[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Waterloo 10-19-1987 by Ord. No. 87-6 as §§ 8.11
and 8.20 of the 1987 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall construct any new driveway across
any sidewalk or curbing without first obtaining a driveway and/or
culvert permit from the Clerk-Treasurer or the Director of Public
Works. The applicant for a driveway permit shall file the application
with the Clerk-Treasurer or 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 11-17-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-4]
The fee for a driveway permit shall be as stated
in the City of Waterloo Fee Schedule. The fee shall accompany the
application.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fee Schedule is on file
at the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer.
A.
Width. No driveway shall exceed 24 feet in width at
the outer or street edge of the sidewalk in residential areas and
36 feet in industrial and commercial areas unless approved by the
Board of Public Works.
[Amended by Ord. No. 93-9]
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 Board of Public Works 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 Board of Public Works. The Board
shall approve or disapprove the granting of the permit upon determining
whether or not such driveway would be detrimental to traffic control
and safety.
C.
Interference with street prohibited. No driveway apron
shall extend out into the street further than the face of the curb
or roadway surface.
D.
Number of driveways limited. No more than one driveway
shall be constructed for any residential lot or premises without the
approval of the Board of Public Works.
E.
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 Chapter 12, § 12-1E of this Code. 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 24 inches in diameter
on state trunk highways and 18 inches in diameter on other streets
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. Any culvert
hereafter installed in the City shall have apron end walls of the
same material as the culvert pipe.
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, and that the
culvert end walls are in place.
C.
Existing culverts. The Director of Public Works may
investigate and approve or disapprove the various existing culverts
or other drainpipes placed in the highways, streets or alleys in the
City. The Director may require culvert end walls to be placed on existing
culvert installations where he determines it to be in the best interest
of the City and the abutting property owners. 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 drainpipes
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. Replacing
or repairing culverts shall be done at the expense of the property
owner.
[Amended 8-4-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]
