A Utica curb-cut permit is required to build or widen a driveway approach, and a residential curb cut may not exceed 20 feet. In the R1 district the driveway itself is limited to two lanes and 20 feet combined width.
Utica's DPW/Engineering curb-cut specifications require a permit whenever new or expanded access to a city road is created, such as building or widening a driveway. For a driveway approach, no curb cut, opening or removed section may exceed 20 feet for residential purposes. The curb must be removed, lowered and reset (concrete, bluestone and red sandstone curbs may be cut leaving at least three-fourths inch above the gutter line), with no abrupt grade changes and no portion within three feet of the corner radius. Separately, the 2021 Zoning Code limits an R1 front-yard driveway to two lanes and a maximum combined width of 20 feet.
Work without a curb-cut permit, or a nonconforming approach, is subject to Engineering/DPW enforcement and correction; zoning-width violations are handled by Codes Enforcement.
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