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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1372 Ordinance� 7 ORDINANCE NO._L , AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, CLEANING, MAINTENANCE AND RE iNlE1.1AL OF SIDEWALKS AND VEHICULAR DRIVE- WAYS ACROSS AND ALONG THE SIDEL-IALKS OF THE CITY OF PASCO; PROVIDING CERTAIii CONDITIONS, PROVIDING PERMITS FOR AND INSPECTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR THEREOF, AND PROVIDING PENIALTIES: AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND. PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. DEFINITIONS: SIDEWALK - Improved walkway bordering private property for pedestrian use. PRIVATE DRIVEWAY - Any driveway intended for use by the occupant as access to his property. SERVICE DRIVEWAY - Any driveway intended for use by the public as access to any place of business, ABUTTING PROPERTY - All property having a frontage on the sidewalk margin of any street or other public place. RESIDENTIAL USE - Any property, either zoned or actually being used for residential purposes. COMMERCIAL USE - Any property, legally zoned, being used for business purposes. Section 2. RIGHT OF ABUTTERS TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. Any abutting property owner or owners are hereby granted the right to con- struct sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, gutters or driveways in front of their property when constructed i,n conformity with this chapter, and such.rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the City Council. Section 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO BE CONCRETE - SUPERVISION All construction of sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, gutters, and driveways by private contract shall be of concrete as hereinafter specified and shall be constructed under the immediate supervision of an inspector appointed by the City. Section 4. PERMIT REQUIRED Before any person, firm or corporation commences to improve any of the public streets or alleys within the corporate limits of the City of Pasco by the erection or construction of sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, or drive- ways, -or to do any work in or upon said streets and alleys whatsoever, he or they must first obtain a permit from the city building inspector. No permit will be issued for any such work upon any street or alley within the corporate limits of the City of Pasco when the grade has not been properly established or while a proposition to alter or amend the grade thereof is pending before the City Council, or after the City Council has granted a petition, or adopted a resolution to improve the streets or alleys in question by the formation of a Local Improvement District, and no permit shall be issued if, in the judgement of the City Council the improvement proposed to be made, is not a suitable one or will not be uniform with and conform to existing or proposed improvements of streets or alleys in the immediate vicinity of said proposed improvements. Section 5. PERMIT RECORD TO BE MAINTAINED. It shall be the duty of the City Building Inspector to keep a record of all permits issued for construction under the provisions of this chapter, which records shall show the date of issue thereof, to whom issued, a description of the property in front of which the improvement is to be made, the nature of the improvement, and an estimate of the quantity of work and the cost thereof, fees collected, and when accepted by the City Building Inspector, and the date of such acceptance, Section 6. FEE SCHEDULE The City Building Inspector is hereby authorized to charge for inspection of sidewalk and driveway improvements in accordance with the Uniform Building Code Fee Schedule, Section 303A, Table No. 3-A. Section 7. SURVEY SPECIFICATIONS Upon the granting of a permit by the City Building Inspector, it shall be the duty of this office, in conjunction with the City Engineer, to cause said proposed improvements to be staked out, giving lines and grades there- of, and shall furnish data and specifications to which the improvement must conform. The person or persons performing the work shall take proper precaution to protect the stakes set by the building inspector or City Engi- neer, and any and all stakes lost or destroyed shall be replaced only by the City Building Inspector or City Engineer at the expense of the person obtain- ing the permit. Section 8. SIDEWALKS - WIDTH - MATERIALS All sidewalks in the City of Pasco that may be constructed after the effective date of this ordinance shall have the curb integrated with the walk, although the curb should be clearly defined with an appropriate marking in the cement; further, such sidewalks in a residential area shall be 5 feet in width, in- cluding the width of the curb, with expansion joints provided at least every 40 feet; and that in business and industrial zones, such sidewalks extend from the property line to the curb,with expansion joints at least every 40 feet. Be it further provided that should the