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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />Department of Public Works <br />Engineering Division Policy <br />Policy Number: 2026-003 <br />Policy Name: Residential Driveway Location <br />Effective Date: January 13, 2026 <br />1. Purpose: <br />The purpose of this policy is to establish uniform standards for the location of residential <br />driveways within the rights-of-way of Indian River County. These standards are intended to <br />ensure public safety, protect County right-of-way infrastructure, provide adequate access <br />for emergency services, and promote consistent engineering and development practices. <br />2. Scope: <br />This policy applies to all residential driveway connections to County rights-of-way only. It <br />applies to new construction, redevelopment, and modifications to existing residential <br />driveways requiring a permit or County approval. <br />3. Authority: <br />This policy is adopted under the authority of the Indian River County Board of County <br />Commissioners and administered through the County Administrator and the Department of <br />Public Works. Applicable authority includes but is not limited to: - Florida Statutes - Florida <br />Administrative Code - Indian River County Code of Ordinances - Adopted County policies <br />and resolutions. <br />4. PoLicyStatemp: <br />It is the policy of Indian River County that residential driveways shall be designed and <br />constructed to provide safe and reasonable access while minimizing impacts to traffic <br />operations, maintenance, drainage, sidewalks, swales, and other public infrastructure. <br />Indian River County Municipal Code Section 312.08(2A)(3c) requires the driveway <br />connection to be to the road with the lesser functional classification except in situations <br />where the Public Works Director determines that a driveway will not adversely affect safety <br />if permitted on the road with the higher functional classification. <br />To eliminate ambiguity, the following criteria apply to the location of residential driveways <br />within the public right-of-way: <br />a. Three (3) functional classifications (and their respective sub -classifications— rural <br />vs. urban) will be used by the Public Works Director to make driveway location <br />