BROCHURE # 54
RESIIDENTIA
AL
WAGON WH
HEEL DRIVEW
WAY
Wha
at is a wag
gon wheel driveway?
d
A wa
agon wheel driveway is a form of driveway thatt
minim
mizes imperrvious areas
s created by
y limiting the
e
place
ement of im
mpervious surfaces
s
to the wheel
trave
el path of th
he vehicles that will be utilizing the
e
drive
eway. Unlike a regularr full width impervious
s
drive
eway, two rib
bbons (strips
s) of impervious surface
e
are p
provided as a travel path
h.
Wha
at is the be
enefit of a wagon
w
wheel
driv
veway?
Wag
gon wheel driveways arre advantage
eous in thatt
they reduce the amountt of imperrvious area
a
gene
erated by a project, an
nd can at tim
mes keep a
proje
ect under impervious area thresholds thatt
woulld require stormwater mitigation. Read the
e
follow
wing examp
ple:
A pro
oposed sing
gle family res
sidence requ
uires a 200
foot long drivewa
ay:
y with a width
h of 10 feet is provided,
 If a driveway
‘tthe new imp
pervious area
a is 2,000 sq
quare feet
((200’ x 10’ = 2,000sqft).
 If a wagon wheel
w
driveway is utilized
d, new
impervious area
a
is 800 square
s
(200
0’ x (2) x 2’
sstrips = 800 sqft).
Use of the wago
on wheel driv
veway create
es 1,200
squa
are feet less impervious area.
Doe
es a wagon
n wheel driveway hav
ve to be
pave
ed?
No itt does not. The
T surfacin
ng course fo
or the ribbon
n
strips is the ch
hoice of the owner and may be
e
Kitsap
p County Departm
ment of Commun
nity Developmentt
614 Division Street, MS-36
Orchard, WA 98366-4682
Port O
www.kkitsapgov.com/dc
cd/
Revisiion Date: 12/19/1
13
or may be
e
crusshed rock, concrete, asphalt, o
consstructed with
h pervious pavers.
Wha
at type of s
size and spacing is rrequired
for the ribbon
n strips?
Whi le Kitsap Co
ounty does n
not mandate
e the design
n,
we recommend
d using rib
bbon strips that are a
miniimum of 2’’ wide. The
e spacing b
between the
e
ribbo
on strips sshould be 5’ from ccenterline to
o
centterline of tthe ribbon strips, or about 3’ of
o
pervvious surface
e between th
he driving sttrips.
If I u
use a wago
on wheel d
driveway a
am I still
req uired to prrovide a pa
arking pad in front off
my garage?
Yes . DCD requiires a parkin
ng pad a min
nimum of 20
0’
deep
p and the full width of ga
arage door o
opening(s) in
n
frontt of a garag
ge. This is tto provide a safe/stable
e
loca
ation for ve
ehicles to turn around on withou
ut
bbon strips.
driviing off the rib
Are
e there spe
ecial requirrements wiith a
wag
gon wheel driveway?
?
A w
wagon whe
eel drivewa
ay requiress an extra
a
insp
pection to ve
erify that the
e driveway w
was installed
d
per plan. In ad
ddition, a co
ondition is a
added to the
e
perm
mit for the a
applicant to initial and a
acknowledge
e
that their pro
oject has special rrequirements
s
rega
arding the drriveway desiign.
Wha
at does a w
wagon whe
eel driveway look
like
e?
We have attach
hed a detail b
below that shows what a
wag
gon wheel drriveway lookks like when constructed
d.
Phone
e: (360) 337-5777
Faxx: (360) 337-4925
Form
m Number: 5354B
B
Email: Kitsap1@
@co.kitsap.wa.us
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Kitsap
p County Departm
ment of Commun
nity Developmentt
614 Division Street, MS-36
Orchard, WA 98366-4682
Port O
www.kkitsapgov.com/dc
cd/
Revisiion Date: 12/19/1
13
Phone
e: (360) 337-5777
Faxx: (360) 337-4925
Form
m Number: 5354B
B
Email: Kitsap1@
@co.kitsap.wa.us
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