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zone other than a residential zoning district shall be a minimum of twenty four feet (24') except one-way drive aisles which shall be a minimum of eighteen feet (18'). 4. Intersection: On properties zoned R-l or R-2, no driveway shall be located within thirty feet (30') of any right of way of a street intersection. On properties in all other zones, no driyeway shall be located within forty feet (40') of any right-of-way line of a street intersection. Said distances shall be measured along the property line from the comer right-of-way line. 5. Minimum Driveway Angle: The minimum driveway angle from a two-way access street shall be sixty degrees (600), from a one-way street it shall be thirty degrees (300). 6. Driveway Approaches: Driveway approaches between the curb and the property line shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt, brick pavers, a strength capable of handling the weight of cars and trucks (generally stamped on bottom of paver) or other hard surface pavement approved by the Public Works Director. If concrete is used for the driveway, where there is no concrete curb or gutter, the concrete driveway shall be held back two feet (2') from the edge of the roadway. The remaining two feet (2') shall be surfaced with hot mixed bituminous material. Prior to starting work, the owner or builder shall obtain a permit from the Community Development Director or designee. 7. Driveways: Driyeways shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt, brick pavers or other hard surface pavement approyed by the Public Works Director. 8. Driveway Elevation: The driveway elevation at the property line shall not be more than ten inches (10") nor less than four inches (4 ") above the center line of the abutting street with a maximum slope to gutter lines of 10%+ and a minimum slope of 2%+. 9. Driveways On Priyate Property: Residential driyeways, shall be constructed so that the edge of the driveway nearest to the side lot line shall be a minimum of fiye feet (5') from the side lot line. 10. Driyeways On County Or State Roads: Where new principal structures are constructed on lots contiguous to roadways designated as major thoroughfares in the City's Comprehensive Plan, driveways servicing such lots shall be designed and constructed so as to proyide a vehicle turnaround facility within the lot. C. Access To County Or State Roads: On properties having frontage on both major and minor roads, access shall be proyided via the minor road wherever feasible in order to reduce the number of curb cuts on major thoroughfares. D. Traffic Control: Where commercial land uses are adjacent to residential districts, ingress and egress from the commercial properties on streets leading to or through the residential zones shall not be permitted unless it can be demonstrated that adequate access to public rights of way is thereby denied. Traffic control is exercised so as to ensure that the location of driveways shall not constitute a hazard nor be injurious to adjacent residential uses. E. State And County Highway Requirements: Where the proposed driveway is to be constructed so that it opens into any street designated as either a Minnesota State, 6