Covina Municipal Code Art. VII Special Construction Standards – Driveways

Driveways shall be constructed of cement concrete where a cement concrete curb exists.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

A driveway shall not be constructed or maintained where fences, buildings, natural grade or any other obstacle will prevent a vehicle from being stored entirely off the public right-of-way after entering such driveway.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

The width of an individual driveway shall be considered as being the net width thereof, exclusive of side slopes and returns, measured along the line of the curb or centerline of the highway. The net width of an individual driveway shall be not less than 10 feet and shall not exceed in width:

A. Twenty feet if the driveway serves only residences or apartments;

B. Twenty feet for mixed-use or nonresidential lots or parcels of land less than 100 feet wide;

C. Thirty feet or 20 percent of the frontage of the lot or parcel of land, whichever is greater, but not to exceed 60 feet, when the driveway serves mixed-use or nonresidential uses on a lot or parcel of land not less than 100 feet wide.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

The aggregate width of the total number of driveways serving any single lot or parcel of land from any one highway shall not exceed:

A. Forty percent of the frontage, if the driveway serves only residences or apartments;

B. Sixty percent of the frontage in all other cases.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

The minimum intervening distance between the side slopes or returns of adjacent driveways serving the same lot or parcel shall be 22 feet. In the case of adjacent driveways serving two adjoining lots or parcels, the intervening distance between the side slopes or returns shall be and the adjacent property line shall be at least one foot; otherwise a common or continuous driveway will be required.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

A. A driveway, including the side slopes, shall not be constructed:

1. Between the prolonged intersecting property lines of any highways; or

2. Between the points of curvature of any curb return having a radius of 20 feet or less.

B. In applying the provisions of this section, the condition producing the greater length of curb between the specified control points in the particular case shall govern.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

A. A driveway, including the side slopes, shall not be constructed between the points of curvature of any curb return except:

1. In the case of a curb return having a radius of 25 feet or more, driveways may encroach at each end thereof for a distance of not greater than one-eighth of the total arc length of return, leaving in the clear at least three-quarters of such arc length, if such encroachment does not conflict with other requirements of this section.

2. In the case of a curb return having a radius of less than 25 feet but more than 20 feet, the maximum permissible encroachment at each end of the return, subject to other requirements of this section, shall be that proportion of one-eighth of the total arc length that the difference between the length of the radius and 20 feet bears to five.

B. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, a driveway shall not encroach on any curb return beyond or ahead of any traffic-regulating device located on or adjacent thereto.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)

Where topographical or traffic conditions are such that a modification of the provisions of CMC § 11.08.440 through 11.08.500 are necessary for the promotion of traffic safety and the director so finds, he may permit a deviation from the provisions of such sections to the extent which he finds necessary.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 2, 2010)