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Green Lake County, WI
 
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The location, design and construction of an access to a County trunk highway shall be in accordance with the following provisions and other applicable provisions of this chapter, and in no case shall be exceeded unless specific written authorization is obtained from the County Highway Department:
A. 
A driveway shall have a minimum top width of 20 feet and a maximum top width of 35 feet, (which may be increased with approval of the Highway Commissioner), measured at the road right-of-way. The entire roadway and its appurtenances shall be contained within the frontage along the highway of the property served.
[Amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 17-2021]
B. 
All driveways shall be constructed so as to ingress and egress the County trunk highway at an angle of 90° to the County trunk highway, unless otherwise approved by the County Highway Department.
C. 
A driveway shall not provide direct access to or from a County trunk highway intersection.
D. 
All driveways shall be constructed of solid load bearing material. The top surface of the driveway shall consist of at least six inches of gravel upon the traveled portion.
E. 
The surface of the driveway connecting with the highway section shall slope down and away from the highway shoulder a sufficient amount and distance to preclude ordinary surface water drainage flowing from the driveway area onto the highway roadbed.
F. 
No concrete approaches or aprons shall be permitted within the highway right-of-way except in curb and gutter areas.
G. 
Driveways shall not obstruct or impair drainage in highway side ditches or roadside areas. A culvert shall consist of state standard pipe with apron end walls. The culvert length shall be determined by the County Highway Department. The culvert and apron end walls shall be furnished by the property owner. Culverts shall be installed at least 10 feet from the owner's property line, unless otherwise approved by the County Highway Department. The culvert diameter shall be determined by the County Highway Department and must be a minimum of #15 arch (17 inch x 13 inch) pipe.
[Amended 9-16-2014 by Ord. No. 1095-2014]
H. 
All driveways shall be constructed or reconstructed to have sloped sides. Such construction shall be accomplished using only soil materials. The side slopes of the driveway shall be sloped at no more than a length to height grade ratio of 3:1. All slopes shall be seeded or covered with sod by the property owner.
I. 
The restricted area between successive driveways may be filled in or graded down only if the following requirements are fully complied with:
(1) 
The filling in or grading down shall be to grades approved by the County Highway Department except where highway drainage is by means of curb and gutter, in which case water drainage of the area shall be directed away from the highway roadbed in a manner approved by the County Highway Department.
(2) 
Culvert extensions under the restricted area shall be of like size and equivalent acceptable material as the driveway culvert. Intermediate manholes adequate for cleanout purposes may be required as deemed necessary by the County Highway Committee dependent upon total culvert length.
J. 
The County Highway Committee may impose any other requirements deemed necessary with regard to construction of any driveway so as to promote the safe and efficient ingress and egress to the County trunk highway and to protect the public investment in the highway.
K. 
The installation, maintenance and replacement of a driveway, and culvert, are the responsibility of the property owner or occupant. The maintenance and replacement of intersecting side roads are the responsibility of the municipality. The property owner or occupant is to keep the culvert free of debris and other obstructions in order to provide proper drainage along the highway. Any expense incurred by the Green Lake County Highway Department due to lack of proper maintenance will be at the owner’s expense (i.e., thawing of culvert pipe not cleaned, not structurally sound, obstructed by excessive snow pushed into ditch, etc.).
[Added 9-16-2014 by Ord. No. 1095-2014]