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DRIVE, SIDEWALK, DRAINAGE, CURB CUT, COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY
Public Works Department
Development Services
SECTION 70-26. SPECIFICATIONS, ETC.
(a) Application.
This section applies to all work for which a permit is required by
this article.
(b) Standard plans and specification; grades.
1. The public works director or the buiding official may
establish:
(i) Standard plans and specications for roadways,
sidewalks, driveways, curbs, gutters and other structures;
and
(ii) The grade, elevation and other special features for a
particular structure.
2. Any plans, specifications, grades and elevations shall
reflect:
(i) Recognized public works design principles; and
(ii) Legal requirements, including access for persons with
disabilities.
Additional requirements may also apply to regulated
facilities under article VI and VII of this chapter.
(c) Compliance required.
Each permittee shall cause the work to comply with:
I. All applicable standard procedures, plans and
specifications for the type of work authorized, with only
those exceptions granted by the building official in
writing;
2. Any grade, elevation or special feature mentioned in or
attached to the permit; and
3. All applicable regulations, including, but not limited to,
the provisions of this chapter and chapter 18 of this
Code.
(d) Exceptions from standards.
For good cause shown, the building ofcial may issue a permit
with exceptions to standard plans and specications, subject to
the special rules, above, for new roadways (Note: See chapter 82
of this Code which authorizes variances and liberal interpretations
to protect or preserve large trees; it applies to actions of the
building ofcial under this section.). Unless the permit clearly
indicates otherwise, the city shall not be responsible for repairing
or replacing any nonstandard items (such as, for example,
a special nish on a driveway or sidewalk), and the city may
require the abutting owner to pay the cost of any such repair or
replacement, regardless of whether the work is made necessary
by the city or would otherwise be maintained by the city. As a
condition to a permit with exceptions, the building ofcial may
require the abutting owner to record an appropriate notice in the
real property records.
(e) Exceptions from standards.
Each permittee shall, in accordance with standard procedures set
by the building ofcial:
1. Notify the building official before the beginning of each
phase of the work;
2. Provide adequate opportunity for the building official to
examine the work immediately before any concrete is
poured and immediately before any part of the work is
otherwise covered up;
3. Cause the work to be done in a good and workmanlike
manner by trained and ski1led persons;
4. Minimize disruption and inconvenience to other users of
the same public areas;
5. Remove, reconstruct and correct any work that does not
comply with this section;
6. Clean and restore the affected areas; and
7. Properly dispose of all debris, trash, rubbish, etc.
(f) Standard street structures (PWSF's).
The standard design ofa streetlight and a street structure, as set
out in appendix B of Ordinance No. 1650, adopted July 24, 2000,
is formally adopted and approved for joint use with a PWSF, as
authorized by the PWSF schedule of the zoning ordinance.
SECTION 70-27. CURB CUTS AND DRIVEWAYS;
CONCRETE
(a) Curb cuts, etc.
Only one curb cut and only one driveway is allowed along
the front street line of any building site less than 60 feet wide,
measured along the front street line.
ARTICLE II.
WORK IN STREET AREAS, ETC *
NOTES
• This is not a complete copy of Article II.
