All driveways, access roads, and streets shall be located, designed,
constructed, and maintained in such a manner as to not interfere or
be inconsistent with the design, maintenance, and drainage of the
Township road or street to which the same is to be connected. All
driveways, access roads, and streets which are subject to the ordinance
shall be so located, designed, constructed, and maintained as to comply
with the requirements set forth in Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code
of Regulations, Section 441.7, Section 441.8 and Section 441.9.
The permit application for all driveways other than those classified
as minimum-use driveways shall include a plan which illustrates, as
a minimum, the following, including dimensions, where applicable:
A.
Existing roadway, pavement, ditches, right-of-way, relevant property
lines, road appurtenances, utilities, medians, and drainage facilities.
B.
Existing and proposed buildings or structures, including a description
of present and proposed use of buildings and structures.
C.
Details of internal traffic circulation and parking.
D.
Design features of existing and proposed driveways, curbs, tapers,
acceleration and deceleration lanes, including driveway width, driveway
radii, and other points of curvature, driveway grades, driveway angle
in relation to the Township road, dimensions of traffic islands, driveway
surface material, and location of all traffic control devices.
E.
Distance from existing and proposed driveways to the following:
(1)
Nearest intersecting street, road or highway.
(2)
Nearest driveway on adjacent properties.
(3)
Any street, road, highway or driveway opposite the property.
(4)
Relevant property lines shown extended into the Township road.
(5)
Site distance in each direction for the proposed driveway.
(6)
The number of vehicles per day which are expected to utilize each
proposed driveway.
