Rochester City Zoning Code
35-163 HIGHWAY
ACCESS
A. No direct private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of any controlled access arterial street without permission of the highway agency that has access control jurisdiction. No direct public or private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of arterial streets intersecting other arterial streets or local streets within 100 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
B. Access Barriers, such as curbing, fencing, ditching, landscaping, or other topographic barriers, may be required to prevent unauthorized vehicular ingress or egress to the above specified streets or highways.
C. Temporary Access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the Plan Commission after review and recommendation by the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permit shall be temporary, revocable, and subject to any conditions required and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.
D. With respect to each lot in residential districts R-1 to R-3 inclusive only one driveway shall be permitted to exit/enter said lot from each street that directly abuts such lot on the front, rear and each side; and any driveway exiting/entering said lot from more than one street will connect with the driveway or driveways exiting/entering from any other street or streets. This provision shall only apply to driveways constructed after the effective date of this Code.