Title/Name/Summary
Discussion of Residential Driveway Widths
History
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Project: Discussion of Residential Driveway Widths
Legistar ID: 2025-0526
Purpose: Consideration of increasing the maximum residential driveway widths allowed for properties with 1-car garages.
Requested Action: Committee of the Whole discussion of residential driveway width requirements, which may direct staff to proceed with a text amendment.
SUMMARY
The Land Development Code was amended in November 2023, revising the dimension requirements for driveways and driveway aprons. This amendment was intended to clarify the appropriate dimensions and make the requirements consistent between the Village Code (VC) and Land Development Code (LDC) while ensuring that zoning related regulations are located within the LDC. Whereas the VC required the maximum driveway widths to be 10’ for a 1-car garage, 20’ for a 2-car garage, and 30’ for a 3-car garage, the LDC allowed for wider driveways at 20’ for a 1-car garage, 26’ for a 2-car garage, and 36’ for a 3-car garage. As the VC requirements supersede the LDC requirements, the decision at that time was to adopt the more restrictive requirement, amending the LDC to reinstate the width requirements that were listed in the VC. Moreover, locating the driveway width requirements in the LDC allows for staff to consistently enforce and interpret the code and ensure consistency in future updates.
Now that time has passed and staff has been able to evaluate the impacts of this code amendment, it is recommended that we change the driveway width requirements for properties within the R-3 & R-3A Districts. While the maximum driveway/driveway apron widths are currently based on the size of the garage for a single-family home, this creates issues for single-family properties with no garages or non-conforming garages.
Table 6-306(B) in the LDC states that detached dwelling units require 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit. However, the LDC does not c...
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