Township of Carroll, PA Article XV Motor Vehicle Access

§ 138-129 General provisions.

Wherever motor vehicle access is provided from the street or private road onto the lot, the following regulations shall apply.

§ 138-130 Driveways and curb.

Access to the lot shall comply with the following regulations:

A. Property access shall be provided by not less than one nor more than two driveways for each 100 feet of street or private road frontage.

B. No driveways serving single-family dwellings shall be closer to each other than 12 feet, and no driveway shall be closer to a side property line than three feet. No flare shall cross an extended side property line.

C. Each driveway shall be stabilized and shall be not less than 10 feet in width nor 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.

D. 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 governing body, this dimension may be increased for driveways into shopping centers or other commercial, industrial, public, multifamily or institutional uses.

E. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or within five feet of a catch basin or drain inlet.

F. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way for other than single and two-family type uses within 40 feet of another driveway on the sane lot, excepting 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 two access drives.

G. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way for all multifamily developments and in all 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.

H. For nonresidential uses, where there is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalk on the street or private road, a safety island along the entire frontage of the property shall be provided, except for the permitted driveways. On the two ends and street/private road side of each such island shall be constructed a concrete curb, the height, location, and structural specifications of which shall be approved by the Township Engineer.

I. For nonresidential uses, where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalk; a curb, fence, or landscaping not less than eight inches and not more than two feet in height shall be constructed along the entire length of the property line, except in front of the permitted driveway.

J. 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 1/2 foot vertical to one foot horizontal within 10 feet of the point the drive intersects with the right-of-way line.

K. 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.

§ 138-131 Location of gasoline pumps.

Gasoline pumps and all other service equipment shall be set back not less than 25 feet from any lot or right-of-way line and shall be so positioned that vehicles stopped for service will not extend over any such line.