[CC 1974 §24-3; Rev. Ords. 1929, No. 26 §19]
It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to erect or cause
to be erected any stairway on the outside of any building leading
to an upper story in such a manner as to occupy any part of or overhang
or obstruct or interfere with the free use by the public of any public
sidewalk or part thereof; nor shall any person so construct or excavate
for any areaway, cellarway or stairway leading to any cellar or basement,
or other place, or lay or cause to be laid, any doorstep which shall
extend into, take up or interfere with the free and entire use of
any part of any public sidewalk of the City.
[Ord. No. 2538, 1-26-2021]
A. Sidewalks
shall be provided, at the expense of the property owner, along the
entire abutting frontage of all property adjoining streets located
within the corporate limits of the City of Richmond, as a condition
to the issuance of a building permit for the following new construction:
B. An
appeal may be filed when unusual conditions exist upon such property
and the following shall be required:
2. Maps, data and an explanation of condition(s).
3. Reviewed and approved by the City Administrator, Public Works Director
and Community Development Director.
[Ord. No. 1873, 5-14-2003]
On a corner lot in any district, development shall conform to
the requirements of the sight triangle in which nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially
impede vision between a height of two (2) feet and eight (8) feet
above the street grade at the back of the curb, or paving if no curb
exists, of the intersecting streets, within the triangular area formed
by the curb or paving lines and line connecting them at points fifteen
(15) feet from the point of intersection. No wall, terrace, fence
or hedge may be erected or maintained which is determined to obstruct
vision when entering a street or interferes with the sight distance
triangle.
[Ord. No. 2430 § 1, 5-9-2017]
Anytime a Street, Sidewalk, Alley, Ditch, or Curb is installed
or replaced; it must conform to the current addition of the Kansas
City Metropolitan Chapter of the American Public Works Association
(APWA) standard specifications and design criteria as provided on
file in the Office of the City Clerk, Public Works Department and
Community Development Department.
[CC 1974 §24-10; Ord. No. 378 §§1 — 3, 12-5-1973; Ord. No. 1403 §2, 6-27-1990]
A. Whenever
any driveway, passageway, throughway or method of ingress and egress
shall be constructed over any ditch, drain, depression in the ground
or other such passageway through which water can, should or may flow,
drainage tile and/or pipe as required by this Section shall be placed
in such ditch below the surface of such driveway in a manner and under
such a procedure as will allow for the free passage of water through
such tile and/or pipe.
B. For
drainage within the corporate limits of the City, reinforced concrete
tile, metal tile, culvert, pipe or plastic tile meeting the specifications
of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department shall be used
for such drainage as may be required for such project. It is expressly
prohibited to use any drainage tile and/or pipe not meeting the requirements
of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department specifications.