regulations prescribed in this section be impracticable or thought to be against the best interest of the City of Pasco, the Director of Community Development shall be authorized to give special permits for the construction of such walks after examina- tion of the premises and determining that the interest of the City will be best served by permitting sidewalk construction at variance with this section. Section 9. NEW CONSTRUCTION - SIDEWALKS AND CURBS REQUIRED Whenever a permit is to be granted for new construction within the City of Pasco, the person seeking to build such new construction shall at the time a building permit therefor is applied for, also obtain a permit as provided for under this chapter for the construction of sidewalks, and curbs, on all sides of such property that may adjoin a street, in conformance herewith, and such sidewalks and curbs shall extend the full distance that such property is sought to be occupied as a building site, and may adjoin property dedicated as a public street. Section 10. DRIVEWAY TO BE AT SIDEWALK LEVEL The City Building Inspector shall issue no permit for any driveway of the City to be constructed or repaired across or along any sidewalk of the City of Pasco unless the same shall be upon the level of the sidewalk from a point not exceeding four feet from the curb line of said sidewalk. Section 11. NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS PER LOT RESTRICTED For each 50 feet of continuous frontage upon a street or avenue, one service driveway, not exceeding 30 feet in width, shall be permitted. One private driveway, not exceeding 20 feet in width, shall be permitted for each 50 feet of continuous frontage upon a street or avenue in the residential zone. The Building Inspector may refer any request for a permit for a service or private driveway to the City Council for approval or disapproval if he deems it advisable that the City Council consider such request for reasons of public safety or for any other reason. The Building Inspector may be authorized by the City Council to issue permits for service driveways or private driveways varying from the above specifica- tiogs, after the request is considered by the Building Appeals Committee and is found to be safe to the users of the public ways and for the best interests of the City of Pasco. Section 12. ABANDONED DRIVEWAY - DUTY OF OWNER In the event that any driveway shall be abondoned or discontinued, the owner of the property abutting thereon shall restore the same to the level of the adjoining sidewalk. In the event of failure so to do, the procedure shall be the same as provided by the laws of the State of Washington relat- ing to the repair of sidewalks. Section 13. SUPERVISION The person making such improvement, or his contractor or agent, shall notify the City Building Inspector, in writing, at least 24 hours in advance of the time when the grading will be completed and the forms set ready for placing concrete. The City Building Inspector shall check up the forms as to line and grade and place an inspector in charge of the work until the same is completed, and it shall be unlawful for any contractor to commence construction work until the forms have been checked and the inspector placed upon the location of the job at the time such improvement is actually installed. Section 14. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS The contractor or person having charge of the construction of any such improvement shall see that good and sufficient fences or barriers shall be kept around such work at all times, and a sufficient number of red lights shall be placed at proper intervals upon such work during the night time as a warning to all persons traveling upon such streets or alleys. Section 15. INSPECTION - CONFORMANCE TO PLAN No improvement will be accepted until the City Building Inspector is satis- fied that the work has been performed according to the plans, profiles and specifications furnished by him and to the lines and grades established. Section 16. MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS Whenever any street, lane, square, place or alley in the City of Pasco shall have been improved by the construction of a sidewalk along either side thereof, the duty, burden, and expense of the maintenance, cleaning, repair and renewal of such sidewalk, including the erection and maintenance of suitable barriers of wood, iron or masonry along the outer margin of such sidewalk where the same is elevated more than two feet above the abutting property, shall devolve upon the owner of the private property directly abutting on said sidewalk, and said improvement shall be made by said owner in the manner provided by the Ordinances of the City of Pasco, and the laws of the State of Washington. Section 17. SCOPE OF CHAPTER It is the purpose of this chapter to require uniform development and construc- tion of curbs, sidewalks and driveways within the City of Pasco, but shall not alter or effect those curbs, sidewalks and driveways presently in existence. In the event, however, any of such presently constructed curbs, sidewalks and driveways are to be altered, modified, improved or changed, then such alter- ation, modification, improvement, or change shall be in accordance with the provisions herein outlined. Section 18. PENALTY Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the pro- visions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $300.00, or imprisoned in the city jail for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Section 19. REPEALING CERTAIN ORDINANCES Ordinances No. 472, 521, 688, 847, 853, 891 and 939, relating to the same subject, are hereby repealed. Section 20. