HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0895ORDINANCE NO. 895
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26.24 OF THE
MUNICIFAL CODE REGULATING SUBDIVISIONS OF
LESS THAN FIVE LOTS BY AMENDING §25,24.044
SETTING FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A TENTA-
TIVE MAF AND §25.24.050 PROVIDING FOR THE
ACTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND
CITY COUNCIL
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain
as follows:
Section 1: §26.24.040 of the Burlingame Municipal Code
is amended to read and provide as follows:
"§26.24.040 - Dedication of Easements - offer to do
Work: In the event that easements for sanitary sewers,
drainage purposes, or other public utilities are re-
quired, the City Engineer shall so notify the person
filing the map and the person shall offer to the city
to dedicate the required easements before the map may
be approved. The easements shall be properly drawn on
the map. Where improvements are necessary and required
and where additions to water or sewer lines must be
constructed, the subdivider shall offer to do the work
in accordance with the standard specifications of the
city. The requirements may include widening or exten-
sion of public streets and installation of utilities on
public or private property.
"Where frontage on a public street is impossible or im-
practical, the 21anning Commission may recommend an
easement or easements providing ingress from and egress
to a public street in lieu of street frontage. In any
case, the City of Burlingame shall be made an owner of
the easement.
"The map shall show the following:
a. Location and si4e of water and sewer mains.
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b. Width and location of any existing easements.
C. Location and dimension of streets.
d. Location of any proposed street widening or ex-
tension if required.
e. Building setback lines.
f. Location of any proposed public utilities and any
easements necessary for such utilities.
g. Dimensioned showing of any existing structures
and notations regarding removal or remodeling of
s arae .
h. Existing and proposed contours of land and pro-
posed elevation at lot corners.
"The City Engineer shall examine the map and submit it
to the Planning Commission together with his recommenda-
tions.'=
Section 2: §26.24.050 of the Burlingame Ainicipal Code
is amended to read and provide as Follows:
"§26.2 5.050 - Action of Planning Commission and Council
on Tentative Map: At its next regular meeting following
the submission of the map and the recommendations of the
City Engineer, the Planning Commission shall consider
the map, The Commission shall make its decision upon
such considerations as, but not limited to, the follow-
ing:
a. Recommendations of the City Engineer,
b. Compatibility of proposed lots to pattern of
existing lots in the neighborhood; reverse corner
lots or key lots shall not be introduced into a
neighborhood where such lots do not now exist.
C. Accessibility to safety services. The Commission
may consider grade of access roads or easements
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and require that such grade is not excessive or
beyond the capacity to traverse by safety
equipment.
d. Proposed grading and contours of the finished
sites. The Commission may require as a condition
that the finished contour of the building site
or sites reasonably conform with the neighbor-
hood pattern where such pattern exists.
"If the map meets all the requirements of the code and
does not require the dedication of easements or the con-
struction of any public work, a final map may be pre-
pared without reference to the City Council.
"Notification of the hearing shall be mailed to the
person filing the map and to all owners of contiguous
property.
"If the map requires the dedication of easements or the
construction of any public work, the tentative map
shall be filed with. the City Clerk, together with the
recommendations of the Planning Commission, for the
consideration of the City Council at its next regular
meeting following the action of the Commission. The
Council may accept or disapprove the action of the Com-
mission, but no substantive changes shall be made on the
map without reference to the Commission for its recom-
mendation."
Section 3: This ordinance shall be published as re-
quired by law.
I, HERBERT K. 'k,,MITE, City Clerk, do hereby certify that
the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the
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City Council held on the 3 rd day of ^ February _-,
1969 , and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 17th day of February, 1 1969 ,
by the following votes:
AYES: Councilmen:Crosby-Johnson-George-Martin.
NOES: Councilmen: None
Absent Councilmen :Diederichsen.
City Clerk
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