than 100 feet wide at the right-of-way line, no automobile driveway for a single-family residential property shall be designed, constructed, or maintained in the City that is more than 24 feet in width at the sidewalk. For lots 100 feet wide or greater at the right-of-way line, a single-family residential property automobile driveway may have a maximum width of 12 feet per garage stall up to a total maximum width of 36 feet, except when located on a cul-de-sac bulb where the maximum width remains 24 feet at the sidewalk. No automobile driveway for a single-family residential property shall be designed, constructed, or maintained in the City that is within four feet of the throat of an intake to any sewer, unless otherwise approved by the City’s engineering staff. For single-family residential lots 100 feet wide or greater at the right-of-way line, a maximum of two driveways leading to the same lot, or serving the same property will be allowed, but they shall be at least 20 feet apart. Between such driveways, the sidewalk zone shall be limited to the use of pedestrians only.

   2.   In all cases where said permit has been granted, the concrete curb shall be ground in accordance with the latest published versions of the Urban Design Standards for Public Improvements and the Urban Standard Specifications for Public Improvements and the driveway shall be paved by concrete extending from the curb to the inside of the existing sidewalk line within 30 days from the removal of the curb with not less than six inches of concrete. If it is shown to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director that the existing sidewalk has substantially the same strength as six inches of concrete, said paving need only extend to the outside of the sidewalk line. All work is to be done in a workmanlike manner, inspected and approved by the Public Works Director. All driveway approaches shall be paved from the street to the sidewalk according to the latest published versions of the Urban Design Standards for Public Improvements and the Urban Standard Specifications for Public Improvements. If there is no sidewalk, the approach shall extend to the property line. The approach shall be inspected by the City.

   If, after 30 days after the concrete curb has been ground, the person so doing fails or refuses to pave the driveway, as provided herein, the City shall have the right to do so without notice, and assess the cost thereof, as a special tax against the abutting property and collect the same according to law.

   When a permit has been granted to construct a private driveway from an unpaved street, the person receiving said permit shall perform the necessary grading and install a culvert, if required, constructed of either corrugated iron or concrete with a minimum diameter of 15 inches and a maximum length of 24 feet, the permit holder to bear the cost of said culvert.

   The Public Works Director is hereby empowered to order existing culverts replaced which do not meet the requirements of Section 137.05 when the Public Works Director deems the existing culvert will not satisfactorily carry away run-off water.

   All culverts erected or replaced shall conform to the established ditch grade, as determined by the engineer or Public Works Director.

   If the Public Works Director finds it necessary to replace damaged or unsatisfactory culverts, the property owner shall be charged with the costs of the same, and if not paid within 90 days from the date of completion of said replacement, said cost shall be assessed as a special tax against the abutting property and collected according to law.