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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1988-050 ORDINANCE N0. 88-50 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, , BY AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE III, , SECTION 20-44 RELATING TO DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND ' PLACEMENT STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED ' DOLLARS ($500 . 00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A �"`� SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY ; �.,,,� CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING I AN EFFECTIVE DATE i l f BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, � TEXAS : � Section l . That Chapter 20, Article III, Section 20-44 of , the Grapevine Code of Ordinances relating to Driveway Design and ` Placement Standards is hereby amended by providing amendments and � by renumbering said section as shown in Exhibit "A" , attached ; hereto and made a part hereof. � Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500 . 00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues . Section 3 . If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, 3 ' clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional �,,;� by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4 . The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this ordinance become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 2nd day of August , 1988. APPROVED: „�' ., �V+ Mayor �;..., ATTEST: ! i y Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: � . City Attorney _ �,:� �.{�,«, � � � � ,��.A l ,��. f ` � � i ,I il I � I Sec. 20-44. DRIVE4�,Y DESIQV & PLACII�QT STANDARAS �y� A. Definition of Driveway Types: For the purposes of interpreting the provisions of these rules and regulations, the following definitions shall apply. � 1. Residential Driveway: One which provides access to a single family residence, or a duplex. These drives shall, whenever possible, intersect on collector or residential type roadways only. 2. Co�rercial Driveuray: One which provides access to an office, retail or institutional building or to a multi-family ccenplex having more than two units. It is anticigated that such buildings will have incidental truck service. Commercial drives shall access, whenever possible, onto collector and arterial thoroughfares only. In those cases where camnercial drives must access residential streets, the spacinq requirements of collector streets shall govern the driveway place.ment. (Fig. 20.2) 3. Industrial Driveway: One which directly services substantial ntanbers of truck mQvements to and frcan loading docks of an industrial facility, warehouse or truck teiminal. A centralized retail develo�anent, such as a con4rnznity or regional shopping center, may have one or more driveways specially designed, signed and located to provide � access for trucks and such driveways shall be considered industrial driveways. Industrial plant driveways whose principal function it is to serve ac�iinistrative or employee parking lots shall be considered a °'�'� co�nercial driveway. Industrial drives shall access, whenever possible, to arterial thoroughfares or industrial roadways. In those cases where industrial drives must access residential or collector streets, the spacing requirements for minor arterials shall govern the driveway placement. (Fig. 20.2) 4. Residential Local Street: Street not designated as a thoroughfare on the Grapevine Thoroughfare Plan. 5. Non-Residential Local Street: Street not designated as a thoroughfare on the Grapevine Thoroughfare Plan. B. State Highways: All driveways on State rnunb�red highways shall conf�nn to the nbre restrictive of the most current State Depa.rtrrent of Highways and Public Transportation regulations regarding driveway placement and construction or the City of Grapevine Standards. C. Driveway Dimensions: 1. Driveway Widths: As the tenn is used here, the width of a driveway refers to the width of pavement at the property line. No praperty shall have drive widths in excess of sixty percent (60$) of the property frontage. �� (a) Residential Driveways: RPsidential driveways onto stxeets shall have a minurnun width of twelve feet (12') and a m�urnun � I Driveway Standards Page 2 width of twenty-five feet (25') . (Fig. 20.1) Joint access residenti.al drives shall have a minimtun width of twenty feet (20') ,.