11C-403 Roadway Access
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An access shall be identified when developing any property and shall be controlled as follows:
A. Access may be up to but not more than one thirty (30) feet in width, measured by right angles to the center line of the driveway, except as increased by permissible curb return radii. The entire flare of any return radius shall fall within the property owner=s right-of-way.
B. A property may have more than one thirty (30) foot access and in no event shall such accesses exceed sixty (60%) of the entire property frontage.
C. No two (2) of said accesses shall be closer to each other than twelve (12) feet and no access shall be closer to a side property line than three (3) feet.
D. No access shall be closer than forty (40) feet to the point of any intersecting roadways.
E. Access roads to properties located on an inside turn (right angels) shall be twentyfive (25) feet from the property line.
F. Any ingress or egress access to town owned streets must be in compliance with this ordinance.
G. Where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalk, the applicant shall construct a safety island along the entire length of the property frontage, except across the permitted access. The safety island may be curb, fence, or appropriate landscaping not to exceed four (4) feet or be less than eight (8) inches in height, which shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission. The safety zone cannot be in the Aclear zone@ according to UDOT standards.
H. In all cases, where an access crosses the bike path, the return radii and the access, into the property, twelve (12) feet into the property shall be paved.
I. Property Owners must pipe culverts under all accesses, or create a swale in the access.