Port Hueneme Municipal Code Div. 3 Driveways

No person shall construct or reconstruct a vehicular access driveway to any lot in the City without first obtaining a permit therefor in the time and manner set forth in Division 2 of this Chapter, except as otherwise provided herein. A filing and processing fee shall be set by Resolution.

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

(a) General. The Director of Public Works shall approve the location of driveways so as to ensure that the same will not constitute a hazard to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic, nor encroach upon, or constitute a nuisance as to adjacent and/or abutting properties.

(b) Location. The minimum intervening distance between the side slopes or returns of adjacent driveways serving the same lot or parcel shall be twenty- two (22) feet, unless a lesser distance is approved by the Director of Public Works. In the case of adjacent driveways serving two adjoining lots or parcels, the intervening distance between the side slopes or returns shall be at least one (1) foot; otherwise a common or continuous driveway may be required.

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 twenty (20) feet or less.

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.

A driveway, including the side slopes, shall not be constructed between the points of curvature of any curb return except as hereinafter provided. In the case of a curb return having a radius of twenty- five (25) feet or more, driveways may encroach at each end thereof for a distance not greater than one- eighth of the total arc length of the 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.

The Director of Public Works shall have the authority to modify these requirements based upon receipt of evidence from the permittee that he will suffer a hardship if not granted an encroachment into the curb return.

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.

Where topographical or traffic conditions are such that a modification of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs pertaining to driveways are necessary for the promotion of traffic safety, and the Director of Public Works so finds, he may permit a deviation from the provisions of such Sections to the extent which he finds necessary.

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

(c) Size.

(1) Residential Driveways. Driveways serving properties classified in any of the "R" zones of the City shall be constructed and maintained so that:

(a) The width of each individual driveway shall be not more than twenty (20) feet nor less than ten (10) feet; and

(b) The sum of all driveway widths on any lot shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the street frontage of the property on each abutting street.

(2) Commercial and Industrial Driveways. Driveways serving properties classified in any zone other than an "R" zone shall be constructed and maintained so that:

(a) The width of each individual driveway shall not exceed thirty (30) feet if the street frontage of the property is less than one hundred (100) feet;

(b) The width of each individual driveway shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the street frontage of the property when such frontage is one hundred (100) feet or more, provided no individual driveway width shall exceed sixty (60) feet; and

(c) The sum of all driveway widths on any lot does not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the street frontage of the property on each abutting street.