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Commission debates driveway vs. private roadway rules; asks fire authority for technical guidance
Summary
The commission discussed proposed code language to distinguish driveways, shared driveways and private roadways, debated thresholds (lengths, number of homes served, widths) and agreed to invite the fire authority to advise on emergency-access standards and which Wildland-Urban-Interface code to adopt.
Emigration Canyon planning commissioners spent substantial time on Jan. 9 reviewing proposed changes to site-access definitions and related standards, aiming to clarify when a private access should be treated as a driveway, a shared driveway, or a private roadway and what engineering or fire-access standards should apply.
Commission staff presented proposed language that would treat a driveway as access serving a single detached single-family dwelling and would treat a private roadway as primary access for multiple dwellings. The draft included a practical-distance approach (150 feet) to distinguish when a driveway should be improved to get emergency services close to a structure; commissioners and staff debated whether length alone is the right test or whether the number of units…
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