§ 6-1-91. Right-turn lanes.

(a)

Dedication and construction of turning lanes to serve one (1) or more entrances into a development shall be required in any conditional use, special use, or driveway permit or subdivision approval for a use or development which is adjacent to a two-lane public street with average daily traffic (ADT) exceeding 5,000 vehicles per day, or a four-lane or larger public street with ADT exceeding 10,000 vehicles per day, of any one of the following conditions are also present:

(1)

The use or development requires 100 or more off-street parking spaces.

(2)

The use or development will generate more than 50 trips during the peak hours of 7:00 through 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m. through a single driveway. Data shall be based on the institute of transportation engineers manual titled Trip Generation and based upon the highest land use permitted by the zoning classification as affected by any restrictions imposed by any conditional use permit, special use permit, or other legally enforceable restriction.

(3)

The use or development, as it may be affected by such restrictions, is reasonably expected to generate more than 25 truck (more than 13,000 G.V.W.) trips per day through a single driveway.

(4)

The use or development, as it may be affected by such restrictions, creates special safety or traffic conditions due to limited sight distance and/or posted speeds in excess of 35 miles per hour along the adjacent public street. Such conditions shall be determined in writing by the director of the department of transportation.

(5)

The use or development consists of at least 50 attached or detached residential dwelling units.

(b)

Right-turn lanes shall be 12 feet in width plus a minimum thirty-inch curb and gutter. However, where ribbon pavement exists the improvements may be constructed to match. Right-of-way shall be a minimum of 10 feet from the back of the curb.

(c)

For any use or development meeting the conditions set forth above, but having less than sufficient frontage on a public street to construct the turn lane, according to adopted city standards, then right-of-way sufficient to construct such future improvements shall be dedicated to the city and a fee shall be paid to the city equivalent to the cost of construction of a turn lane along such frontage. The fee shall be according to a schedule adopted by the city council, and shall be based on the current estimated cost for the city to have the lane installed.

(Ord. No. 95-24, § 1, 3-2-95)

Editor's note

Section 1 of Ord. No. 95-24, adopted Mar. 2, 1995, added a new § 6-1-78. Inasmuch as provisions designated as such already exist in this Code, said section has been included herein as § 6-1-91 at the editor's discretion.