HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10-2000 ORDINANCE NO. 10-00
AN ORDINANCE REVISING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
BROOKINGS PERTAINING TO ACCESS DRIVES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BROOKINGS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, THAT ARTICLE III and VII OF CHAPTER 50, THE 1994 REVISED
ZONING ORDNANCE SHALL BE AMENDED, AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
SECTION 50.70.600 ACCESS DRIVES
A. Business and Industrial Districts
4. Exception: Gas dispensing stations, operations involving routine semi-trailer
traffic and similar uses may install access drives up to forty feet (40')in width.
7. The maximum permitted flair on each side of an access drive shall not exceed 8
feet at the curb.
B. Residential Districts
4. The width of a driveway, which leads directly to and accesses a garage, may be
the same width as the garage.
Exceptions:
1. Driveways shall not exceed thirty-six feet (36') in width within the front yard
setback area.
2. Driveways may be extended into the yard area between the driveway and nearest
side lot line a distance not exceeding twelve feet (12') for garages that have doors
facing the street.
3. Where no garage exists, the driveway may be up to twenty-four feet (24') in
width.
All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
FIRST READING: May 8, 2000
SECOND READING: June 12,2000
PUBLISHED: June 16, 2000
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SECTION 50.70.600. ACCESS DRIVES
A. Business and Industrial Districts
The following regulations shall apply to all lots in the business and industrial districts.
1. No more than two (2) access drives shall be permitted onto any street which the lot or
block abuts.
2. The street frontage for two (2) access drives shall not be less than one hundred feet(100').
3. Access drives designed for both ingress and egress shall not be less than twenty-four feet
(24') in width.
4. The maximum access drive width shall be thirty feet (30').
Exception: Gas dispensing stations and similar uses may install access drives up to
forty feet(40') in width.
5. On corner lots, access drives shall not be installed within fifteen feet (15') of either front
property line when said line is extended to the curb or street.
6. Access drives from the street or curb to the property line shall be surfaced with asphalt or
concrete.
B. Residential Districts
1. No more than one (1) access drive shall be permitted onto any street which the lot or block
abuts.
Exception:
a. An apartment building or apartment complex, church, school, retirement or nursing
home, or other assembly use on a lot or block with one hundred fifty (150) feet or more
of frontage on any street may install one (1) additional access drive. (Ord. 30-95,
9/26/95) (Ord. 23-97, 9/23/97).
b. Two-family dwellings may have one access drive for each garage where said garages
are separated by or attached to opposite ends of the building. (Ord. 30-95, 9/26/95).
2. The curb cut width may not exceed the allowable access drive width. One flair on each
side of the access drive shall be permitted and shall not exceed four feet (4') along the curb
line.
3. Access drives from the roadway to the property line or sidewalk which has direct access to
a garage may be the same width as a garage. Access drives shall have a maximum width
of thirty-six feet (36'). Where no garage exists, or where a garage is less than twenty-four
feet (24') wide,the access drive may be up to twenty-four feet(24') in width.
4. The width of a driveway which leads directly to a garage from the property line or
sidewalk onto the property may be the same width as the garage and may be extended into
the yard area between the driveway and nearest side lot line a distance not exceeding
twelve feet (12'). Driveways shall not exceed thirty-six feet (36')in width. Where no
garage exists, the driveway may be up to twenty-four feet (24') in width. (Ord. 22-98)
5. On corner lots, access drives shall not be installed within ten feet (10') of either front
property line when said line is extended to the curb or street.
6. Access drives may be installed contiguous to a side or rear lot line.
7. Access drives from the street to the sidewalk shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete.