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Single Street Number of Access Total Combined Width Frontage Connections of Access Connections 40 ft. or less 1 20 feet Over 40 ft. to 100 ft. 2 20 ft. +50% of frontage over 40 ft. Over 100 ft. 3 50 ft. +30% of frontage over 100 ft. (4) [(d)] The [curb cut] width of an access connection for single family dwelling or duplex shall be no less than 12 feet. (5) [(e)] The [curb cut] width of an access connection for multi-family, commercial and industrial developments shall be no less than 20 feet. [(2) A safety island of not less than 22 feet of full height curb shall in all cases be provided between driveway approaches under one ownership or where practicable under separate ownership. (3) The maximum length of a single curb cut, including a shared curb cut, shall not exceed 35 feet unless authorized by the city manager or the manager's designee as provided in section 7.445. (4) In no event shall the curb cut extend beyond the property line or rights of the owner requesting the curb cut, except in those cases where: (a) The adjacent property owner gives written approval, or (b) In the opinion of the city manager or the manager's designee such a decision is necessary for safe ingress and egress for the traveling public; or (c) Two attached single-family dwellings face the same street with side by side parking, in which event, a single curb cut shall be required, and the property owners shall execute a recordable agreement providing for the joint use of the curb cut. Upon finding that a single curb cut would be impractical or unsafe, the city manager or the manager's designee may grant an exception to this requirement.] (5) 6 Upon application of the involved property owners, more than one [industrial] development site may share a single [curb cut in I-1, I-2 and I-3 zones,] access connection. The city engineer or engineer’s designee may approve a shared access connection upon a finding [by the city manager or the manager's designee] that it will result in safe ingress and egress for users thereof and the general public and will not negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of-way. (7) Two attached single-family dwellings that have side-by-side parking and that face the same streets shall share a single access connection. The city engineer or engineer’s designee may grant an exception to this requirement if a single access connection would be unsafe, or negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of-way, or result in a hazard to the bicycle, pedestrian or vehicular traffic using the right-of- way. Ordinance - Page 8 of 12 09-PW-7-Access.Mangement / Ord-Ch.7.(v2)