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The purpose of this section is to provide the standards and criteria for the design of driveway access in <br />order to ensure safety, maintain capacity, maintain roadway drainage, maintain the structural integrity of <br />the roadway prism, and protect the functional level of public roads while meeting state, regional, local, and <br />private transportation needs and interests. <br />12.04.07.020 Applicability. <br />This section applies to land use activity which requires new residential or commercial driveway access, or <br />reconstruction, modification, or changes in type of use of existing driveway access. <br />Private access serving three or more lots shall be considered a roadway and shall be classified under the <br />appropriate roadway classification criteria in KCC 12.03, and shall have access points that meet the <br />requirements for Intersection Design, KCC 12.04.04.090. <br />No construction or reconstruction of any driveway access providing direct movement to or from any <br />Kittitas County maintained road from or to property adjoining the road shall be allowed without obtaining <br />a driveway access permit issued by the Kittitas County Department of Public Works. <br />No relocation, alteration, or reconstruction of existing driveway access shall be permitted without prior <br />written approval from the County Engineer. A change in use of an existing access will require a new access <br />permit. <br />12.04.07.030 Driveway Classifications. <br />The following criteria shall be used for the classification and design of driveways in Kittitas County: <br />A. Driveway approaches are broken into three general classifications: <br />1. Residential driveway approach, <br />2. Commercial driveway approach, <br />3. Temporary construction approach, <br />4. Agricultural access. <br />B. A residential driveway approach is classified into two types: <br />1. Single family residential driveway, <br />2. Shared residential driveway. <br />C. Single family residential driveways serve no more than one single-family residences (primary or <br />accessory residences). <br />Title 12 Kittitas County Code I Draft No. 5 — Working Draft for /adoption 6/12/2018 <br />57 <br />