[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Oxford 4-16-1987 by Ord. No. 87-5 (Ch. 50 of the 1974 Township
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person, individual, firm or corporation shall construct,
reconstruct or enlarge a driveway onto a Township street without having
first received a permit from the Township of Oxford.
B.
Permits shall be one of three classes, defined as
follows:
(1)
Class I: single-family residential dwellings with
drives not exceeding 6% maximum gradient and not requiring grading
to achieve minimum sight distances required herein and having no restriction
in the minimum required sight triangles.
(2)
Class II: all other single-family residential dwellings.
(3)
Class III: all other driveways.
A.
The number of driveways permitted from a proposed
lot or site directly to any Township road shall be limited as follows,
except under conditions where the safety and/or convenience of the
general motoring public is impaired. Such conditions shall be determined
and specified by the Township body with authority to approve site
plans upon receipt of the advice of the Township Engineer:
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Length of Lot of Site Frontage on Each
Street
(feet)
|
Permitted Number of Driveways on Each
Street
| |
|---|---|---|
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150 or less
|
1
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151 to 800
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2
| |
|
Each additional 800
|
1
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B.
Single-family dwellings on individual lots may have
more than one driveway.
C.
Service stations shall have at least two driveways.
A.
All entrance and exit driveways to a Township road
shall be located to afford maximum safety to traffic on the Township
road.
B.
Sight distances.
(1)
Any exit driveway or driveway lane shall be so designed
in profile and grading and shall be so located as to permit the following
minimum sight distances, measured from a point a minimum of 15 feet
behind the curbline or edge of the traveled way of the Township road.
The sight triangle shall not contain any obstruction, which would
obstruct the driver's view, of greater than one foot nor less than
10 feet above the curb level, except that trees whose branches are
trimmed away to above the ten-foot height may be permitted.
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Allowable Speed on Township Road
(mph)
|
Required Sight Distance
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
25
|
240
| |
|
30
|
275
| |
|
35
|
315
| |
|
40
|
350
| |
|
45
|
420
| |
|
50
|
475
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(2)
Roads which are not posted for speed limits shall
be considered to be 50 miles per hour, unless horizontal geometric
considerations dictate otherwise.
C.
Where a site occupies a corner of two intersecting
roads, no driveway entrance or exit shall be located within 40 feet
of the point of tangency of the existing or proposed curb radius of
that site.
D.
No part of any driveway shall be located within a
minimum of 10 feet of a side property line. However, upon application
to the Township body with authority over site plan approval, and upon
approval of design by the Township Engineer, that body may permit
a driveway serving two or more adjacent sites to be located on or
within 10 feet of a side property line between the adjacent sites.
E.
Where two or more driveways connect a single site
to any one Township road, a minimum clear distance of 150 feet, measured
along the right-of-way line, shall separate the closest of any two
such drives, except as permitted by § 50-2B above.
The geometric design of a driveway connection
to a Township road should be governed by sound traffic engineering
principles. Below are guidelines in preparing a geometric design,
but deviation from them will be necessitated from time to time due
to the many variables encountered in the course of preparing a design.
The applicant should be aware, therefore, that although the driveway
layout may conform to these guidelines, conditions may dictate deviations
from them, and requirements of the Township Engineer shall be final.
A.
Two-way operation. Driveways used for two-way operation
shall intersect the Township road at an angle as near to 90° as
site conditions will permit and in no case will be less than 75°.
B.
One-way operation. Driveways used by vehicles in one
direction of travel, right turn only, shall not form an angle smaller
than 45° with a Township road.
C.
The dimensions of driveways shall be designed to adequately
accommodate the volume and character of vehicles anticipated to be
attracted daily onto the land development for which a site plan is
prepared. The required maximum and minimum dimensions for driveways
connecting to a Township road at 90° are indicated below. Driveways
serving large volumes of daily traffic or traffic over 25% of which
is truck traffic shall be required to utilize high-to-maximum dimensions.
Driveways serving low daily traffic volumes or traffic less than 25%
of which is truck traffic shall be permitted to use low-to-minimum
dimensions.
|
Type
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Driveway Width
(feet)
|
Depressed Curb
(feet)
|
Return Radius
(feet)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Residential
|
8-16
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12-20
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10 maximum
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Commercial
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1-way
|
20-34
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24-38
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25 minimum
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|
2-way
|
24-46
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24-50
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40 maximum
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Note: Driveways connecting to a Township road
at an angle shall have the same widths as shown in the tables above.
The width of depressed curb and the radius of curb returns shall provide
for the sharpest turning radii of vehicles using the driveway, keeping
said vehicles within their prescribed lanes.
