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chapter 7 or by the vision clearance [and] or maximum driveway width [allowed] requirements in chapter 9 of this code, an access connection shall be no wider than 20 feet. [(b) Multiple curb cuts may be approved provided the applicant provides a Traffic Impact Analysis or alternative traffic safety study to: 1. Weigh additional conflicts and congestion for pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic; and 2. Substantiate compelling evidence of the safety and operational benefits. (c) Where a shared driveway curb cut or curb cuts in excess of 20 feet are requested, the maximum combined lengths per single ownership which the city manager or the manager's designee may approve are as follows: Number of Frontage Curb Cuts Total Length of Curb Cuts 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. to 200 ft. 3 50 ft. + 30% of frontage over 100 ft. Over 200 ft. to 300 ft. 4 80 ft. + 20% of frontage over 200 ft. Over 300 ft. to 500 ft. 5 100 ft. + 10% of frontage over 300 ft. Over 500 ft. 6 120 ft. + 5% of frontage over 500 ft.] (3) The city engineer or engineer’s designee may approve a request for an exception to subsections (1) and/or (2) of this section. (a) An applicant requesting more than one access connection for a single development site and/or requesting that an access connection be wider than 20 feet shall submit an Alternative Traffic Safety Study on the form adopted by the city engineer. (b) An exception to subsections (1) and/or (2) of this section may be approved only when the Alternative Traffic Safety Study demonstrates that the access connection(s) will: 1. Provide safe ingress and egress to the development site; 2. Not negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of- way; and, 3. Will not result in a hazard to the bicycle, pedestrian or vehicular traffic using the right-of-way. (c) In no event shall the width of a single access connection serving a one or two family dwelling, including a shared access connection, exceed 35 feet. For an access connection serving any other type of development, in no event shall the width of a single access connection, including a shared access connection, exceed 50 feet. (d) In no event shall the total number of access connections and, for multiple access connections, the total combined width of the access connections exceed the following: Ordinance - Page 7 of 12 09-PW-7-Access.Mangement / Ord-Ch.7.(v2)