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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 <br />Page 112 <br /> <br /> <br />manufacturer’s design details and recommendations shall be furnished to the County <br />Engineer for approval. <br />Article VII. Driveway Access <br /> <br />12.04.07.010 Purpose. <br />The purpose of this section is to provide the standards and criteria for the design of driveway <br />access in order to ensure safety, maintain capacity, maintain roadway drainage, maintain the <br />structural integrity of the roadway prism, and protect the functional level of public roads while <br />meeting state, regional, local, and private transportation needs and interests. <br /> <br />12.04.07.020 Applicability. <br />This section applies to land use activity which requires new residential or commercial driveway <br />access, or modification, or changes in type of use of existing driveway access. <br />Private access serving four or more lots shall be considered a roadway and shall be classified <br />under the appropriate roadway classification criteria in KCC 12.03 and shall have access points <br />that meet the requirements for Intersection Design, KCC 12.04.04.090. <br />No construction of any driveway access providing direct movement to or from any Kittitas <br />County maintained road from or to property adjoining the road or private road, shall be allowed <br />without obtaining a driveway access permit issued by the Kittitas County Department of Public <br />Works. An access permit shall be required prior to construction of an access. <br />No relocation, alteration, or reconstruction of existing driveway access shall be permitted <br />without prior written approval from the County Engineer. A change in use of an existing access <br />will require a new access permit. <br />Access permits shall not be required for lots created upon final approval of a plat where the <br />newly created lots access subdivision internal roads or cul-de-sacs or access to a public road is <br />established through an access review during the subdivision process. Access reviewed and <br />provided written approval during the subdivision process are vested to the driveway <br />requirements at the time of approval. <br />12.04.07.030 Driveway Classifications. <br /> <br />The following criteria shall be used for the classification and design of driveways in Kittitas <br />County: <br />