(a)

Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for a uniform procedure to inspect and approve driveways and turnouts connecting county roads to private or public properties.

(b)

Application. An application for permit shall be obtained from the county development department. In those instances where a structure or other improvement requiring a building permit is being constructed on the same property, the driveway application shall be obtained at the same time as the building permit is obtained.

(c)

Coordination of construction. The completed application shall be given to the county road department by the county development department prior to any construction and the road department shall coordinate construction of the driveway.

(d)

Approval. At such time as the driveway is constructed according to the approval and specifications of the county road department, the road department shall notify the development department in writing of its approval.

(e)

Certificate of occupancy. In no event shall a certificate of occupancy be issued by the county development department until such time as the driveway approval has been received from the county road department.

(f)

Fee. The application fee for the driveway construction shall be as established in Appendix B—Schedule of Fees, Rates and Charges.

(1991 LDR ch. 5, arts. 1—3; Ord. No. 2022-7, § 3, 3-8-2022)

Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following:

(1)

Shopping centers:

a.

Number of spaces.

1.

One parking space shall be provided per 200 square feet of gross floor area, and each space shall contain a minimum of 200 square feet, except as follows in subsection (1)a.2 of this section.

2.

Up to 25 percent of the total number of spaces required in subsection (1)a.1 of this section may be in areas designated for compact car parking, and each space shall contain a minimum of 128 square feet.

3.

One handicapped parking space shall be provided per 20 conventional plus compact vehicle spaces.

b.

Loading/unloading. Off-street loading shall be provided as follows:

c.

Illumination shall measure at least 0.20 footcandles at the lot line.

(2)

Off-street parking for uses other than shopping centers:

(1991 LDR ch. 75, art. 1)

(a)

General provisions. Sidewalks shall be provided for all nonresidential developments and for all residential developments with a gross density in excess of two dwelling units per acre.

(b)

Locations.

(1)

Where required, sidewalks will extend from the front entrance of every principal structure to within 70 feet of every parking space.

(2)

Where a sidewalk crosses a driveway or internal access road, the crosswalk area shall be marked with paint and shall be provided with stop signs for vehicular traffic.

(c)

Materials. All sidewalks shall be constructed of either poured concrete or asphalt.

(d)

Dimensions. The minimum pavement width of a sidewalk shall be 42 inches.

(e)

Separation. Pedestrian and vehicular traffic shall be separated as much as possible and conflicts there shall be kept to a minimum.

(1991 LDR ch. 75, art. 2)

(a)

Access. Each off-street parking space shall be directly accessible from an aisle, driveway or alley and each space shall be accessible without driving over or through any other off-street parking space. Off-street parking spaces shall be so arranged that no automobile shall be required to back into a street in order to utilize a parking space, except for one- and two-family dwellings in residential zoning districts.

(b)

Design of driveways. Driveway widths must meet minimum standards, which will vary as a function of parking angle and whether traffic flow is one- way or two-way. Schedule 75-2 established the minimum design criteria for off-street traffic aisles.

(c)

Landscaping.

(1)

Sidewalks. All sidewalks shall be separated from driveways by a landscaped strip at least 18 inches wide.

(2)

Interior. Where individual parking spaces abut at the narrow end, they will either be separated by a landscaped area or an internal island shall be provided.

(3)

Perimeter.

a.

Islands. For parking spaces that are not abutting perimeter landscaped areas, there shall be a minimum of one landscaped island per five spaces with no more than ten spaces in a row without an island separating them. An island shall measure not less than six feet in width and may extend the required length of a parking space. At least one tree shall be planted in every island. The remainder of the island shall be landscaped, and the landscaping material may include grass, ground cover, mulch, shrubs, trees or other landscaping treatment excluding sand pavement. Where two islands in abutting rows of parking spaces are contiguous with one another along their width, the islands shall be combined and may be counted as two islands, provided a minimum of two trees are planted in the combined islands. Islands shall be placed within the interior of an off-street vehicular use area as indicated in subsection (c)(3)b of this section.

b.

Perimeter buffer adjacent to road right-of-way. On any parcel of land providing an off-street vehicular use area, where such area is not entirely screened from an abutting right-of-way by an intervening building or other structure, a landscaped buffer a minimum of eight feet in width shall be provided between the off-street vehicular use area and the right-of-way, except at points of access.

c.

Perimeter buffer adjacent to parking area driveway. A driveway into a parking area shall be bordered by a landscaped buffer a minimum of eight feet in width.

d.

Other perimeter buffer.

1.

Where a parking area abuts a property boundary which does not front on road right-of-way, a landscaped buffer a minimum of six feet in width shall be provided between the parking area and the property boundary except at points of access.

2.

Where a parking area is adjacent to another use on the property (e.g., building, stormwater retention, detention basin or open space), a landscaped buffer a minimum of six feet in width shall be provided between the parking area and the other use. As an alternative to providing this perimeter buffer adjacent to a building, landscaped islands may be provided according to subsection (c)(2) of this section.

3.

Where the off-street vehicular use area is designed for purposes other than parking, such as truck delivery, loading, service station, vehicle sales lot, drive-in banking, vehicular storage or access drive, the minimum width of the landscaped perimeter buffer shall be three feet.

4.

A perimeter buffer is optional along the phase boundary of phased construction where the off-street vehicular use area does not front on road right-of-way.

e.

Terminal islands. A row of parking spaces abutting a perimeter landscaped buffer shall be terminated at an access point by a landscaped island. The island shall measure not less than six feet in width and may extend the required length of the parking space. At least one tree shall be planted in the island. The remainder of the island may be landscaped with grass, ground cover, mulch, shrubs, trees or other landscaping treatment excluding sand or pavement.

f.

Perimeter landscaping.

1.

Where the perimeter buffer minimum width requirement is six or eight feet, at least one tree for each 40 linear feet (or part thereof) of required buffer shall be planted in the buffer, with trees located to maximize shading of the off-street vehicular use area.

2.

Where an off-street vehicular use area abuts a property boundary, screening shall be provided along the length of the perimeter buffer. Screening shall be optional within phased construction projects or multi-building projects where the off-street vehicular use area does not front on road right-of-way. Screening shall also be optional along an access drive adjacent to the property boundary where the access drive is not contiguous with other off-street vehicular use areas or with buildings. Appropriate screening may include existing vegetation, berms in combination with plant material, masonry walls, wood fences, evergreen hedges or any combination thereof; and shall within two years of installation, reach a minimum of three feet in height and be 75 percent opaque.

3.

The remainder of a perimeter buffer shall be landscaped and the landscaping material may include grass, ground cover, mulch, shrubs, trees or other landscaping treatment excluding sand or pavement.

(d)

Materials.

(1)

All driveways shall be paved with concrete or asphalt.

(2)

All parking spaces shall be paved with paving blocks, concrete or asphalt.

VEHICULAR PARKING, PEDESTRIAN AND OFF-STREET TRAFFIC FLOW

SCHEDULE 75-2
DRIVEWAY WIDTH/ACCESS AISLES

* Where approved wheel stops are provided at the end of a stall, the paved area of the stall may be reduced two feet. The area two feet beyond the wheel stop shall be left clear from a point six inches above the grade of the back of the stall, for vehicle overhang. Vehicles shall not be allowed to overhang property lines.

+ Driveways with one side loaded with parking and the opposite side free of any vertical obstruction for a distance of no less than four feet shall be 20 feet wide.

(1991 LDR ch. 75, art. 3; Ord. No. 2007-07, § 4, 11-20-2007)