South Hanover City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIX
Motor Vehicle Access
§ 27-1901 Access regulations.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1901, 4/11/1995]
Wherever motor vehicle access is provided from the street (or private road) onto the lot the following regulations shall apply.
§ 27-1902 Driveways and curbs.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1902, 4/11/1995]
1.
Access to the lot shall comply with the following regulations:
A.
Access shall be by not more than two driveways for each 100 feet frontage on any street.
B.
No two of said driveways serving single-family and two-family dwellings shall be closer to each other than 12 feet and no driveway shall be closer to a side property line than three feet and no flare shall cross an extended side property line. Except in the case of single- and two-family dwellings the general layout shall be such that there will be no need for motorists to back over public rights-of-way.
C.
Each driveway shall be paved and shall not exceed 35 feet in width, measured at right angles to the center line 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.
Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way line within 40 feet of the street right-of-way line of an intersecting street and in no case less than 10 feet from the point of tangency when the intersecting street lines are joined by a curve. Notwithstanding the above and when deemed necessary for public safety by the Board of Supervisors this dimension shall be increased for access drives to shopping centers, other commercial, industrial, public or institutional uses. Such access drives shall be located in a manner to permit safe ingress and egress.
E.
Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within five feet of a fire hydrant, catch basin or drain inlet.
F.
Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within 40 feet of another driveway on the same lot, excepting in the case where dual access drives are deemed necessary to permit safe ingress and egress, these dimensions may be reduced to not less than 12 feet between two access drives.
G.
For multifamily developments and nonresidential uses, when deemed necessary to permit safe ingress and egress, acceleration and deceleration lanes paralleling the street shall be installed at the expense of the property owners.
H.
Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way for all multifamily developments and in all commercial, industrial and other such nonresidential uses, within 20 feet of a property line unless two adjoining property owners mutually agree in a legally recorded instrument to a common driveway.
I.
For multifamily developments and nonresidential uses, where there is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalks on the street or private road, a safety island along the entire frontage of the property shall be provided except for the permitted driveways. On the two ends and street side of each such island shall be constructed a concrete curb in accordance with other codes and ordinances of the Township.
J.
For multifamily developments and nonresidential uses where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalks a curb, fence or pipe rail shall be constructed along the entire length of the property line except in front of the permitted driveway in accordance with other codes and ordinances of the Township.
K.
General safety requirements — Sight distance. Driveways shall be located in safe relationship to sight distance and barriers to vision and shall not exceed a slope of 10% within 12 feet of the street line. Where drives enter a bank through a cut, unless a retaining wall is used, the side slopes of the cut shall be graded to not more than one-half foot vertical to one-foot horizontal within 10 feet of the point the drive intersects with the right-of-way line.
L.
Submission of plan. A scale drawing of proposed off-street parking and loading areas, access drives and walks shall be submitted as part of the required plot plan. Any plan requiring access onto a state highway shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
§ 27-1903 Location of gasoline pumps.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1903, 4/11/1995]
Gasoline pumps and all other service equipment shall be set back not less than 25 feet from any street line and shall be so located that vehicles stopped for service will not extend over the property line.
§ 27-1904 Emergency vehicle access.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1904, 4/11/1995]
Stabilized emergency vehicle access shall be provided around all buildings which are defined as "unlimited area building" by the BOCA National Building Code [Chapter 5] or as otherwise required by the Township Board of Supervisors. Stabilized areas shall be located as required by the Township and consist of either paving in accordance with Township standards or, in lawn areas, eight inches of #4 crushed aggregate or approved equal, 18 feet in width and covered with sod. In lawn areas, delineators shall be placed at fifty-foot intervals to identify the location of the access lane.
§ 27-1905 Fire lanes.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1905, 4/11/1995]
Fire lanes shall have a minimum width of 18 feet for the efficient and effective use of fire apparatus. Designated fire lanes shall be maintained free of obstructions and vehicles and shall be marked in an approved manner. All designated fire lane signs or markings shall be maintained in a clean and legible condition at all times and replaced when necessary to ensure adequate visibility.