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THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. XX RELATIVE TO THE DEFINITION, LOCATION, AND WIDTH OF DRIVEWAYS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS The City Council of the City of Centerville hereby ordains: Section 1. That Section 156.006 DEFINITIONS shall be amended by adding two new definitions to be placed in alphabetical order with the current definitions, as follows: DRIVEWAY. A private access road, the use of which is limited to persons residing, employed, or otherwise using or visiting the parcel of land on which it is located. DRIVEWAY, PERMITTED. A driveway that is of the appropriate size, location, and surface as regulated by this Chapter. Section 2. That the title of Section 156.166 shall be amended to read as follows: § 156.166 PARKING AND DRIVEWAY REQUIREMENTS. Section 3. That Section 156.166(L) shall be amended to read as follows: (L) Driveway Aaccess. All off-street parking areas in non-residential zoning districts and Mixed Use zoning districts shall have access from driveways rather than directly from public streets, and except by conditional use permit, the driveway access shall be limited to a maximum of 32 24 feet in width at the curb line, unless a wider driveway is granted by conditional use permit. This shall not apply to on-street parking constructed and maintained by the city, county or state, such as parallel, diagonal, or vertical pull-in parking immediately accessible from the street. Section 4. That a new Section 156.166(M) shall be added, and current paragraph (M) be re- ordered as paragraph (N), to read as follows: (M) Permitted driveways for residential uses. (1) A driveway must enter a parcel from an authorized location on a roadway and may cross a public right of way or roadway easement to enter a parcel. Except where necessary to enter a parcel, a driveway shall not be located within five feet from a property line, public right of way, or roadway easement. DRAFT Page 1 of 3