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall.be in full force and effect from and after five (5) days from the date of its passage and publication as provided by law. PASSED by the fsity Council and APPROVED by -the Mayor of the City of Pasco this day of July , 1969. .E. CARTER, Mayor ATTEST: *-—D?- CLER x -Officio City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: D. W CA LL, City/Attorn77 PUBLISHED: CONSTRUCTION CODE REVIEW BOARD REGULAR MEETING 8:00 p.m. Members Present: Members Absent: Bob Randolph Jack Hamann O.E. Elvrum George Grant Mark Pence 9-25-68 Also present were James McCurry and Henry Crust, City Building Inspectors. Meeting called to order by Chairman Elvrum. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 11, 1967 read and approved. The following items were discussed with the recommendations as indicated. SWIMMING POOL CODE: After discussion of -various items of the proposed ordin— ance, motion was made by Bob Randolph, seconded by Mark Pence, that this code be forwarded to the City Council with recommendation for approval. Motion carried by majority vote. SIDEWALK ORDINANCE• Following discussion, Section 6 (Fee Schedule) was changed T,6 a op e nib rm Building Code fee schedule; Section 11 (number of driveways) was changed to allow one private driveway for each fifty fbot of the parcel; Section 8 (Width & Materials) was changed to include an expansion joint each 40 feet rather than each 20 feet; Section 11 was also changed to delete the Board of Adjustment and place this under the jurisdiction of the Building Appeals Commission. . Motion was made by Mark Pence, seconded by Bob Randolph, that this code be forwarded to the City Council with recommendation for approval as amended. Motion carried by majority vote. I AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN BASEMENTS (FIRE ZONE #1):' After much discussion, pro and con, it was decided to table this proposed ordinance for further study, and to call a Special Meeting on October 16, 1968, to discuss it. It was felt that all Board Members should be present at this meeting as this is bound to be a controversal ordinance. UNIFORM PLUMBING_ CODE: Recommendation is that the Uniform Plumbing Code be adopted in place of the National Plumbing Code, with some amendments and deletions. These amendments were discussed and all approved with the exception of the Fee Schedule, which ill felt should be in line with the Uniform Building Code. This change was made and a motion was made by Bob Randolph, seconded by Mark Pence, that this code be forwarded to the City Council with recommendation for approval. Motion carried by a majority vote. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:35 p.m. ames H. McCurry / Secretary 4l _ 1 [ (0) POST OFFICE BOX 293 1 TELEPHONE (509) 547-8801 1 PASCO, WASHINGTON 99301 April 22, 1969 Mr. Horace E. Menasco, City Manager Pasco City Hall Pasco, Washington Re: Sidewalk, Curb and Driveway Ordinances Dear Mr. Menasco: The present ordinances regulating curbs, sidewalks and driveways are contained in several ordinances scattered throughout the City Code book, some being duplicated and othersin conflict with each other. Most are archaic and in need of upgrading. This proposed ordinance will gather all regulations pertaining to curbs, sidewalks and driveways into one section, set them out in order, and make necessary corrections. It also defines the different types of sidewalks and driveways and changes the fee schedule to correspond with the Uniform Building Code, changing from the square footage charge to the dollar value schedule. Expansion joints have been changed from 20' separation to 40' as it has been determined by the Code Review Board that there is no need for them every 20'. Permitted driveways have been changed to allow more than one to each parcel. Under existing code, only one driveway is permitted per parcel, however due to the increased size of the lots and the increased demand for circular driveways a change to allow more curb cuts per parcel is recommended. A variance clause has been added to allow the Director of Community Develop- ment to issue waivers on sidewalk widths rather than have the owner bring up such a small matter before the City Council as is the present policy. The Commercial width has also been reduced to a 9' maximum. SVince Lyle E. Balderson, Director Department of Community Development LEB:kp 1:13xc