18.75.070 Adequate vehicular access.
All new development shall be served by adequate vehicular access as follows:
(1) The property upon which the development proposed is to be located has direct access to:
(a) A public street that meets the City Design and Construction Standards as adopted in Chapter 12.60 CMC;
(b) The property has access to such a street over a private driveway approved by the City;
(2) The proposed circulation system for a development proposal shall intersect with existing and anticipated streets abutting the site at safe and convenient locations, as determined by the Department and the City Engineer, and in accordance with the Design and Construction Standards; and
(3) Every lot upon which one or more buildings are proposed to be erected or traffic-generating use is proposed to be established shall establish safe access as follows:
(a) Safe passage from the street right-of-way to building entrances for transit patrons and other pedestrians, in accordance with the City design and construction standards set forth in Chapter 18.31 CMC, as applicable, and Chapter 18.50 CMC;
(b) Direct access from the street right-of-way, fire lane or a parking space to any part of the property as needed to provide public services in accordance with adopted City Design and Construction Standards (e.g., fire protection, emergency medical service, mail delivery, trash collection, etc.); and
(c) Direct access from the street right-of-way, driveway, alley or other means of ingress/egress approved by the City of Covington to all required off-street parking spaces on the premises. (Ord. 27-16 § 14; Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.28.120))