Shoulder lineThe intersection of the shoulder slope with the side slope or ditch slope. All work authorized by the permit shall be subject to the following: (i)All applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to the following: (A)Act of October 26, 1972 (P. L. 1017, No. (e)Application procedure and required information. The State is responsible for maintaining only those vehicular areas on its streets between curb lines. (4)The driveway will not create an area of undue traffic congestion on the highway. (B)apartments with five units or less. (i)The permittee shall provide and maintain all necessary precautions to prevent injury or damage to persons and property in accordance with instructions furnished by the district office. (3)Details of internal traffic circulation, parking, and traffic signs. Where the existing shoulder on either side of a proposed low, medium, or high volume driveway is not adequate to allow its use by turning vehicles, the permittee shall upgrade the shoulder area for a minimum of 100 feet on either side of the driveway. (ii)The permittee shall be responsible for controlling dust conditions created by its operations. (A)When the highway grade in the section to be used for acceleration, after leaving the driveway, ascends at 3.05.0%, the sight distance in the direction of approaching ascending traffic may be increased by a factor of 1.4. Permit applications shall be submitted in the name of the owner of the property. (iii)Designated employes shall be assigned by the permittee to direct one lane traffic. This section cited in 67 Pa. Code 441.6 (relating to general conditions). Prohibited use of the highway shall be as follows: (i)No part of the right-of-way shall be used for servicing vehicles, displays or conducting business. (3)an access covenant (Form CC-14) is executed with the permit as specified in paragraph (16) of 441.6 of this title (relating to general conditions). (4)The Department may block driveways or sever, remove or block drainage facilities constructed without a permit or in violation of this chapter. b. When required, auxiliary lanes shall be constructed, at no cost to the Department, in accordance with the Roadway Construction Standards and Form 408. Exceptions will be considered only if the enforcement of this subsection would result in the prohibition of reasonable access from the adjacent property to the highway system. A driveway normally used by not more than 25 vehicles per day, such as: (A)single family dwellings, duplex houses; or. 72 containing the Departments design standards for roadway construction. (a)General rule. Drainage pipe installed under driveways shall be at least 15 inches in diameter. (B)apartments with five units or less. Exceptions will be considered only if the enforcement of this subsection would result in the prohibition of reasonable access from the adjacent property to the highway system. Shelbourne Square Assocs., L.P. v. Exeter Township, 794 A.2d 946 (Pa. Cmwlth. Disposition of materials shall comply with the following: (i)The permittee shall keep the improved area free of all material which may be deposited by vehicles traveling upon or entering onto the highway during the performance of work authorized by the permit. (4)The area between the right-of-way line adjacent to and on both sides of a driveway shall be used as a clear zone to provide a physical barrier between the traveled way and activity on private property. The permit application for all driveways other than those classified as minimum use shall include a plan which illustrates, as a minimum, the following, including dimensions where applicable: (1)Existing highway pavement, ditches, right-of-way and relevant property lines, highway appurtenances, utilities, and medians. Publication 90A Department publication containing requirements for work area traffic control during highway maintenance operations and utility work. This will enable the driveway slope to stay within the 8.0% slope limit. stopping sight distances should be used. (j)Auxiliary lanes. (2) . (B)Act of December 10, 1974 (P. L. 852, No. (6)The other action as may be deemed necessary or proper after consultation with the Office of Chief Counsel. A permit shall be valid for a six-month period or multiples thereof as specified on the permit. This curb shall be placed in line with existing curb or two feet back of the shoulder or ditch line on uncurbed highways. (iv)Driveway angle relative to the highway. Sight distance requirements for driveways shall be in accordance with PennDOT regulations, 67 Pa. Code, Chapter 441, "Access to and Occupancy of Highways by Driveways and Local Roads," or successor publication. (3)Additional right-of-way for lanes. Driveway sight distance measurements are also identified as optional for the applicant, because they will be verified or completed by Department personnel. (ii)The difference between the cross slope of the roadway and the upward grade of the driveway approach shall not exceed 8.0%. (17)Use of highway prohibited. The driveway pavement shall be at least four inches thick within the right-of-way. 441.8(h)(2)(iv)) Driveway location maximizes sight distance Justification provided for sight distance values that are less than the safe sight distance values Parked cars obstruct sight line for exiting vehicles? SidewalkA paved walkway, continuous for a reasonable distance and an integral part of the highway, constructed solely for use by pedestrians. Low, medium, and high volume driveways which provide access to paved highways shall be paved within the right-of-way. (15)Damage to highway. See Figure 3. (13)Indemnification. The permittee shall reimburse the Department for the costs within 30 days after receipt of the Departments invoice. District officeAny of the 11 engineering district offices of the Department. Issuance of a permit under these regulations does not relieve the permittee from any additional responsibility to secure other Federal, State, or local approvals or permits as may be required by law. (f)Site requirements. Driveway approaches shall conform to the following standards: (1)The location and angle of an access driveway approach in relation to the highway intersection shall be such that a vehicle entering or leaving the driveway may do so in an orderly and safe manner and with a minimum of interference to highway traffic. The term includes special mobile equipment as defined in the Vehicle Code. When the distance between multiple driveways is 50 feet or less measured along the shoulder or ditch line, the area between shall be clearly defined by permanent curbing. General requirements shall be as follows: (1)The ability of a driveway to safely and efficiently function as an integral component of a highway system requires that its design and construction be based on the amount and type of traffic that it is expected to serve and the type and character of roadway which it accesses. (5)The fines, imprisonment or other penalties as are provided by law. (E)42 U.S.C. CombinationTwo or more vehicles physically interconnected in tandem. (h)Work completion notification. Requirements for curbing shall conform with the following: (1)The permit may require the installation of curbing wherever it is required to control access or drainage, or both. (iv)If the permittee, after making an opening in the surface to place or repair a drainage facility or for any other purpose, fails to restore any portion of the right-of-way to conform with Department specifications upon notice from the Department to do so, the Department may perform the work and the permittee shall reimburse the Department for the costs within 30 days after receipt of the Departments invoice. (C)If the sidewalk cross slope would exceed 6.0%, as indicated in clause (B) of this subparagraph, depress the entire sidewalk. (2)The director may revoke a permit for nonpayment of a fee specified in 441.4 (relating to permit fees) including default of a check submitted for the payment. B. Table 2Safe Sight Distance for buses and combinations exiting from driveways onto two-lane roads. InspectorThe Departments authorized representative assigned to inspect permit operations. (C)When the highway grade in the section to be used for acceleration after leaving the driveway descends at 3.05.0%, sight distance in the direction of approaching descending highway traffic may be reduced by a factor of 0.6. Site requirements shall be as follows: (1)All nonresidential buildings shall be located a sufficient distance from the right-of-way line to provide ample driving area and parking off the right-of-way to prevent storage of vehicles on the access driveways and to prevent the back-up and turning of vehicles on the highway pavement. The combination of highway speed, volumes, location, and arrangement of driveways and intersections may require the installation of an acceleration or deceleration lane, or both, to serve a proposed low, medium, or high volume driveway. (2)In using Tables 1 through 6 the following additional requirements shall apply: (i)Tables 2, 4, and 6 shall be used in lieu of Tables 1, 3, and 5 only when combination traffic exceeds 5.0% of the total traffic using the proposed driveway. The provisions of this 441.1 amended under section 420 of the State Highway Law (36 P.S. The pavement cartway used for vehicular traffic was beyond the curb line which separated the highway from pedestrian traffic and was, therefore, the responsibility of the Commonwealth, not the city. (a)General rule. The crosswalk on the lane was not between existing curb lines available to vehicular traffic on the street; it is beyond the outer edge of the shoulder, along which curbing may be located on the street. (4)Grade requirements in uncurbed shoulders within the right-of-way shall conform to Figure 1. (2)In using Tables 1 through 6 the following additional requirements shall apply: (i)Tables 2, 4, and 6 shall be used in lieu of Tables 1, 3, and 5 only when combination traffic exceeds 5.0% of the total traffic using the proposed driveway. (3)Access to a property which abuts two or more intersecting streets or highways may be restricted to only that roadway which can more safely accommodate its traffic. 