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Ordinance 1607ORDINANCE NO. 6!�0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON AMENDING SECTION 7. 01. 110 (e)(1) OF THE EDMONDS CITY CODE BY PROVIDING FOR EXTENDED CURB CUT AND DRIVEWAY MINIMUM WIDTHS FOR THREE CAR GARAGES AND/OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: The Edmonds City Code, Section 7. 01. 110 (e)(1) is hereby amended to permit additional residential driveway widths for three car garages or for access driveways necessary for off street parking of recreational vehicles as follows: ATTEST: 7. 01. 110 (e) Size and Number: (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the width of any residential driveway shall not exceed twenty feet exclusive of the radii of the returns, the measurement being made parallel to the center line of the street roadway. The maximum width for commercial driveways shall be thirty feet. The City Engineer may authorize additional residential driveway widths for three car garages or for access driveways necessary for off street parking of recreational vehicles, (2) The width of any driveway shall not be less than ten feet, exclusive of the radii of the returns, the measurement being made perpendicular to the centerline of the driveway, (3) Except as otherwise provided in (a) above, the total width of all driveways for any one ownership on a street shall not exceed fifty percent of the frontage of that ownership along the street. Any driveway which has become abandoned or unused through a change of the conditions for which it was originally intended, or which for any other reason has become unnecessary, shall be closed and the owner shall replace any such driveway with a standard curb to be constructed according to the city's general specifications, (4) There shall be not more than two driveways on one street for any one ownership except where a single ownership is developed into more than one unit of operation, each sufficient in itself to meet the requirements of off street parking and/or loading as required by the zoning ordinance, and where the necessity for separate access to the street is evident. In such cases there shall be not more than two driveways on the street for any one unit of operation. APPROVED: CITY CLERK MAYOR PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: JULY 18 ,1 2 FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: JULY 5, 199� 295 PUBLISHED: JULY 26, 1972