The provisions of this chapter apply to permits for the laying,
constructing, reconstructing or repairing of curbs, sidewalks, gutters,
driveways, street surfaces, retaining walls, storm drains, culverts,
streetlights or lighting systems, or other appurtenant structures.
(Prior code § 7105.01)
Before a permittee performs any work covered by this chapter,
he or she shall obtain from the city engineer the approved lines and
grades therefor.
(Prior code § 7105.03)
If, in the opinion of the city engineer, the work proposed to
be done requires the making of plans or the setting of stakes, or
both, the city engineer may require the application be accompanied
by the necessary plans, which plans shall be prepared by a competent
engineer.
(Prior code § 7105.02)
The city engineer shall establish the standards for construction,
reconstruction or repairing of curbs, gutters, driveways, street surfaces,
retaining walls, storm drains, culverts, streetlights or lighting
systems, or other appurtenant structures.
(Prior code § 7105.04)
The width of an individual driveway shall be considered as being
the net width thereof, exclusive of side slopes and returns, measured
along the line of the curb or centerline of the highway. The width
of an individual driveway shall be not less than ten feet and shall
not exceed in width:
A. Thirty
feet, if the driveway serves only residences or apartments;
B. Thirty
feet for lots or parcels of land less than one hundred feet wide;
C. Thirty
feet or twenty percent of the front frontage of the lot or parcel
of land, whichever is greater, but not to exceed sixty feet, when
the driveway serves other than residences or apartments on a lot or
parcel of land not less than one hundred feet wide.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
The aggregate width of the total number of driveways serving
any single lot or parcel of land from any one highway shall not exceed:
A. Fifty
percent of the frontage, if the driveway serves only residences and
apartments;
B. Sixty
percent of the frontage in other cases.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
Where topographical or traffic conditions are such that a modification
of these provisions is necessary for the promotion of traffic safety,
and the city engineer so finds, he or she may permit a deviation from
the provisions to the extent which he or she finds necessary.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)
If any stakes set by the city engineer for any work covered
by these provisions are disturbed or destroyed by cause directly attributable
to the permittee's delay in making use of the stakes, the city engineer
shall set the additional stakes and shall charge the cost thereof
to the permittee.
(Ord. 838 § 1, 1993)