Title/Name/Summary
Land Development Code Amendment - Driveway Width Requirements
History
Project: Land Development Code Amendment - Driveway Width Requirements
Legistar ID: 2025-0875
Requested Approvals: Increase the maximum driveway width requirement for single-family residences with 1-car garages, clarify all driveway width requirements, and add driveways to the list of detached accessory structures.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT SUMMARY
The Land Development Code was amended in December 2023 via Ordinance No. 5856, changing 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). 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 As the VC requirements were more restrictive, they superseded the LDC requirements, so the decision at that time was to adopt the more restrictive requirement, amending the LDC to reinstate the width requirements that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.
Now that time has passed and staff has been able to evaluate the impacts of this code amendment, staff proposes new amendments to clarify the driveway width requirements and expand the maximum driveway width for properties with 1-car garages. 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 non-conforming garages. Many properties in the R-3 & R-3A Districts have non-conforming 1-car garages, with no room to expand to a 2-car garage. This makes it difficult and often impossible for these properties to meet the 2-car, off-street parking requirements (Table 6-306(B)), as the LDC does not consider tandem parking in determ...
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