Is a driveway 12 feet wide suitable for residential access?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Relaxmuskoka v. 2052219 Ontario Inc., 2017 ONSC 5131 (CanLII):
In Peters v. Palmer, the court took judicial notice that the average width of a motor vehicle is about 6 feet and, accordingly, a driveway 12 feet wide was suitable for residential access.[25]
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