PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS
MINIMUM
(For
Worksheet Use Only)
1. A minimum use drive or driveway is one whose
average traffic volume is not greater than twenty-five vehicles entering and
exiting in a given day.
2. Off-street parking shall be provided
for a residential use on the basis of a minimum of two (2) paved parking spaces
per dwelling unit. Such parking may be
provided as an individual garage, carport or driveway located behind the
property line on the lot or in a parking compound located within 300 feet of
the dwelling unit which it serves.
3. A minimum of eight and one-half feet
(81/2') by nineteen feet (19') shall be provided for each individual parking
space, exclusive of handicapped spaces.
4. Driveway aprons shall be set at the
finished elevation of the accessed street's asphalt wearing course.
S. No drive, street, driveway or driveway
apron shall be installed within two feet (2') from the outside edge of any
existing catch basin or catch basin grate.
6. The width of any entrance driveway
shall not exceed thirty-five feet (35'), measured at right angles to the axis
of said driveway.
7. No two driveways serving one property
shall be located within fifteen feet (15') of each other at their intersection
with the street line.
8. No entrance driveway shall intersect a
street line at an intersection angle of less than 45 degrees.
9. Driveway approaches shall be flared at
their intersection with the street with radii not exceeding twenty feet
(20'). The entire flare shall fall
within the street's right of way.
10. The drive must have a minimum of twenty
feet (20') tangent distance in curbed area or thirty feet (30') minimum tangent
distance in uncurbed area between the drive and the nearest intersection.
11. The difference between the cross slope of
the roadway and the drive grade shall not exceed eight percent (8%).
12. All driveways must be constructed in
accordance with
13. Where a lot abuts a street whose top
paving (asphalt wearing) course has not yet been applied, the lot owner shall,
prior to commencement of and throughout the snow plowing season, install on
each side of the driveway apron as constructed stakes not less than four feet
(4') in posted height and with reflectors, these stakes to be located one foot
(1') outside the paved street area.
14. Materials and construction for driveways
within the Townshp right-of-way shall conform with the PennDOT Publication 408
Sections referred to in Section 5.06.2 of
I acknowledge receipt of
a copy of these Performance Standards and certify that construction will be in
accordance with them.
Date:______________ PermitNumber:________________ ________________________________________ Applicant's Signature