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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance,' I ! DRIVEWAY ACCESS LOCATIpN AND DESIGN ORDINANCE i; ORDINANCE NO. ~, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER. 3, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, :SECTION 3, BY AMENDING THE TITLE OF` SUBSECTIQN K, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION K(1}(D) AND ADDING SUBSECTIONS K(1}(E) AND K(1}(F}, AND BY AMENDLNG SUBSECTIONS K(2) THROUGH K(7) AND ADDING SUBSECTIQNS K(8} AND Keg} TO THE CpDE pF ~I ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE 'STATIpN, TEXAS, RELATING. TO DRIVEWAY ' ACCESS LOCATION AND DESIGN; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ,, WHEREAS, proper. driveway access design and location :are essential: to the maintenance of safe and efficient traffic flow;. WHEREAS., in order to, prevent '-the proliferation of poorly spaced driveways, -driveway access design policies, that can irnprove safety and maintain: carrying capacity. of public roadw~~s, should be promulgated to apply o all properties for which a land use or property,. boundary change is proposed;. WHEREAS, the impact of driveways an traffic safety and roadway carrying capacity makes it apparent that it is in the best interest of a community to have ~ driveway access policy which limits the number of driveways to safely accommodate the raffic generated by each property, provides adequate spacing between adjacent driveways or :adjacent streets to reduce accident potential and ensure proper geometric design to promote traffic safety and enhance the capaoty of the roadway; WHEREAS, driveway location and design impacts traffic safety;- WHEREAS, right turns into and out of driveways, requiring only a speed. change, a merge or demerge, .and a turn which may cause an encroachment on an adjacent travel lane, have the least impact on traffic safety; WHEREAS; left turns, requiring a speed change,. merge or demerge, and the. crossing of apposing traffic.,-cause mare conflicts:; WHEREAS, adequate driveway spacing provides enough roadway for miotor vehicles to melee turns at adjacent drives such that acceleration -deceleration areas do not overlap; and !,, WHEREAS, the potential for accidents increases when driveway spacing decreases to he point ~; where speed change and merge areas begin to 'overlap for turning movements at adjacent '~ driveways; NOW THEREFOR E, BE` IT ORDAINED 6Y THE CITY COUNCIL QF:THE CITY OF CC}LLEGE STATICJN, TEXAS; !I ~~ r ~ Ordinance No. Page 2 i I ~ ~ ~ I~ 1 i . Ordinance No, age 4 (vii) The number and location of driveways on existing adjacent snd opposite properties; (viii) The location and carrying capacity of intersections; (ix) The proper geometric design of driveways;. (x) ; -Thee spacing between apposite and; adjacent driveways; (xi) The nternal circuiatlon between driveways; and, (xii} The peed of he ad jacent roadway. (b) { Driveway access to arterials shall not be permitted for parking or loading areas that require backing maneuvers in a: public strut right-of-way. Driveway access to collector treets for commercial or multifamily developments shall not be permitted for parking or loading areas that require backing maneuvers in a public street right-of~way. ~ (c) Qne curb cut shall be allovued for :access to single family and duplex ~~ residential tracts. More than one curb cut may be allowed upon approval i by the City Engineer or his designee, l d O For corner tracts access to residential trac#s shall be taken from the lesser street. Access notes on plats shall supersede this requirement. The determination as to the iesapr (nr nraatpri =ctr~pt.chall hp hacad nn ~a~~Tn ~, ~~ I i Ordinance No. age 5 e ( ~~di~ ~ ° ~ f . ~, ~ ' (3) Spacin A ~', ~. t g of Driveway Access ~ (a) Application of~ the driveway access location. and design policy requires identification of the functional classification of the sheet on which access is requested and then applying the appropriate spacing requirements. The { City of College Station Streets are: classified as follows; ".: - .. (i) Major Arterial; (ii) Minor Arterial; =' (iii) Collector; and, (iv) Loce l Street. (b) Mayor arterial, minor arterial, and collector streets in the. City of College ~~ ~ Station