HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1412ORDINANCE No. 1412
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES
FOR ISSUANCE OF CREEK ENCLOSURE PERMITS
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does
hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1, Chapter 18.24, establishing procedures
for issuing creek enclosure permits, is hereby added to the
Burlingame Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Chapter 18.24
CREEK ENCLOSURE PERMITS
18.24.010 Definitions. For the purposes of this
chapter the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Study. The study entitled Storm Drainage
Study, Project #910, prepared for the City of Burlingame by
Wilsey and Ham.
(b) Creek. A creek is defined as one of those
watercourses so designated on the map attached as Exhibit
"A" to Ordinance No. 1412 and as detailed in the large
scale map in the City Engineer's office titled "1989 Creek
Map", based on said study.
18.24.020 Permit required. No creek shall be
enclosed with a pipe or culvert without an enclosure permit.
The procedures for the permit shall be those set forth in
Chapter 25.16 of this code, except that notice of the
application for the permit shall be limited to those
property owners adjacent to the creek for a distance of 300
feet upstream and downstream of the applicant or to the
nearest public cross street, which ever is
Plans submitted for the permit must include at
least the following: the creek to scale at least 300 feet
upstream and downstream from the applicant's property or to
the nearest public cross street, whichever is less; the 100
year flow elevation of both banks based on engineering
calculations (unless waived by the City Engineer); the top
of bank; areas of existing natural vegetation including
trees and vegetation within the creek; and any structures
existing in and over the creek on either side, whether on
the applicant's property or that of others.
Criteria for reviewing the permit application
shall include, but not be limited to, flow capacity, methods
of keeping the structure clear of debris, economical life
and ease of repair, horizontal alignment of the pipe or
culvert, and length of pipe or culvert."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
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Mayor
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 4th day of June , 1990, and adopted
thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the 18th day of June , 1990, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BARYON, HARRISON, LEMBI, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
City Clerk