No driveway which serves three or more residential building lots of any type, may lie on a corridor of land or land area having a width of less than 35 feet.

This article shall apply only to driveways constructed after May 3, 1993 and to lawfully existing driveways changed after that date to connect with or serve one or more additional lots.

It is the intent to permit adjoining lots to share a driveway, the shared part of which is subject to precautions to ensure that the driveway will be maintained and remain useful for both ordinary and emergency access under all weather conditions, and to ensure that a driveway will not be used as a substitute for a street or as a substitute for mandatory access frontage. After May 3, 1993, a driveway may be constructed or extended to serve more than two lots only in accordance with a special permit authorized by the Planning Board, subject to all applicable provisions of this Bylaw.

The driveway shall lie entirely within the lots being served.

A shared driveway shall be considered satisfactory only if (1) it has been constructed in accordance with the provisions of the special permit; and (2) there is a recorded clear provision for maintenance and snow removal; running with the land.

A driveway shall not be used to provide the lot access frontage required by this Bylaw or by the Subdivision Control Law.

Where the access to structures or uses provided by the driveway is substantially different than that which would be provided through required lot frontages, the special permit shall not be issued unless the Planning Board finds that the proposed shared driveway and its location are in the public interest.

Where it is in the public interest, the special permit granting authority may require the owners to name the shared driveway and provide a number for each dwelling served by it. In the event that a sign is installed, it shall be subject to the approval of the SPGA.

The Planning Board shall submit a copy of the special permit and approved plan to the Building Commissioner. No building permit shall issue until receipt of the special permit and plan.

The special permit may require inspections at certain points in the construction by an agent authorized by the Planning Board.

Grades on shared driveways constructed or extended after May 3, 1993 shall not exceed 10%.

The minimum width of the shared driveway shall be 16 feet.

The shared driveway shall be constructed of materials resistant to erosion and frost heaving and sufficient to support an axle load of 10 tons under all weather conditions. The shared driveway shall be paved with a three inch minimum thickness layer of bituminous concrete.

Turnouts shall be provided along the shared driveways at intervals of 300 feet. The turnout shall be eight feet wide and 25 feet long.

All shared driveways shall be provided with provisions for drainage sufficient to prevent deterioration of the driveway and to prevent any erosion, flooding, or other problems on any property beyond that of the owners of the driveways including the street which it intersects.

The SPGA shall require that utilities to the lots be located directly adjacent to or within the shared driveway.

All curves shall be designed to accommodate a vehicle with fifty-foot outside turning radius.

Each branch from a shared driveway shall be designed such that a twenty-one-foot wheelbase fire truck or other emergency vehicle can safely enter and exit the branch.

At the end of the shared driveway, a turnaround shall be constructed with a seventy-five-foot minimum turning radius.

The developer shall post a cash bond to cover the cost of the construction of the shared driveway.

Adequate fire protection shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Planning Board.

The length of a shared residential driveway shall not exceed 750 feet. This length shall be measured from the sideline of the public way on which the lots have frontage to the end of the turnaround.