A. No driveway approach shall be permitted to encompass any municipal facility under the permit provided for herein.

Applicant may be authorized to relocate any municipal facility including any within the limits of a curb return which may be encroached upon as allowed under subsections C and D of this section;

B. At street intersections, no portion of any driveway approach, including end slopes, shall be permitted between the limits of the intersection of the prolonged property lines and the curb, except as may be allowed under subsections C and D of this section;

C. At street intersections no portion of any driveway approach, including end slopes, shall be permitted between the limits of the intersection of the prolonged back edges of the sidewalks and the curb, except as may be allowed under subsection D of this section;

D. On all curb returns at street intersections, where the radius is twenty-five feet or more, driveway approaches, including end slopes, may encroach upon each end of the return for a distance equal to twelve and one-half percent of the total length of the arc of the curb return, thus leaving at least seventy-five percent of the length of the arc of the curb return face free from driveway encroachment;

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections B and C of this section, at street intersections no portion of any driveway approach including end slopes shall be permitted between the points of curvature of the curb return where the radius of the curb is twenty feet or less;

F. Access from the public street where the lot abuts an alley will only be allowed as an exception to using the alley for access. Pursuant to Chapter 19.34, the city engineer, in consultation with the planning director, may allow access from the street in lieu of, or in addition to, using the alley;

G. No driveway approach for commercial purposes shall be allowed unless sufficient space is provided for vehicles, twenty feet in length, to turn around before returning to the street, or unless an exit to an alley or secondary street is provided. (Ord. 3618-18 § 2, 2018; prior code § 13.36.050.)