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HomeMy WebLinkAbout019 - 06/25/1964 - PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF CURB CUTS AND DRIVEWAYS FROM STREETS ORDINANCE NO �9 , 19649 BEING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF CURB CUTS AND DRIVEWAYS FROM STREETS IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 General Any access from any public roadway to private property hereafter provided, constructed, altered or repaired, shall be through driveways constructed according to the provisions of this ordinance Section 2 Definition The word 'Street" as hereinafter used is intended to include any street, alley, or other public place within the City of Fort Collins The word 'Roadway" shall mean the paved, improved or proper driving portion of a street, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel The term 'Sidewalk Area" shall mean that portion of the space lying between the street roadway or curb line and the property line which is reserved for sidewalks, either existing or proposed The term "Change of use" shall mean any change of purpose for which any land building or structure is occupied, maintained arranged, designed or intended The term "Parkway ' shall mean the space between the street roadway or curb line and the property line with the exception of the sidewalk area The word "Driveway ' shall mean any area, construction or facility between the roadway of the street and private property Section 3 Application for Permit (4Except when included in a building permit it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or organization to construct, reconstruct alter or repair any driveway in the City of Fort Collins, without first obtaining a permit therefor and paying the permit fee as required by Section 4 hereof provided, however, that no permit fee shall be required of a subdivider constructing driveways as a part of street and sidewalk installation within the subdivision No permit fee will be required when driveway construction occurs as part of a special improvement district (b) Any party requesting such permit shall file a written application with the City Engineer Such application shall be made on a standard City form provided for that purpose, and shall include 1 The name and address of the applicant 2 The name and address of the owner of the property abutting the street where the work is to be performed 3 The exact location of the proposed work giving the street address or legal description of the property involved 4 A detailed plan showing the exact dimensions of the abutting property and the exact dimensions and location of all existing or proposed driveways and other pertinent features within the limits of the frontage of said property 5 The plan shall also show the location of buildings loading platforms or off-street parking facilities being served or to be served by such driveways (c) The City Engineer may require, at his discretion the filing of any other information when in his opinion such information is necessary to properly enforce the provisions of this ordinance (d) No plan shall be approved nor a permit issued where it appears that the proposed work or any part thereof conflicts with the provisions of this ordinance or any other ordinance of the City of Fort Collins nor shall issuance of a permit be construed as a waiver of the Zoning Ordinance or other ordinance requirements concerning the plan Section 4 Permit Fees Required The permit fee for each driveway approved by the City Engineer shall be Five Dollars ($5 00) for a driveway up to fifteen (15) feet in width For each additional foot of width (in excess of 15 feet) an additional charge of Thirty Cents (30¢) per foot shall be charged Section 5 Authority to Order Reconstruction of Curbs and Driveways The City Engineer or his authorized representative may at their discretion order the reconstruction, alteration or repair of driveways and curbs associated therewith presently constructed or constructed hereafter under the terms of this ordinance where they determine such to be an impediment to the free move- ment of vehicles upon the streets or the uneconomic distribution of parking space Iat the curb of the aforementioned streets or to travel or safety of pedestrians thereon Such notice to reconstruct alter or repair shall be given by registered or certified mail to the owner of the premises involved, i -2- r who shall commence such reconstruction alteration or repair within thirty (30) days thereafter In the event the owner fails to so commence, the City may make such reconstruction, alteration or repair, billing the costs of the same to said owner who shall be obligated therefor Section 6 Authority to Order Removal of Abandoned Driveways When, in the opinion of the City Engineer or his authorized representative an abandoned driveway constitutes a hazard to vehicular traffic or to pedestrians within the City, they may order the removal of such driveway, the reconstruction of the new curb shall be made by the owner of the premises involved after notice having been given as provided in Section 5 hereof In the event of the failure of the owner to remove the said driveway restoring the sidewalk area and curb line the City may undertake such removal and reconstruction billing the owner for the same as provided in Section 5 hereof, and the owner shall be obligated therefor Section 7 The City Engineer when directed by the City Council, shall have the authority to order the removal of any driveway which would be in the best interest of traffic movement or traffic safety, for pedestrians or vehicles Section 8 Adherence to Standard Plans and Specifications All construction outlined in this ordinance shall be located and constructed in accordance with the City of Fort Collins' Standard Plans and Specifications which shall be drawn by the City Engineer, approved by the City Council and available and on file in the office