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5-702.05 5-702.06 5-702.07 5-702.08 5-702.09 5-702.10 Requirements for safety-curb or secured parking block. Where the grade at the property line is such that part of the vehicle could extend into the pedestrian way, a safety-curb or secured parking blocks shall be located so that no part of a vehicle shall extend over the property line into the right- of-way. The safety-curb or parking blocks shall be constructed or arranged so as to end twenty-four (24) inches from the intersection of the driveway approach with the property line. provisions for joint approaches. Driveway approaches shall be located entirely within the frontage of the premises abutting the work except that joint driveway approaches with adjoining property holders may be permitted provided joint application is made by all interested parties, and the required width as measured at the property line, is not exceeded. Angle of driveway approach. The angle of the driveway approach with the curb line shall be approximately 90° for two-way driveways, or 45° to 90° for one-way driveways. Radius. Driveway approaches shall be constructed with either winged side slopes or with return curbs having a rolled face disappearing at the sidewalks and joining the street curb with a radius to conform to the dimensions as required by Table I. Winged side slopes shall be used in any case in which a curb return may present an architectural barrier within a pedestrian path. Sidewalk to be removed. Where a driveway approach is designed to cross an existing sidewalk, the sidewalk included in the driveway approach area shall be removed and reconstructed as a driveway approach unless the City Engineer has determined that the section of sidewalk fully complies with the requirements of this section for driveway approaches. Curb and gutter to be removed. Where a driveway approach is to be constructed at a location where curb and gutter is in place, said curb and gutter shall be removed to the nearest existing construction joint, or a new construction joint formed by such other methods as may be approved by the City Engineer. The driveway approach shall be constructed monolithically with the new curb and gutter section and shall extend back to the property line. In the event the existing curb and gutter is found to be of satisfactory condition and strength, as determined by the City Engineer, a one inch (1") minimum depth longitudinal and vertical saw cut or equal cut along the face of the curb may be required for curb removal. Curb removal shall extend to the bottom of the cut. New driveway approach concrete at the cut shall be a minimum of two inches (2") thick. -11-