TO: City Commission
FROM: Elizabeth Taschereau, Director of Development Services
DATE: September 7, 2022
Title
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING
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BACKGROUND: The City Manager's Office requested an ordinance to amend the City's driveway requirements at the direction of the City Commission. City staff prepared the draft the attached ordinance. The proposed ordinance will accomplish the following:
1) In General
a) Re-arranged the Code, re-worded to an easier to understand language, and summarized requirements in a table
2) Single Family and Duplex Driveways
a) Increased to allow a minimum of 27 feet wide so any property regardless of the amount of lot frontage can have at least 3 parking spaces
i) Lots 54 feet wide or greater (previously 45 feet wide)
(1) From: 27 feet (straight) or 36 feet (circular) wide up to 40% of the frontage, whichever is less;
(2) To: up to 50% of the primary lot frontage regardless of the driveway type
ii) Lots less than 54 feet wide (previously 45 feet wide or less)
(1) From: maximum of 18 feet wide to 27 feet wide on the primary frontage
b) Number of driveways
i) Lots 54 feet wide or greater
(1) From two (2) to three (3) on primary frontage
ii) All Driveways
(1) Allow all previously permitted driveways to be reconstructed as they were permitted regardless of the current regulations
(2) Allow driveway flairs a maximum five (5) feet in width with a zero setback at a property line; currently not addressed by the Code
iii) All Circular Driveways
(1) From 10 feet wide maximum for a second driveway on a corner lot; to a maximum of 20% of the secondary lot frontage
(2) From no minimum width for a second driveway on a corner lot; to a minimum of 9 feet wide on the secondary frontage
(3) From no minimum depth to a minimum depth of 20 feet on the secondary frontage
(4) Allow any driveway to connect to another driveway
iv) Turn-in Driveways
(1) Not addressed by the Code to require a setback of...
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