Borough of Riverton, NJ Article IV Driveways

[Adopted 11-12-1914 by Ord. No. 110]

§ 111-9 Approval required prior to construction.

[Amended 11-14-1974 by Ord. No. 315; 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 15-2005]

No driveways erected in the Borough of Riverton for the purpose of providing ingress and egress for vehicles from the public streets across the public sidewalks to private properties shall be constructed without first having obtained a written permit from the Streets and Roads Engineer of the Borough of Riverton.

§ 111-10 Level and slope.

[Amended 11-14-1974 by Ord. No. 315; 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 15-2005]

Such driveways shall be depressed at the curbline to the authorized level of the watercourse and the gutterway and shall slope upward to the level of the paved sidewalk at its outer edge, or at such other distance from the curblines as shall be approved by the Street and Roads Engineer of the Borough of Riverton.

§ 111-11 Thickness and strength.

The driveway shall be of such thickness and solidity as to effectually withstand the weight to which it is to be subjected. Where it crosses a paved sidewalk of bricks, the bricks shall be set edgewise on a solid foundation, and if it crosses a cement sidewalk, it shall be of double the thickness of cement prescribed for sidewalks by the Borough specifications.

§ 111-12 Reinforcement of gutter.

[Amended 11-14-1974 by Ord. No. 315; 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 15-2005]

The Streets and Roads Engineer of the Borough of Riverton may also provide that the watercourse in the gutterway into which said driveway shall open shall also be reinforced and strengthened.

§ 111-13 Schedule of permit fees.

[Added 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 15-2005[1]]

The following fee is hereby established to be paid to the Borough of Riverton for the permit and inspection by the Streets and Roads Engineer pursuant to this article.

A. Application and inspection fee: $250.

[1] Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former §§ 111-13 and 111-14 as §§ 111-14 and 111-15, respectively