Chapter 16.26 OFF-STREET PARKING AND VEHICLE ACCESS STANDARDS
Section 16.26.250 Businesses requiring automobile access.
Businesses requiring
motor vehicle access shall
meet the following
requirements:
A. Access to the
structure or parking lot shall
be by not more than two (2)
access strips for each one
hundred (100) feet or
fraction thereof of frontage
on any street, providing that
no two (2) access strips shall
be closer to each other than
twenty (20) feet; each of the
access strips shall not be
more than thirty-four (34)
feet in width and shall not be
closer than twenty (20) feet
or greater where required by
the Planning Commission to
the point of intersection of
two (2) property lines or at
any street corner; and a curb,
hedge or fence of not more
than two (2) feet in height
shall be provided by the
owner to limit access to the
permitted access strip.
B. Commercial and
industrial sites desiring
access widths larger than
thirty-four (34) feet may
apply to the Planning
Commission for the larger
accesses. The applicant shall
submit to the Planning
Commission;
1. Written
documentation explaining
the reasons for the larger
access applications;
2. A traffic
plan
drawn to scale showing;
a. Widths
of all
adjacent public streets;
b. Traffic
flow
pattern of deliveries;
c. Schedule
of
deliveries;
d. Lengths
and
widths of trucks that will be
making deliveries.
C. The Planning
Commission shall make its
decision based on the
following criteria:
1. The width
of the
roadway;
2. Traffic
flow of
large vehicles through the
site;
3. Truck size
and
frequency of deliveries.
D. Gasoline pumps shall
be set back at least twenty
(20) feet from any property
line bordering a street;
provided, that a pump island
parallel to and adjoining a
street may be located not less
than fifteen (15) feet from
the property line bordering
the street. (PZSC § 03-12-019)
(Ord. No. 96-27, Amended,
11/20/96)