��u and no less than nine feet (9') on either property. (Fig. 20.3) (b) Calmtercial/Industrial Driveways, Two-way operation (90 � �6 degrees only) : i. Comnercial drives shall have a minim�an width of tv,�nty feet (20') and a maximum width of €ei-tp-�eet (481) forty-five feet (45') . (Fig. 20.2) ii. Industrial drives shall have a minim�un width of thirty feet (30') and a maxim�un width of �e�t� �eet (491) forty-five feet (45') . (Fig. 20.2) iii. Joint access drives shall meet or exceed the mini.m«n required width and have no less than ten feet (10') on either i propert_y. The full drive width and access pav�nent to both � properties shall be constructed with the first develo�anent. Approval of a joint access drive requires a signed letter of agreement between both owners su�iitted with the site plan. (Fig. 20.3) : (c) Comnercial/Industrial Ilriveways, One-Way Operation: i. Ninety degree (90° ) drives shall have a width of twenty-tw� feet (22') for ingress and twenty feet (20') for � egress, with the separation median width being a mini.mt.4n of eight feet (8') and a maxiirnun of ten feet (10' ) . (Fig. 20.4) �..� ' ii. Sixty dec�ree (60�) angular drives shall have a width of twenty feet (20') for ingress and sixteen feet (16') for egress, with the separation median width being a minim�.�n of eight feet (8') and a maxim�n of ten feet (10') . (Fig. 20.5) iii. Joint access ninety degree (9G° ) drives shall have a : width of twenty-two feet (22') for ingress, twenty feet (20') for eqress, the separation median width being a minimtmt of � eight feet (8') and. a maxumnn of ten feet (10') and no less than ten feet (10') of pavement width on either property. 'I'he full drive width and access pavement to both properties shall be constructed with the first development. Approval of a joint access drive requires a signed letter of agreement between both owners sukinitted with the site plan. (Fig. 20.3) D. Driveway Radi� Al1 driveways intersecting dedicated streets shall be built with a circular curb radius connecting the roadway curb to the design width pavement of the driveway, measured at the property li.ne. Drive radii shall fall entirely within the subject property so as to begin at a point on the street which is located within the limits of the j projection of the propert_y corners perpendicular to the street curb. �* Driveway radii may e�tend in front of the adjoining propert_y if approved iby the ad�oining owner in writinq. (Fig. 20.1 & 20.2) � �,,.� � � i i I I i � I Driveway Standards Page 3 , , 1. Ninety degree (90°) Intersection. (a) The curb radii for a residential drive shall be a minim�mi of �� five feet (5') and a m�iirn�n of ten feet (10') . (Fig. 20.1) (b) The curb radii for a coam�ercial drive shall be �e�t�* €eet (�91) ten feet (10') . (Fig. 20.2) (c) The curb radii for an industrial drive shall be t�r�t�*-���e �eet (��1) ten feet (10') . (Fig. 20.2) 2. Sixty degree (60°) intersection. (Fig. 20.5) (a) The curb radii shall be five feet (5') for the outside of the drive and five feet (5') for the median. (b) Driveway radii shall always be designed to beccsne tangent to the street curb line in order that the definition of the location of the edge of pavement for the thoroughfare may be maintained. E. Driveway Spacing and Location in Relation to Other Drives: Spacings and locations in relation to other drives and to intersecting roadways, and standard details are outlined in Figure 20.1 through 20.7. 