[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Riverside 8-16-1982 by Ord. No. 82-5. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter is adopted under authority granted
by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of July
31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
Driveways provide service to properties from
streets and highways and shall be located to provide the best visibility
possible within the limits of the property that each driveway serves.
No person or persons, firm, association, partnership,
corporation, or any other entity shall at any time install a driveway
which enters upon or exits upon a public road or street located within
the Borough limits of the Borough of Riverside without first having
applied for an application thereof and secured a permit therefor.
Any person or persons, firm, association, partnership,
corporation or any other entity required to procure an application
shall apply for such application, in writing, to the Secretary of
the Borough of Riverside. The application shall be signed by the applicant
applying for the said permit, and the specific location for the said
permit shall be set forth in detail on the said application for the
exact location, length, width, and grade of the said proposed driveway.
The fee for each such permit shall be as set
from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, payable at
the time of the submission for such permit to the Secretary of the
Borough of Riverside.
Each application shall be reviewed by the Secretary
of the Borough of Riverside, and the installation of each driveway
shall be made in accordance with and under the supervision of the
Borough Engineer, with the width of each driveway, together with the
grade of each driveway, set forth in detail by the Borough Engineer.
Each driveway shall have at the intersecting point of the public road
or street an eighteen-inch-diameter corrugated steel or plastic pipe
for the purpose of carrying surface water, and each pipe shall be
installed at the direction of and in accordance with the specific
directions of the Borough Engineer.
A.
Driveways for residential properties shall be 10 feet
to 20 feet in width. Minimum corner radius to local streets shall
be five feet; minimum corner radius to highways should be 10 feet.
B.
Driveways for commercial properties should be 20 feet
to 24 feet in width. A minimum corner radius of 10 feet shall be used
for all streets and highways. For commercial properties where two
driveways are constructed adjacent to each other, the minimum corner
radius shall be 30 feet. Figure 1[1] indicates a typical double driveway into a large commercial
area. Figure 2[2] indicates a typical driveway for a gasoline service station,
illustrating both right angle and diagonal drives. All curbing indicated
shall be either seven-inch cement concrete curbing (PennDOT Design
Construction Drawing SD-10) or six-inch rolled bituminous concrete
lip curbing as defined in accordance with PennDOT Specifications,
Form 408, dated 1976, Sections 630 and 636, respectively.
A.
The furnished surface for residential driveways may
be either concrete, macadam or stone aggregate, all in accordance
with PennDOT Specifications, Form 408, dated 1976.
B.
Concrete for residential driveways shall be, at a
minimum, 3,000 psi concrete and a minimum of six inches in thickness.
C.
Macadam for residential driveways shall consist of
a minimum of six inches of crushed aggregate base course and 1 1/2
inches of macadam surface after all rolling is completed. Macadam
may be either ID-2A or FJ-1 (Sections 420 and 422, respectively, PennDOT
Specifications).
D.
Stone aggregate for residential driveways shall consist
of a minimum of six inches of selected material surfacing (Section
677, PennDOT Specifications).
E.
The finished surface for commercial driveways shall
be either concrete or macadam, all in accordance with PennDOT Specifications,
Form 408, dated 1976.
F.
Concrete for commercial driveways shall be, at a minimum,
3,000 psi concrete, reinforced with six-by-six wire mesh, and shall
be a minimum of eight inches in thickness.
G.
Macadam for commercial driveways shall consist of
a minimum of eight inches of crushed aggregate base course and 2 1/2
inches of ID-2A. The macadam shall be rolled in two courses: one-and-one-half-inch
binder course and one-inch surface course after all rolling is completed
(Section 420, PennDOT Specifications).
A.
Driveways shall be connected to the adjacent street
line or shoulder line in order to accommodate the drainage along the
street gutter, curbline or highway shoulder line.
B.
Where driveways are connected to streets or highways
that contain side drainage ditches for the conveyance of stormwater
runoff, the profile grade of the driveway shall be established such
that a storm sewer pipe can be installed in the ditch, with a minimum
cover of six inches to the top of the pipe. The diameter of the storm
sewer pipe shall be designed using one of the standard design methods
but shall be no smaller than 12 inches. Where depth is critical, pipe
arches in lieu of circular pipes may be used. The pipe shall meet
the requirements of PennDOT Specifications, Form 408, dated 1976,
Section 601.[1]
C.
Unless a concrete endwall is used, the inlet end of
the pipe shall extend to the bottom of the driveway slope, and the
outlet end shall extend one foot beyond the bottom of the driveway
slope.
D.
Concrete endwalls for storm sewer pipes shall conform
to PennDOT Standard Construction Drawing SD-1 and PennDOT Specifications,
Form 408, dated 1976, Section 605.
Any person or persons, firm, partnership, corporation,
or other entity found guilty of a violation of this chapter, upon
conviction thereon for a summary offense before a Magisterial District
Judge, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus
costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, shall be imprisoned in Northumberland County Jail for a term
not to exceed 30 days, provided that each day of violation of this
chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct offense under the
terms of this chapter and shall be subject to separate and distinct
penalties under this section.
