HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1978-020Introduced by (� Temp. #529
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORD I NANCE NO. O - %P _,� 0
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 of the TAMARAC
CITY CODE, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCES No. 76-40
and 76-89, ARTICLE II, PAVEMENT, SEC. 24-14.4;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council has received a recommendation
from the City Engineer for the amendment of Chapter 24, of the
Tamarac City Code, as amended by Ordinances No. 76-40 and
76-89, Article II, Pavement, Sec. 24-14.4; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has requested that City Council
enact the amendment as an emergency; and
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the enactment
of an amendment as an emergency is appropriate, in order to
assure safe vehicular ingress and egress to driveways between
private property and a public street, which will in turn promote
the health, safety and general welfare of the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Sec. 24-14.4, Private Accessways, of
Chapter 24 of the Tamarac City Code as amended by Ordinances
No. 76-40 and 76-89, is hereby amended to read as follows:
'S'ec. 24--14.4. PRIVATE ACCESSWAYS
(a) Performance bonds and engineering inspection fees for
accessways which have not been included as part of previously
approved site development plans shall be in accordance with
Chapter 23 of this Code.
(b) All vehicular ingress and egress driveways between
private property and a public street shall meet the design
requirements of the City Engineer and shall be covered by
a driveway permit issued by the City Engineer. Each drive
will be reviewed according to the conditions existing at each
location or according to known future conditions as determined
by the City Engineer.
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Minimum general design requirements are:
(1) No drive shall be located closer than 25-feet to the
right-of-way of a street intersection. At signalized
intersections, the City Engineer will specify distances
from right-of-way or pavement edge to allow for suf-
ficient stacking of vehicles in the street prior to the
driveway location.
(2) Double drives shall be separated by a minimum of
20-feet or as required so that the driveway return radii
do not overlap.
(3) Driveway widths:
Two --way
One-way
24-feet minimum
12-feet minimum
(4) Driveway return radius:
Residential 5 feet minimum
Business, Institu-
tional 10-feet minimum
(5) Driveway Setback for Vehicular Storage
36-feet maximum
16-feet maximum
15-feet maximum
45-feet maximum
For shopping centers, businesses, institutions or other
uses that require parking lots with over fifty spaces, the
minimum storage to be provided between the edge of public
street pavement to edge of the first internal drive shall
be 50-feet. In lots with over 100 spaces, the storage
shall be 90-feet. This storage shall be provided by in-
stalling a curb on both sides of the driveway for the full
distance.
SECTION 2: The City Council does hereby declare that the
enactment of this Ordinance as an emergency measure is necessary
and vital to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the
public.
SECTION '3: Should any section or provision of this Ordi-
nance or any portion hereof or any paragraph, sentence or word
be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder
hereof as a whole or any part hereof other than the part declared
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to be invalid.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage at First and Second Reading.
PASSED FIRST READING THIS DAY OF 1978.
PASSED SECOND READING THIS DAY OF 1978.- AS 6.-Wrye4C1
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ATTEST:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have
approved the form and correct-
ness of this Ordinance.
A an Rut, `t Attorney
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
MAYOR W. FAL.CK
VIM W. MASSARD
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CAM I. M. DISRAELLY
C/M M. KLIKA
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