1. Drive�nrays shall not be allo�aed to be placed within the functional ��-� boundaries of intersections which include the transition sections of acceleration and deceleration lanes. (Fig. 20.6) '� 2. Driveways sha.11 not be within twent�� feet (20') of the conflict area of T or Y intersections. (Fig. 20.7) 3. All driveways must maintain a mininn�n distance of five feet (5') from utility poles, fire hydrants, underground manholes or vaults, curb inlets, etc. (Fig. 20.1 & 20.2) 4. F�iting lots with street frontage that can not meet the minimi�n spacing standards specified in this section and accampanying figures will be allowed one minim�un width drive for principal access to be located so as to present the least possible effect on traffic flaa. In cases where corner lots can only meet the mininnun driveway spacing standards on one street, access shall not be permitted on the street where the mini.m«n•standards are not met. 5. Median Ctiits and Spacing: Only one driveway opening shall be allowed per median opening on either side of the roadway. Drives not aligned with median openings shall not be allow�ed within seventy-five feet (75') of the limits of the median opening. (Fig. 20.6) n�+"*s � Driveway Standards Page 4 F. MISCELI�ANEOUS: � 1. Residential A�ccess to Collector and Arterials: Driveways fran single-family dwellings and duplexes are to be placed on local and collector strPets and shall not be plac.ed on arterial streets and the ,;._.� following specific roadways: Park Boulevard, Dove Road, Dove Loop, Heritage Avenue, Cheek-Sparger Road, Hughes Road, Glade Road, Dooley Street fro�n Wildwood Street to Bushong, north-south section of Kimball Road, a proposed four-lane arterial to run north-south fram Dove Road to Kimball Road parallel to and west of the existing Snakey Lane, or any other street not yet constructed but shown as a faur-lane or larger street in the Grapevine Thoroughfare Plan, as amended. 2. Thiclmess: All reinforced concrete driveways opening on City streets with curb and gutter shall have a mininnan thickness of six inches (6") within the street rightrof way. ' 3. Culverts: Where culverts are required, the culverts shall be of Class III, ASTM C-76 reinforced concrete pipe with tongue and groove joints and shall have a minimum length of three feet (3') beyond driveway edge for all driveways. Minimum size shall be fifteen inches (15") inside diameter. ' 4. E��pansion Joints: Expansion joints for reinforced concrete ', driveway aprons shall be plac-ed where the driveway apron joins sidewalks, concrete curb and gutter, concrete paving and at the right-of-way line. �� i 5. Slope: Reinforced concrete driveway aprons shall slope upward �. _�� , toward the property they serve so that the sidewalk grade is m�t or the ' apron rises s� inches (6") in the first five feet (5') behind the curb. 6. Water Meter Boxes: Water meter boxes shall not be placed in driveways. A fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) shall be charged to cover the relocation of ineters and services in order to camply with this section. � � i �,,.:� � I � RESIDENTIAL DRIVE PLACEMENT ���u� FIGURE 20.1 �� A B C D E (Min) (Min) Residential Local Street 25' 12'-25' 0 5' S'-10' Collector 25' 12'-25' 0 5' 5'-10' Minor Arterial 40' 12'-25 0 5' S'-10' Residential Driver,�rays are not pezmitted on any throughfare that rec�u.ires four (4)lanes are larger as noted in Section F, of this ordinance �,�� �t'_ D � � E B CURB INLET -- SECTIDN E.2. s I W c R W � � � UTILITY POLE, METER, ---� FIRE HYDRANT -- SECTIDN E.2. . B � A , i R --� : ,�„ --- STREET N �N-R � SID� �ITIAL DRIV� PLACEMENT FIGURE 20.� � �. � ' A B C D E ��) (Min) Non Residential Local Street 60' 20-45 20' 10' 10' ; Collector 100' 20-45 100' 10' 10' Minor Arterial 120' 20-45 120' 10' 10' Major Arterial 150' 20-45 150' 10' 10' � ' � � D � � �`� B CURB INLET -- SE�TIDN E.2. F- LJ C R' �, �-- . i � UTILITY POLE, METER, FIRE HYDRANT -- SECTIDN E.2. B A R. � STRE�T �,� � � JOINT USE DRIVES R � I � a e _ —� FIG. 20.3 a s Residential Drive 9 ' Min. 20' Min. Co�nn�ercial 10 ' Min. 20 ' Min. Industrial 10 ' Min. 30' Min. One Way Ingre�s 10 ' Min. 22' Min. One way Egreaa 10' Min. 20' Min. � �r... � I �: � ' NON RESIDENTIAL DRIVES � �! ONE WAY QPERATION ; � i zo� z�� � �,,:. 8� 10� FIG. 20.4 � i NON RESIDEI�iT1AL DRIVES ONE WAY OPERATION � 60 AHGULAR . ��. -�-- 8'—10� Z� i �6� �o 6� 5� � 5� I FIG.20.5 � � � � FUNCTIO�NAL BOUNDARIES II � OF� INTERSECTIONS I �:�, FIGURE 20.6 � ( � I � �s . I I MEDIAN CUTS I I FUNCTIONAL BOUNDARIES: � � � � �,�,. INTERSECTION ��; C�NFLICT AREA 20� FIGURE 20.7 C F �EA .� � i � i � � � ; � � � �� � � � � � �� ; � � � i , � � .�§.� � � i