Stillwater |
Code of Ordinances |
Part II. STILLWATER CITY CODE |
Chapter 37. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES |
Article III. UTILITY CUTS AND DRIVEWAYS |
Division 3. DESIGN STANDARDS |
§ 37-129. Provisions for driveways and vehicular access—Residential.
Except as may be provided in an approved PUD plan, or for semidetached single-family dwelling lots, all residential lots under 100,000 square feet in size shall abut at least one public street for at least 35 feet, which street shall provide a direct and primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units. In no case shall a residential structure with four or less units be allowed access onto a principal or minor arterial street if access is otherwise available onto either a collector or local residential street. Residential lots containing four or less units along an arterial street where access is not available to a collector or local street, and residential lots with more than four units in all cases, shall be required to comply with the same curb cut size and location standards as nonresidential properties.
(1)
The basic design standards for residential driveways are shown in figure A, section 37-135.
(2)
The minimum width for a single car driveway shall be ten feet and for a two or more car driveway 16 feet at the property line. The maximum width for a two or more car driveway shall be 22 feet for lot widths equal to 50 feet and less than 60 feet in width, 28 feet for lot widths equal to 60 feet and less than 75 feet in width, and 32 feet for lot widths equal to and greater than 75 feet as measured at the property line. The following table A provides a quick reference to the maximum residential driveway width permitted by lot width:
TABLE A. RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WIDTH PERMITTED
Lot Widths
(Street Frontage)Maximum Driveway Widths 50 to < 60 feet 22 feet 60 to < 75 feet 28 feet ≤ 75 feet 32 feet (3)
Driveways shall be separated from an intersection such that both of the standards in this subsection are met. In no case shall the distance be such that the driveway return radius cuts into the intersecting street return radius. A minimum shall be maintained as follows:
a.
30 feet between the edge of the driveway at the curbline and the edge of the intersecting street; and
b.
15 feet between the edge of the driveway and the property line along the intersecting street.
(Code 1966, § 19-22(d); Code 1982, § 27-84(B); Ord. No. 2326, § 3, 7-11-1988; Ord. No. 2398, § 1, 1-7-1991; Ord. No. 2527, § 1, 3-4-1996; Ord. No. 2782, § 1, 6-16-2003)