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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 <br />Page 118 <br /> <br /> <br />distance is permitted in an approved UGA) less than one hundred twenty-five feet from <br />a state highway, county collector, or local access intersection. <br /> <br />12.04.07.060 Design Requirements. <br />A. Site distance requirements are shown in Table 12.04.07-3. <br />B. Residential and agricultural accesses shall be designed in accordance with <br />KC Standard Plans. <br />C. All commercial and industrial accesses shall be designed in accordance with <br />driveway design guidelines in the WSDOT Design Manual and approved by the County <br />Engineer prior to access permit issuance. <br />D. All driveway access locations shall be oriented at 90 degrees to the roadway <br />for a distance of at least 30 feet from the edge of the traveled way. Skewed angle <br />driveway approaches between 60 degrees and 120 degrees may be approved at the <br />discretion of the County Engineer if topography or other site conditions limit the <br />feasibility of a 90 degree approach. <br />E. For commercial or industrial driveways with heavy traffic volumes or a <br />significant number of trucks, the County Engineer may require construction of the <br />driveway access as a road intersection subject to the requirements of KCC 12.04.04.070. <br />F. All driveway access shall be designed and constructed to include proper <br />drainage considerations. This includes but is not limited to, installation of culverts, ditch <br />grading, and site grading to ensure positive drainage away from the county roadway <br />prism. <br />G. For driveways crossing an open ditch, or where the driveway may at any <br />point obstruct stormwater flows, culverts shall be installed per KCC 12.04.05.080. Other <br />specific requirements shall be constructed as noted on the Access Permit. Size and <br />material type substitutions shall require the approval of the County Engineer. <br />H. The minimum distance between the paved edge of a driveway approach <br />and the face of an obstruction, (for example, an existing utility riser) may be no less than