§ 16-18U.021. Curb cuts, driveways, drive-through lanes, and parking structures.

1.

All sidewalk paving materials shall be continued across any intervening driveway at the same prevailing grade and cross slope as on the adjacent sidewalk clear zone.

2.

Driveways shall have a band of textured concrete adjacent to the street that is in-line with and equal in width to the street furniture zone and shall have a textured band of concrete adjacent to the sidewalk which is in-line with the supplemental zone and a minimum width of five feet from the sidewalk.

3.

In Subareas 1—8, driveway and curb cut widths shall be 24 feet for two-way entrances and 12 feet for one-way entrances, unless otherwise permitted by the commissioner of public works.

4.

No circular drives shall be located between any building and any public street with the exception of hotels.

5.

Drive-through service lanes, when permitted, shall not be located between any building and the sidewalk.

6.

Curb cuts and driveways shall not be permitted on any street that functions as an arterial street or collector street when access may be provided from a side or rear street located immediately adjacent to a contiguous property, with the exception of hotel patron drop-off drives.

7.

In Subareas 1—9, unless authorized by section 16-18U.021(4), driveways, except for a driveway to reach the side yard or rear yard or an on-site parking facility, are not permitted between the sidewalk and a building, and shall be perpendicular to any adjacent street.

8.

No more than one curb cut shall be permitted for each development, provided that properties with more than one street frontage may have one curb cut located on each street frontage.

9.

Entrances to garages and carports that serve a single residential unit shall face the rear yard, or a side yard that has no street frontage.

10.

In Subareas 1—9, all contiguous ground-floor residential units shall share one common drive, located in rear yards or side yards without street frontage, to serve garages, carports and parking areas.

11.

In addition to section 16-28.028, parking deck façades shall have the appearance of a horizontal storied building.

12.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-28.006(10), a common or joint driveway may be authorized by the director of the bureau of planning when adjacent lots have direct vehicular access to a street, and a driveway from a private street which functions as a public street may be authorized by the director of the bureau of planning, based on traffic considerations, when a perpetual easement agreement is agreed upon by all affected property owners and a copy of such agreement is provided to the bureau of planning.

13.

All developments, including parking decks, shall have sidewalks a minimum width of four feet connecting ground level parking to the public sidewalks and to all building entrances. See Section 16-18U.023, Minimum Landscaping for Parking Lots, Barrier Requirements.

14.

No drop-off lanes shall be permitted along public streets.

(Ord. No. 2005-51, § 1(Att. A), 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2008-67(08-O-0196), § 12, 7-21-08)