HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 078-1998RESOLUTION NO. 78-98
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
REVISING THE FEES FOR ISSUANCE AND INSPECTION OF PERMITS FOR
SIDEWALK/DRIVEWAY/CURB CONSTRUCTION AND SEWER AND STORM
DRAIN INSTALLATIONS AND CLARIFYING INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY of BURLINGAME that:
WHEREAS, this matter came before the City Council on AUGUST 3 , 1998, and
was regularly noticed as required by Government Code § 66016; and
WHEREAS, the City Director of Public Works has presented a report to the Council
showing that the costs to the City of processing and inspecting encroachments has increased, but that
there has been no increase in the fees for this construction for over 7 years; and
WHEREAS, the proposed fees do not fully reimburse the City for the costs of providing the
issuance and inspections services nor the potential liability to the City for such work; and
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby ordered and directed as follows:
1. The schedule contained in Exhibit A hereto is adopted for fees and processing of permits
for sidewalk/driveway/curb construction and sewer and storm drain construction.
2. The City Engineer is authorized and directed to implement the fees and provisions of the
Schedule contained in Exhibit A.
This schedule shall become effective sixty
required by Government Code § 66017.
Mayor
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
3rd day of AUGUST 1998, and adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: NONE
City Clerk
FEE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PERMITS
The following fees and bond requirements shall apply. However, the City Engineer may
determine that specific construction is extremely complex, difficult, or affects significant public
facilities, and increase the amount of the fees or bonds required. In doing so, the City Engineer
shall provide a written statement of the reasons and analysis of the increased fee or bond to the
permittee. The fees to be applied in such a situation shall not exceed the actual costs of providing
the issuance and inspection services.
ISSUANCE AND INSPECTION FEES
Sidewalk, Driveway, Curb, Gutter
Sewer or Storm Drain
First 150 Square Feet $ 35.00
Per Square Foot over 10¢ per square
150 Square Feet foot
Each permit $ 45.00
BONDS, CASH DEPOSIT, OR LETTER OF CREDIT REQUIRED
In an unimproved area (no City
surface improvement exist in
area involved in work)
Sidewalk, Driveway, Curb,
Gutter
Street Opening (surface repair)
Sewer System or Storm Drain
Modification or Addition
INSURANCE
$150.00
$ 8.00/square foot ($300.00 minimum)
$ 8.00/square foot ($750.00 minimum)
$1,000 or estimated value, whichever is greater,
for each connection
Liability insurance will be required before a permit is issued, unless the City Engineer determines
that the work will be done where there is very little or no public travel or when the area of work is
small and the work can be completed in one work day.
Liability insurance shall generally be as follows, but in projects of significant potential liability, the
amounts required may be increased by the City Engineer:
A -I EXHIBIT A
A. General liability: Permittee shall maintain limits no less than $100,000 combined
single limit per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage.
B. Automobile Liability: $100,000 combined single limit per accident for bodily
injury and property damage.
C. The policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain the following provision:
The City of Burlingame, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers are
to be covered as insureds as respects liability arising out of activities
performed by or on behalf of the Permittee or automobiles owned, leased,
hired or borrowed by the Permittee for the project.
2. Each insurance policy required by this clause shall be endorsed to state that
coverage shall not be suspended, voided, canceled by either party, reduced
in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days prior written notice by
certified mail, return receipt required, has been given to the City.
D. Permittee shall furnish the City with certificates of insurance and with original
endorsements effecting coverage required by this clause. The certificates and
endorsements for each insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by
that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. All certificates and endorsements are to
be received and approved by the City before work commences. The City reserves
the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, at
any time.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Public utilities may be charged an annual fee on a calendar year basis in the amount of $500.00 to
cover all permits for work involving 100 square feet or less of pavement or sidewalk area
opening. In addition to this annual fee, the actual costs of inspection of public utility projects
involving more than 100 square feet of pavement or sidewalk opening will be filled to the utility
company. This billing will be done on an annual basis for projects completed during the year to a
maximum of'h of 1% of the actual construction cost.
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A-2 EXHIBIT A