Town of Pinckney Driveway Installation Law

The Town Board of the Town of Pinckney finds that the improper construction of private driveways

intersecting town highways may be hazardous to the public and poses unnecessary expense to the town

and that installation of driveways according to specific standards as monitored by the Town of Pinckney

Highway Superintendent will be in the best interests of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and

property of the town.

No person, owner and/or contractor shall hereafter install a driveway opening onto a town road without

first obtaining a driveway installation permit from the Town of Pinckney Highway Superintendent.

A. An application in writing shall be filed with the Town of Pinkney Highway Superintendent upon

application forms which he shall prescribe, which application shall state the nature, location,

extent and purpose of the proposed driveway opening, and the use of the property as identified

on any coincident zoning application.

B. Applications shall include maps and plans which shall indicate the location and boundaries of

the subject property for which a permit is requested and shall show the location, elevation, size

and type of all existing and proposed driveways and buildings, underground utilities, service

facilities, parking layouts and drainage facilities.

C. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to arrange a meeting with the town highway

superintendent at the site of the driveway opening.

A. Any driveway culvert required by the town highway superintendent that is within the town

right-of-way shall be designed, installed and maintained by the Town of Pinckney.

B. The applicant shall be responsible for the cost of any required culvert, and the cost of any

agreed upon stone above one load, as well as the cost of trucking and loading for stone above

one load. Such cost shall be as determined by town board resolution.

C. The entire cost of any additional driveway culverts above one culvert per property shall be the

responsibility of the applicant.

D. The town shall not perform any work on designing, installing or maintaining any required culvert

until all costs have been paid by the applicant.

A. A driveway installation permit under this law shall be applied for coincidentally with the

application for a zoning permit to commence the excavation for or the construction or erection

of any structure regulated by the Town of Pinckney Zoning Law, as amended.

B. No driveway installation permit shall be issued for any use on a minimum maintenance road as

established in Local Law No.1 of 2002, as amended, unless it is classified as a seasonal use

pursuant to the Town of Pinckney Zoning Law.

The application shall be accompanied by such fee or fees as the town board shall prescribe from time to

time by resolution not exceeding the approximate reasonable cost of processing and reviewing the

application and making any necessary inspections.

Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon

conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than _