of the City Engineer and shall be performed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer or his authorized representatives The type of construction shall be as designated and/or approved by the City Engineer and all materials used shall be of satisfactory quality and subject to inspection and approval No concrete shall be placed until the City Engineer or his duly appointed agents have inspected and approved the forms Driveways shall be completely paved with concrete in the area between the roadway and the property line Section 9 Every driveway hereafter constructed reconstructed or altered, in the street right of way shall conform to the following regulations -3- r� r (A) location 1 No driveway shall be so located as to create a hazard to pedestrians or motorists, or to invite or compel illegal or unsafe traffic movements 2 Unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer all driveways shall be constructed within lines at right angles to the curb line 3 No driveway shall be constructed in such a manner as to create a hazard to any existing street lighting standard, utility pole, traffic regulating device or fire hydrant The cost of relocating any such street structure when necessary to do so shall be borne by the abutting property owner Relocation of any street structure shall be performed only by or through the person holding authority for the particular structure involved 4 No construction, alteration or repair shall be permitted for any driveway which can be used only as a parking space or which provides access only to the area between the street roadway and private property 5 All driveways shall be so constructed that they shall not interfere with the drainage system of the street (B) Size and Number 1 Except as otherwise provided herein the width of any business driveway shall not exceed thirty five (35) feet exclusive of the radii of the curb returns, the measurement being made along the flowline Where driveways are to enter courts or alleys having a right of way width of forty (40) feet or less the width of the driveways may exceed thirty-five (35) feet and the limitation of the percentage of property frontage in driveways may be waived provided the overall plan of the location of such driveways shall meet the approval of the City Engineer 2 Except as otherwise provided above, the total width of all driveways for any one parcel on a street shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the frontage of that parcel along the street Whenever in a single ownership the total width of existing driveways on a street is over fifty percent (507) of the frontage of that parcel on the street, such existing driveways shall be made to conform to the provisions of this ordinance in the event any of the folflowing should occur -4- (a) Any alteration or repair of such existing driveways in excess of twenty five percent (254) of the frontage of the ownership on that street, or any widening of any such existing driveways (b) Any construction of additional driveways in the parcel or the alteration or repair of any driveways in the ownership in excess of twenty- five percent (25%) of the frontage on which the driveways are to be altered or repaired when the parcel has frontage on two or more streets (c) Any change of use of the ownership as defined in Section (b) of the ordinance to which these specifications are attached (d) Any new construction reconstruction or any remodeling exceeding twenty five percent (257) of the value of the improvements on the land Upon the alteration or repair of any one or more of the driveways as aforesaid, the City Engineer may require such changes in any or all of the driveways of the parcel necessitated for better movement of traffic or to provide better protection to pedestrians 3 Proposed driveways shall intersect the property line at right angles Those driveways providing ingress to and egress from business estab- lishments may with the prior approval of the City Engineer, intersect the property line at an angle no less than sixty degrees (60 ) 4 In no case shall the width of any driveway be less than ten (10) feet, the measurement being made parallel to the roadway centerline and excluding the curb returns 5 Driveways shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in width, exclusive of curb returns for one or two family residential units Driveways for multiple family units shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width 6 No residential property shall be allowed more than two curb cuts 7 Unless otherwise provided herein no more than two service driveways shall be permitted for any one commercial frontage 8 In the case of commercial parking lots located on a parcel of land abutting two intersecting rights of way the centerline of the proposed driveway shall be no closer than fifty (50) feet to the intersection of the pertinent right-of-way lines -5 9 Where a single ownership parcel is developed into more than one unit of operation each sufficient in itself to meet the requirements of off-street parking and/or loading as may be required by the Zoning Ordinance, and where the safety of pedestrians or vehicular traffic is not endangered then and in those events the requirements outlined above may be construed to apply to each separate unit of operation rather than to the entire ownership 10 No driveway shall be wider than the curb cut between the curb and the property line Section 10 In the event the City Council of the City of Fort Collins should determine that in the application of this ordinance, undue hardship is created to any property owner it may grant an exception to said property owner Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 2$tk day of May, A D 1964 and to be presented for final passage on the 25th day of June A D 1964 Vn h A �-W yor d� V ATTEST i City Cler Passed and adopted on final reading this flday of June, A D 1964 yor ATTEST c City Cler -6