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