[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Lewisburg 5-11-1964
by Ord. No. 514. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make, construct, or
install a private driveway intersecting any public street or private access
to any public street for the use of vehicles without first obtaining a permit
to do so.
[Amended 10-20-1987 by Ord. No. 833]
Applications for permits shall be made through the Office of Borough
Secretary in written form, stating the name of the owner of the affected property,
the address and location of the affected property, accompanied by a draft
or print of the proposed driveway showing its exact location, the width, length,
and type construction to be used. Each application shall be accompanied by
an inspection fee as established by resolution of Borough Council.
[Amended 6-6-1966 by Ord. No. 540; 7-17-1990
by Ord. No. 861; 7-24-1995 by Ord.
No. 899]
No application shall be approved unless the proposed private driveway
shall meet the following requirements:
A.
There shall be a clearance from the driveway to the intersection
of any two Borough streets or a Borough street and alley of at least 50 feet.
A variance from such clearance may be granted by Borough Council but only
after a review by the Police, Planning and Public Works Committees of the
Borough which results in a finding that deviation from the fifty-foot restriction
will not create a significant safety hazard or significantly increase an existing
safety hazard.
B.
The width of the driveway shall not be less than 12 feet
and not more than 22 feet at the point of intersection with the public street.
C.
The driveway shall have a base of aggregate or concrete
meeting minimum requirements of the State Transportation Department, for depth
of not less than six inches and have a hard surface of macadam or concrete
for the full width of a type meeting minimum requirements of the State Transportation
Department.
D.
There shall be minimum visibility, unobstructed, within
10 feet measured perpendicular from public street, of at least 100 feet in
each direction, along the public street.
[Added 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 841]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District
Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, together with the
costs of prosecution, or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days,
or both. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