2002); appeal denied 814 A.2d 679 (Pa. 2002). (5)Lane in front of another property. Conditions for sight distance shall be as follows: (1)Access driveways shall be located at a point within the property frontage limits which provides at least the minimum sight distance listed in the appropriate following table: Table 1Safe Sight Distance for passenger cars and single unit trucks exiting from driveways onto two-lane roads. 1986); affirmed 518 A.2d 265 (Pa. 1986). (i)The permittee shall be responsible for causing compliance with all terms and conditions of the permit by its employes, agents, and contractors. General inspection fees shall be used to defray costs incurred by the Department in spot inspection of permitted work or subsequent inspection after the permitted work has been completed, to insure compliance with the permit and this chapter; they shall be as follows: (c)Exemptions. Highway Occupancy Permit Related Forms. (d)Additional inspection fees. The permit shall be binding upon the permittee, its agents, contractors, successors, and assigns. 1 Measured from the point where a left-turning vehicle stops to a vehicle in the outside lane. The townships requirement that the landowner establish access other than that approved by the Department was affirmed. Any open trench or hole shall be adequately barricaded to prevent possible injury to pedestrians and the motoring public. (k)Authority to reject application. t = Perception time of motorist (average = 2.5 seconds). (e)Multiple driveways. (3)Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection may be waived only if the intersecting highway radius extends along the property frontage to the extent that compliance is physically impossible. Medians must be a minimum of six feet wide to allow for a pedestrian refuge area. (4)Grade requirements in uncurbed shoulders within the right-of-way shall conform to Figure 1. VehicleEvery device in or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway. Driveways serving properties located adjacent to a highway intersection shall be subject to the following: (1) There shall be a minimum ten foot tangent distance between the intersecting highway radius and the radius of the first permitted driveway. All driveways and adjacent areas within the highway right-of-way shall be continuously maintained by the property owner so as to conform to the permit and so as not to interfere or be inconsistent with the design, maintenance, and drainage of the highway, or the safe and convenient passage of traffic upon the highway. Requirements for traffic control devices shall be as follows: (1)Nonelectrically powered devices. In the event the Department determines that such structures, equipment, or property pose a threat to the public safety and the permittee fails to remove the same after notice from the Department to do so, the Secretary or his attorneys, or any attorney of any court of record shall be authorized to appear for the permittee, and to enter an amicable action of ejectment and confess judgment against the permittee; and the attorney shall be authorized to issue forthwith a writ of possession without leave of court, all at the cost of the permittee. (iii)All excess material and material that is not suitable for backfill shall be removed and disposed of outside the right-of-way as the work progresses. (C)When the highway grade in the section to be used for acceleration after leaving the driveway descends at 3.05.0%, sight distance in the direction of approaching descending highway traffic may be reduced by a factor of 0.6. Stopping sight distance The distance required by a driver traveling at a given speed to stop the vehicle after an object on the roadway becomes visible to the driver. (iv)If there is a failure of the highway, including slope or any other appurtenance thereto, in the area adjacent to the immediate area of the permitted work, which occurs more than 2 years after the completion of the permitted work, the permittee shall be responsible to make all temporary and permanent restoration if the permitted work was the proximate cause of the failure. DrivewayEvery entrance or exit used by vehicular traffic to or from properties abutting a highway. (i)Plans for other than minimum use driveways. This will eliminate the need for depressing the back edge of the sidewalk. distance required driver of a vehicle intending to make a left turn cle approaching from the opposite direction. The Department may require design details which are more stringent than those specified in this chapter to insure the safe and efficient operation of any proposed driveway. (g)Drainage control plan for other than minimum use driveways. The following conditions shall apply to permits issued under the provisions of this chapter: (1)Scope of permit. 441.8(h)) Embankment removal - sight line profile provided Sight distance . The available corner sight distance on side roads is less than the necessary stopping sight-distance values . Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (62045) and (62046). Multiple driveways serving the same property must be separated by a minimum distance of 15 feet measured along the right-of-way line and 20 feet measured along the shoulder, ditch line, or curb. Follow the guidance in . Auxiliary lanes shall consist of the following: (1)Acceleration and deceleration lanes. In the event the permittee fails to refill the ditch or trench or proceed to completion of the work upon notice from the Department to do so, the Department may perform the necessary and required work and shall be reimbursed for the costs by the permittee within 30 days after receipt of the Departments invoice. Acceleration laneThe portion of roadway adjoining the traveled way constructed for the purpose of enabling a vehicle entering a roadway to increase its speed to a rate at which it can safely merge with traffic. . Right-of-wayThe area which has been acquired by the Department for highway purposes. The Pennsylvania Code website reflects the Pennsylvania Code changes effective through 52 Pa.B. See Figure 6. Permittee responsibilities shall be as follows: (i)The permittee shall pay all fees, costs, and expenses incident to or arising from the project, including the cost of related highway improvements which increased traffic or surface drainage may necessitate. Permits will not be issued for bus stop shelters or phone booths, or for advertising signs, liquid fuel pumps, loading platforms, weight scales, or any structure which the Department deems not proper for occupancy of the right-of-way. As such, its design must be in accordance with the Departments current standards governing the design of local roads. (ii)Traffic control devices shall be provided in accordance with Publication 43 and Publication 90. General requirements shall be as follows: (1)The ability of a driveway to safely and efficiently function as an integral component of a highway system requires that its design and construction be based on the amount and type of traffic that it is expected to serve and the type and character of roadway which it accesses. Stopping sight distanceThe distance required by a driver traveling at a . (iv)High volume driveway, see Figure 10. Central Permit OfficeThe office for the control of issuance of permits located at: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0041 To insure the integrity of this intended function, no access driveway will be permitted on a ramp or within 50 feet of the intersection of the edge of pavement of the ramp or its speed change lane with the edge of pavement of the intersecting roadway. HighwayA highway or bridge on the system of State highways and bridges, including the entire width between right-of-way lines, over which the Department has assumed or has been legislatively given jurisdiction. PennDOT Recommended use of AASHTO standards. (l)Driveways relative to ramps. Multiple driveways serving the same property must be separated by a minimum distance of 15 feet measured along the right-of-way line and 20 feet measured along the shoulder, ditch line, or curb. RoadwayThat portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk or shoulder. PersonAn individual, business entity, association, political subdivision, authority, Federal or Commonwealth agency, or other entity recognized by law. (f)Permit requiring agreement. Driveway design requirements. 8372 (December 31, 2022). County officeAny of the various maintenance district offices of the Department. (2)The free movement of normal highway traffic is not impaired. (b)Angle of access driveway approach. Angle of access driveway approach shall include the following: (1)Access driveway approaches used for two-way operation shall be positioned at right angles, that is, 90 degrees, to the highway or as near thereto as site conditions permit, except as authorized in Figure 11. (ii)Low volume driveway, see Figure 8. ft. home is a 5 bed, 4.0 bath property. 1 Measured from a vehicle ten feet back of the pavement edge. 641 Ferne Blvd , Drexel Hill, PA 19026-3110 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $549,900. (3)Shall include five sets of plans, of a quality sufficient for microfilming, detailing the location and pertinent dimensions of both the proposed installation and related highway features. Controlling the direction that has the best sight distance . No statutes or acts will be found at this website. The location of the pullover area should be based on reasonable sight distance. (2)Where the access driveway approach and highway pavement meet, flaring of the approach may be necessary to allow safe, easy turning of vehicular traffic. The applicant shall pay notary and recording costs including the cost of recording the permit in the County Office of the Recorder of Deeds when required, and the cost of all drainage releases. Crigler v. City of Philadelphia, 667 A.2d 470 (Pa. Cmwlth. The placement of vehicles measured at the driveway and on the roadway must be consistent with the operation of the driveway and roadway, as illustrated on Form M-950S and consistent with Publication 282. (2)Confiscation of the applicants permit by a police officer or authorized representative of the Department. (3)If sight distance requirements as specified in this chapter cannot be met, the Department may: (i)prohibit left turns by exiting vehicles; (ii)restrict turning movements to right turns in and out of a driveway; (iii)require installation of a right turn acceleration lane or deceleration lane; (iv)require installation of a separate left turn standby lane; (v)alter the horizontal or vertical geometry of the roadway; or.