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D.
Vertical curves and alignment.
(1)
Any vertical curve on a driveway shall be flat enough
to prevent the dragging of any vehicle undercarriage. The maximum
permitted gradients for driveways are shown in the following subsection.
The profile dimensions given beyond the sidewalk are maximum for grades
and minimum for grades and minimum for grade lengths.
E.
Should the sidewalk be so close to the curb at a depressed
curb driveway as to cause the ramp to be too steep and is likely to
cause undercarriage drag, the sidewalk shall be approximately lowered
to provide a suitable ramp gradient.
The surface of any driveway shall be constructed
with a permanent pavement of a type specified below:
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Driveway Surface
| |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Outside Right-of-Way
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Class
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Within Township Right-of-Way
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Maximum Grade Less than 6%
|
Maximum Grade More than 6%
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Within Major Subdivision
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Residential, Classes I and II
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1.
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Pavement Type FABC-1, 2 inches, and requirements
|
X
|
X
|
X
| |
|
2.
|
Bituminous and stabilized base course, 3 inches
|
X
|
X
|
X
| |
|
2a.
|
Subbase Type 5, Class A, or Type 2, Class B,
6 inches
|
X
|
X
|
X
| |
|
Commercial, Industrial and Multifamily, Class
III
| |||||
|
1.
|
Pavement Type FABC-1, 2 inches
|
X
|
X
|
Not permitted
|
Not applicable
|
|
2.
|
Bituminous stabilized base course, 4 inches
|
X
|
X
|
Not permitted
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No driveway shall be permitted to be constructed over or across the normal drainage gutter line of an existing street, except on approval of the Township Engineer. The Township Engineer shall be guided by the design standards set forth in the Chapter 265, Site Plan Review, and Chapter 298, Subdivision of Land.
A.
Application forms shall be obtained from the Township
Clerk. Applications shall be accompanied by a legible plot plan or
sketch of the property, setting forth the following information:
(1)
Property lines.
(2)
Setback and location of structures.
(3)
Curb, if any.
(4)
Sidewalk, if any.
(5)
Utility installments affecting the driveway.
(6)
Trees and other obstructions within proposed sight
triangles.
(7)
Advisory, directional, regulatory and advertising
signs within sight triangles.
(8)
Location of existing driveways on the lot in question
and adjoining lots.
(9)
Driveway width.
(10)
Driveway angle.
(11)
Curbline opening.
(12)
Profile of driveway.
(13)
Profile of roadway in front of parcel to the limits
of the required site triangle.
(14)
Contour lines for existing and proposed grading within
the area of driveway construction and site triangle construction.
(15)
Radius of curvature, where applicable.
(16)
Parking facilities, where applicable.
(17)
For other than single-family residential, the estimated
number of cars and trucks using the driveway each day.
B.
All plans shall be prepared by a professional engineer
licensed to practice in New Jersey; provided, however, that an individual
may prepare plans as required herein on property owned by that individual
within the parameters established by N.J.S.A. 45:8-27.
A.
Class I. The application and accompanying data shall
be submitted in triplicate to the Zoning Officer, who shall review
the plan and shall do one of the following:
B.
Classes II and III. The application and accompanying
data shall be submitted in triplicate at the time of final subdivision
or site plan application, or at the time of building permit application
if a subdivision or site plan is required, to the Township Engineer,
who shall review the plan and shall do one of the following:
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued
unless all driveways on the lot or site have been completed in accordance
with the approved plan. Inspection to assure compliance will be done
by the Township Engineer, except that Class I driveways shall be inspected
by the Zoning Officer.
[Amended 8-18-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]
B.
Review, inspection and administration. All applicants
for a driveway permit shall pay the cost of the review, inspection
and administration of the driveway permit by the Township Engineer.
All applications for a driveway permit for a single-family dwelling
shall be accompanied by payment of an escrow deposit of $250 for review,
inspection and administration. In the event that the driveway is in
excess of 12% slope, an additional escrow deposit of $300 shall be
paid at the time of application.
C.
Additional escrow. Whenever the review, inspection
and administration costs exceed the initial escrow deposit, the applicant
shall pay any additional cost incurred prior to the issuance of a
certificate of approval by the Township.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any provision of this chapter which results in damages to or obstruction
of any Township road, gutter, storm drain, catch basin, inlet or culvert
shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by the Township of
Oxford in repairing said damage or removing said obstruction in addition
to the penalties herein provided.
B.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine of up to $2,000, imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90
days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Judge imposing
the same. Each and every day that said violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.[1]
