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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0890ORDINANCE NO. 890 AMENDING §§12.04.030 and 12.04.060 OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE FIXING PERMIT FEES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND RE- PAIR OF CURBS AND SIDEWALKS AND PRESCRIBING THE LOCATION AND WIDTH OF DRIVEWAYS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES ORDAIN as follows: Section 1: §12.04.030 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is amended to read and provide as follows: "§12.04.030 - Fees: Filing fees shall be paid by the applicant in accordance with the following table: Sidewalks and Driveways 1- 25 sq. ft. $3.00 25-250 sq. ft. 4.00 Over 250 sq. ft. 5.00 Curbs 1-10 linear ft. $3.00 11-50 linear ft. 4.00 Over 50 linear ft. 5.00 When sidewalks, curbs, curb -cuts or driveways are to be altered simultaneously only one permit and fee is required." Section 2: §12.04.060 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is amended to read and provide as follows: "§12.04.060 - Location and Width of Driveways: A. Distance from Other Driveway or from Curb Return: No driveway shall be constructed or reconstructed which is less than twenty-two (22) feet from another driveway, except that this requirement may be waived by the City Engineer in the event that an existing driveway is so located that this require- ment would create a hardship or wherea single curb -cut is made to provide driveways for contiguous lots or parcels of land. No driveway shall be constructed or reconstructed which is less than five (5) feet from any point on a curb return. "Curb return" is defined as the curved section of curb used at street intersections in joining the curbs of the intersecting streets. -1- B. Limitation of Width of Driveways: The total width of any or all driveways in districts classified by this code as residential, commercial or industrial shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the width of the lot, except that when driveways are constructed on a lot with street frontage on more than one city street, the total width of the driveways shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the total street frontage of the lot. C. Special Permits: The City Engineer, if the health, safety and general welfare of the public will not be unreasonably impaired, may grant a special permit for the construction of drive- ways having widths in excess of those hereinabove provided for in this section as follows: (1) In districts classified for multiple -dwellings he may grant a special permit for a driveway or driveways exceeding twenty-five (25) percent of the street front- age where such excess can be shown to be essential and necessary but such driveway or driveways may not exceed seventy (70) percent of the street frontage. (2) In commercial districts he may grant a special per- mit for a driveway not exceeding seventy (70) percent of the street frontage including the frontage on each street in the case of a corner lot or in the case of lots funting on two streets, in order to give access to areas used for the off-street parking of vehicles, for off-street loading zones or for gasoline service stations. (3) In industrial districts he may grant a special per- mit for a driveway or driveways not exceeding seventy (70) percent of the entire street frontage where off- street parking facilities or loading ramps are installed between the property line and the building." OPC Section 3: This ordinance shall be published once as required by law. / yor I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of September , 1968 , and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day- of September , 1968 , by the following votes: AYES: Councilmen:Crosby-Diederichsen-George-Johnson- Martin. NOES: Councilmen:None. Absent Councilmen:None. City Clerk -3-