Steelton City Zoning Code

Access shall be by not more than two driveways for each 100 feet frontage on any street.

No two of said driveways 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.

Each driveway shall be paved and shall be not more than 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.

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 safety by the Planning Commission and/or the Borough Council, this dimension shall be increased for driveways into shopping centers or other commercial, industrial, public or institutional uses.

Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within five feet of fire hydrant, catch basin or drain inlet.

Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within 40 feet of another driveway on the same lot, except that 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 access drives.

Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way in all multifamily, commercial and industrial districts within 20 feet of a property line, unless two adjoining property owners mutually agree in a legally recorded instrument to a common driveway.

For nondwelling uses, where there is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalk on the street, 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, the height, location and structural specifications of which shall be approved by the Municipal Engineer. Maximum and minimum curb return radii permitted and minimum driveway approach angles to the center line of the street are required as shown on Plate 1, attached to this chapter and made by this reference as much a part of this chapter as if fully described and detailed herein.[1]

For nondwelling uses, where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalk, a curb, fence or pipe rail not exceeding two feet nor less than eight inches in height, as shown on Plate 1, attached to this chapter,[2] shall be constructed along the entire length of the property line, except in front of the permitted driveways.

For commercial and industrial districts 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.

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.

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 in addition to Borough Council approval.