HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 03-1996ORDINANCE NO. 03 -96
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 110, ZONING, SECTION 110 -493, ACCESS,
BY AMENDING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS OF ACCESS
PERMITTED ONTO ANY ONE STREET, PROVIDING A MINIMUM DISTANCE
BETWEEN OPENINGS AND EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard
County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 110 -493, Access, subsection (a), of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is adopted in lieu thereof:
Sec. 110 -493. Access.
(a) In order to promote the safety of the motorist and the pedestrian and to minimize
traffic congestion and conflict by reducing the magnitude of and the points of contact,
the following shall apply:
(1) A point of access (a driveway or other opening for vehicles onto a public
street) shall not exceed 24 feet in width, except as otherwise provided in
this division.
(2) The maximum number of points of access permitted onto any one street
shall be as follows:
(3)
Lot Width
Abutting Street
Number of Points
of Access
Less than 125 feet 1
Over 125 feet 2
provided: however, that a residential lot of less than 125 feet may have
a circle driveway with two points of access provided that it comply with
the other terms and conditions of this Section.
Joint use access between abutting properties is encouraged and there may
be permitted a single joint use point of access up to 35 feet in width.
Service stations shall be permitted two openings not to exceed 35 feet each
in width along any abutting public street, provided that such property
abuts such street for a distance of not less than 120 feet.
(4) There shall be a minimum distance of 30 feet between any two openings
onto the same street.
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(5) No point of access shall be allowed within 30 feet of the intersection of
the right -of -way lines of any public street.
(6) No curbs shall be cut or altered an no point of access or opening for
vehicles onto a public street shall be established without a permit issued
by the building department.
SECTION 2. Any ordinance, or parts of an ordinance, in conflict herewith are repealed.
SECTION 3. If any section, paragraph, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such portion shall not affect the remaining portions hereof, and it
shall be construed to have been a legislative intent to pass this Ordinance without such
unconstitutional or invalid part.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, this 5th day
of March 6,E, 1
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kohn Bennett, CITY ATTORNEY
NAME FOR
BRUNS X
NICHOLAS X
PETSOS .x_
PORTER x
RANDELS X
AGAINST
First Reading: February 6, 1996
Posted: February 7, 1996
Published: February 23, 1996
Second Reading: March 5, 1996