§ 21.41.253. Parking areas—Curb cuts.

A curb cut clearance shall be obtained from the Public Works Department and shall be submitted with an application for a building permit. For any nonresidential use with more than a fifty foot (50′) frontage on a street, no curb cut shall be permitted within thirty-five feet (35′) of an intersection. All unused curb cuts shall be replaced with a full height curb and gutter.

Table 41-5 MAXIMUM NUMBER AND WIDTH OF DRIVEWAYS AND CURB CUTS
Site Width	No Paved Alley a, d Or Paved Alleys Less Than 10 Feet In Width	Paved Alley a, c 10 Feet 15 Feet	Paved Alley a, c 16 Feet 20 Feet
0 feet—120 feet	1 curb cut, 20 feet maximum width e	No curb cuts—residential;sup\sup;; 1 curb cut 24 feet maximum width—nonresidential	No curb cut—residential;sup\sup;; 24 feet maximum width—nonresidential
121 feet—200 feet	2 curb cuts, 24 feet maximum width each	1 curb cut, 24 feet maximum width	No curb cut—residential;sup\sup;; 1 curb cut 24 feet maximum width—nonresidential
201 feet—400 feet	2 curb cuts, 24 feet maximum width each	2 curb cuts, 24 feet maximum width each	No curb cut—residential;sup\sup;; 2 curb cuts 24 feet maximum width—nonresidential
401 feet plus	3 curb cuts, 24 feet maximum width each	3 curb cuts, 24 feet maximum width each	No curb cut—residential;sup\sup;; 3 curb cuts, 24 feet maximum width—nonresidential

 

Notes:

a. Minimum width of the alley from site to public street.

b. This shall only apply in parking impacted areas. In R-1 and R-2 zones, outside of parking impacted areas, one driveway, 20 feet wide is allowed. In all residential zones within parking impacted areas, nonconforming driveways may be maintained provided that the driveway leads to a legal parking space.

c. No access shall be allowed to an arterial highway from a lot in a residential zone.

d. On corner lots, in residential zones, where both streets are classified as regional arterials, arterials, principal streets or collector streets, driveway(s) shall be limited to the lower classified street.

e. The City Engineer may adjust the width of the permitted curb cuts by up to 4 feet, if such an increase would be beneficial to the public safety.

(ORD-05-0038 § 1, 2005: Ord. C-6684 § 35, 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)