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Clarkston City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 13

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCESS

10-13-1: BUSINESS REQUIRING ACCESS:

Service stations, roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access, shall meet the requirements as hereinafter provided or as prescribed in the Utah department of transportation manual entitled "Manual For Accommodation Of Utilities And The Control And Protection Of State Highway Rights Of Way" (whichever requirements are greater). Access to state highways is controlled and regulated by the Utah department of transportation regulations. (Ord. 01-04, 1-7-2002)

10-13-2: ROADWAYS AND CURBS:

Access to the station or other structure or parking lot shall be controlled as follows:
   A.   Access shall be not more than three (3) roadways for each one hundred feet (100'), or fraction thereof, of frontage on any street, and in no event shall such roadways exceed in width seventy percent (70%) of the entire street frontage.
   B.   No two (2) of said roadways shall be closer to each other than twelve feet (12'), and no roadways shall be closer to a side property line than one and one-half feet (11/2').
   C.   Each roadway shall not be more than thirty six feet (36') in width, measured at right angles to the centerline of the driveway, except as increased by permissible curb return radii. The entire flare of any return radius shall fall within the right of way.
   D.   No roadway shall be closer than ten feet (10') to the point of intersection of two (2) property lines at any corner as measured along the property line, and no roadway shall extend across such extended property line. (Ord. 01-04, 1-7-2002)
   E.   In all cases where there is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalk on the street, the applicant for a permit shall provide a safety island along the entire frontage of the property, except for the permitted roadways. On the two (2) ends and street side of such island shall be constructed a concrete curb, the height, location and structural specifications of which shall be approved by the town engineer. Maximum and minimum curb return radii are permitted, and minimum roadway approach angles to the centerline of the street are required as part of this title. (Ord. 01-04, 1-7-2002; amd. 2003 Code)
   F.   Where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalk, the applicant may at his/her option install such safety island and curb or, in place thereof, shall construct along the entire length of the property line, except in front of the permitted roadways, a curb, fence or pipe rail not exceeding two feet (2') or less than eight inches (8") in height. (Ord. 01-04, 1-7-2002)

10-13-3: LOCATION OF GASOLINE PUMPS:

Gasoline pumps shall be set back not less than twenty four feet (24') from any street line to which the pump island is vertical, and eighteen feet (18') from any street line to which the pump island is parallel, and not less than sixteen feet (16') from any residential zone boundary line. If the pump island is set at an angle on the property, it shall be so located that automobiles stopped for service will not extend over the property line. (Ord. 01-04, 1-7-2002)