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ORDINANCE 03 - <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AMENDING <br />SECTION 30-906 "VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION" <br />OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 30-906. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation. <br />(a) Gmera//y. All commercial buildings or structures and their accessory uses shall be accessible <br />to and from nearby public streets and sidewalks by driveways and walkways properly drained and <br />paved with: <br />(1) Asphalt; <br />(2) Concrete; <br />(3) Concrete or similar pavers; or <br />(4) Class V (or equivalent) compacted to maintain a dustfree surface. <br />Vehicular traffic generated by commercial uses shall be channeled and controlled in a manner that <br />will avoid congestion on the public streets, traffic hazards, and excessive traffic through residential <br />areas, particularly truck traffic. The adequacy of any proposed traffic circulation system to <br />accomplish these objectives shall be determined by the city engineer, who may require such <br />additional measures for traffic control as he may deem necessary, including but not limited to the <br />following: directional signalization, charmelization, standby turn lanes, illumination, and storage area <br />and distribution facilities within the commercial site to prevent backup of vehicles on public streets. <br />~o) Use of right of ~ry. No area used by motor vehicles other than driveways serving as ingress and <br />egress to a commercial site shall be located within the public street right-of-way. <br /> <br />(1) ~ dr/z~. The following shall be applicable to commercial driveways (measured <br />between roadway edges): (table was removed for clarity) <br />(2) Singlefmnity resideraial d~ot, wa3s. Single-family residential driveways shall not exceed 30 feet in <br />width measured at the property line. <br />(3) Lots that are 1-acre or larger in the A1 and Rla zoning districts, shall be allowed two <br />driveways onto a city street, not exceeding 40-feet in total combined width. Driveways shall be <br />separated a minimum of 25-feet. All driveways accessing a county road will require a county access <br />permit. <br />(4) In all single family districts, if the area inside a looped driveway is 25-feet or less wide, the <br />two legs of the loop, not to exceed 30-feet in combined width, shall be considered one driveway. <br />(5) In all single family districts, comer lots shall be allowed to have one driveway on each street, <br />not to exceed 40-feet in total combined width total. <br /> <br />s: \planning\case files\2003 \oa 03-05 city of er driveways\ordinanc.doc <br /> <br /> <br />