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Chapter 915 General Development Requirements <br /> <br />Page 915-4 <br />915.050 Drainage, Erosion Control and Stormwater Management <br />Any land development must follow the applicable requirements of City Code Chapter 927, <br />Erosion Control, and Chapter 928, Stormwater Management. <br /> <br />915.060 Driveways and Private Internal Access Roads <br />A. Number, Separation and Width <br />1. The number, location and width of private access drives or roads onto public roads <br />may be controlled and limited by the City Council in the interests of public safety <br />and efficient traffic flow. <br />2. The minimum separation between private driveways along a public street shall be: <br />(a) Local or Collector Street: 2 times the required side yard setback for a <br />driveway <br />(b) Arterial Street: 50 feet <br />(c) U-shaped driveways, any street: 40 feet between the inside edges of the <br />driveway surface <br />3. The minimum distance between the point that any private driveway meets a public <br />street and the nearest intersection of two public street curb lines shall be 40 feet. <br />4. The maximum width for any portion of a driveway at the property line shall be 18 <br />feet for a driveway that serves a detached house; a commercial, industrial or <br />institutional driveway may be 28 feet if two lanes and 36 feet if three lanes. The <br />City Engineer may allow adjustments to the driveway intersection corner radius if <br />needed to accommodate large trucks. <br />B. Building Access by Fire Emergency Vehicles <br />1. Driveways shall be installed and sites shall be designed to meet the requirements of <br />Section 503 of the Minnesota Fire Code. Generally, this means that a fire truck <br />must be able to park within working distance of a water source and still be within <br />150 feet of any portion of the exterior wall of a building as measured by the length <br />of the attack hose. The all-weather paved access drive shall be at least 20 feet wide <br />and capable of supporting the weight of the City fire truck. <br />2. Buildings 4 to 8 stories tall have additional access road requirements under Section <br />503 of the Minnesota Fire Code. <br />3. For buildings with an automatic sprinkler system, fire apparatus access roads need <br />only be provided to an approved location, to the sprinkler system fire department <br />connection and to any secondary on-site water supplies, per the Minnesota Fire <br />Code. <br />C. Driveways onto County Highways <br />Access drives onto County Highways shall require a review by the County Engineer, <br />who may determine the appropriate location, size and design of the access drives and <br />may limit the number of access drives in the interest of public safety and efficient traffic <br />flow.