No person shall construct any new driveway across any sidewalk or curbing without first obtaining a driveway and/or culvert permit from the Director of Public Works or his designee. The applicant for a driveway permit shall file the application with the Director and furnish a drawing designating his property lines, the location and width of the proposed driveway and the location of any driveway and street intersection within 150 feet of the proposed driveway.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 233]
The fee for a driveway permit, in an amount as set from time to time by resolution of the Common Council, shall accompany the application.
A. 
Width. No driveway shall be less than eight feet in width in any area of the City nor shall the total width of all driveways on any lot or parcel of land exceed 35 feet in width unless approved by the Street, Building and Utilities Committee.
[Amended by Ord. No. 157]
B. 
Interference with intersections prohibited. At street intersections, a driveway shall not provide direct ingress or egress to or from the street intersection area and shall not occupy areas of the roadway deemed necessary by the Streets, Buildings and Utilities Committee for effective traffic control or for highway signs or signals. All applications providing for location of a driveway within 50 feet of an intersection in residential districts and 150 feet in commercial and industrial districts shall be submitted to the Common Council. The Common Council shall approve or disapprove the granting of the permit upon determining whether or not such driveway would be detrimental to traffic control and safety.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 233]
C. 
Interference with street prohibited. No driveway apron shall extend out into the street farther than the face of the curb or roadway surface.
D. 
Workmanship and materials. All driveway entrances and approaches which are constructed across sidewalks shall be paved in accordance with the requirements for sidewalk construction in § 330-22 of this chapter. When curb or gutter is removed, the new connection shall be of equivalent acceptable material and curb returns shall be provided or restored in a neat, workmanlike manner. Driveway surfaces shall connect with the street pavement and sidewalk in a neat, workmanlike manner.
A. 
Size and location. All culverts placed on, in or along the highways, streets or alleys of the City, either under private driveways leading from the public highways to private property or otherwise, shall be of sufficient size and constructed in such manner and of such materials as to provide means for the flow of water naturally accumulating or flowing along the ditches on such highways, streets or alleys. Such culvert shall not be less than 15 inches in diameter, and shall be of sufficient length to prevent injury to persons or property in the use of the highways and the entrance to and exit from the highways over and across such culverts. The Director of Public Works may determine the size of the culvert required.
B. 
Conditions for building. No building permit for the lot or parcel shall be issued by the Building Inspector until he is satisfied that the culvert has been placed, that sufficient gravel has been placed thereon to afford ingress and egress.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 233]
C. 
Existing culverts. The Director of Public Works may investigate, approve or disapprove the various existing culverts or other drain pipes placed in the highways, streets or alleys in the City. The Director may also require the owner of an abutting property to remove, or cause to be removed or replaced with adequate facilities, any culverts or drain pipes which do not conform to the requirements as provided herein when, in his judgment, it is necessary to do so, either for the orderly construction, maintenance or repair of any such highway, street or alley or in providing for a proper drainage system thereon.