are i~ndieated~ on ~the~ Thoroug hfare and Transportation Improve~nent~ ~~ Plan. The functionalclassification of any treet in the ~Citynotindicated as an arterial or collector street on this plan shall be determined using the functional street classification defined by the American Ass4catioru of State Hi hwa `and Trans ortaton Qfficals AASHTQ "teen book'°, A _g y p { } g _ Polio on Geometric Deli n of Hi hwa s and Streets.. (c) Driveway access spacing shall be measured from the center line of the proposed driveway pavement to the nearest edge of the roadway of the ,, ;, i l 1 i adjacent or opposite driveway or street as indicated in Figure 1 Transportation, Sections 4-fi01 and 4-fi~2. i Ordinance No, Page 10 (5) Shared AccessC (a) ~~ A point private access easement may be required between adjacent (lots ~ frontin on arterial and collector streets in order to minimize the` total g number of access points along- those- streets and to facilitate traffic flow between lots. The location and dimensions of said easement shall be determined by the City Engineer. (b) Private cross access easements-may be required across any lot frontingi on an arterial or collector street in order to minimize the number of access points and facilitate access between and across individual lots. The location and dimension of said easement shall be determined ~ by the City:•. .~ 1 ;l I Engineer. ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ' . ~, ~ ~ ~ ,~ ~ e- ~ ' "1 .: e d 'J . ~'. ~ ~ ~ (6) Ge_ ometric Desi n ofi Drvewa~,A,~ cress ~ (a) All driveways shall meet the. City. of College Stations Standard Specifications for Street Construction and the construction standards as set forth in :.Section 9 of the Zoning ordinance. ~ (b) Curb cuts for driveways shall not be permitted in the curb return oif an i intersection.. a (c) - .. . The curb return radii for driveways intersecting at right angles with the roadway ar~d without a deceleration lane shaA be as follows: (i) Curb return. radii for Residential (Single I=amly and Duplex) a Drivewa located on local or collector streets hall be between 25 y I #eet and 10,0 feet as shown in Figure 3. Flare type residential driveways must also adhere to these dimensional criteria. Residential Driveways located. on arterial streets rr~ust adhere to the specifications set forth in G(c)(ii): (ii} Curb return radii for Commercial and Multi-family Driveways shall vary between 15 and 30 feet as shown in Figure 4. iii ` Curb return radii for drivewa es not included in i) or (ii) move O y tYp ( ,~ shall be determined by the City Engineer or his desgneeti Ordinance No, Page 15 (d) A permit or building/site plan approval as per the the procedure of either 8(b) or S(c} shall be required for the location df ail rivewa~s which provide ~ for :.access #o roperty, Driveway permits wiii also be required -for any P significant structure change, land use change, or property boundary change. ~ (e) II b set b resolution of the Colle e: Station The drrveway .permit fee sha a _y g ~ ~ Cit Council from time to time as deemed appr®priate by said council`and y shall be of an amount `to cover the cost of l~~ensrng and maintaining records. (f) All permits granted for he use of public::-:pro-.pert° under the Perms of irhis ~ section shall be revocable at the~will of the Cite ~nc~l _, I' (9) App Is ~! a (} Ana eal ma be taken b an erson egg~iewed bbl the decision of the pP y v v p City Engineer. Such appeal shall be made within irt~ (30} days of he date . .' ^ s . e . ^ ~ a ^ of the notification of the decision by f~ling with the qty Engineer a notice of appeal pecifying the grounds thereof. The pity Engineer shall forth~rith transmit to the Planning and Zoning ~~rnissiQn a!I the papers constituting the record upon which the aci~n ~pei~l f rc~rn was taken. (b) The Planning and Zoning Commfssior~ mey ahize on appeal a variance to he Driveway Access Location and Deign Ordnance when 'such variance will not be contrary to he public intere~ where, owing to unique.. and special conditions not normally found in :..Bike areas, a sfrict enforcement of the provisions of the ord`i~~an~~ the Ci~~ Engineer would 'n an[ unnecessary hardship, and so that tie sprit of this ordinance result i shall be observed and substantial justice d~r~~p