Ordinance - 546ORDINANCE NO. 546
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. .499 RELATING
TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE CURBS, GUTTERS
AND SIDEWALKS.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION
passed on the.22nd
as follows:
1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 499, approved and
day of October, 1956, is hereby amended to read
. "SECTION 2. Construction of Portland Cement Concrete Curbs,
Gutters and Sidewalks in Conjunction with Building Construction.
Any person or persons constructing or arranging for the con-
struction of a building or dwelling shall also provide for the
construction of Portland Cement concrete curbs, gutters and
sidewalks in accordance with the standard specifications of the
City of West Covina unless adequate standard Portland Cement
concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks already exist along all
street frontages adjoining the lot or lots on which the building
or dwelling is to be constructed, except as provided in the fol-
lowing Sections hereof. Such curbs, gutters and sidewalks, where
required, shall be completed before a certificate of completion
or certificate of occupancy is issued."
SECTION 2. Section 4 of said Ordinance No. 499 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 4. Modification of Portland Cement Concrete Curb,
Gutter and Sidewalk Requirements. The provisions of Section 2
may be modified or waived by the City Engineer under the follow-
ing circumstances and to the following extent, and under such
reasonable conditions as he may impose:
"(a) Portland Cement Concrete curbs and gutters only shall
be required where the topography is such that the installation
• of Portland Cement concrete sidewalks would be impractical in
the opinion of the City Engineer.
"(b) Portland Cement concrete curbs, gutters or sidewalks
need not be installed where the final street grade cannot readily
be established by the City Engineer.
"(c) Where the street for practical reasons has not been
or cannot be readily graded to the established grade which would
enable proper location of curb and sidewalks.
"(d) Where installation of Portland Cement concrete side-
walks would be hazardous to pedestrians because of the grade."
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SECTION 3. Section 5 of said Ordinance No. 499 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 5. Exceptions to Curb, Gutter and Sidewalk
Requirements. Where parcels in residential zones are divided into
one acre or larger lots, the Portland Cement concrete curb and
gutters, or Portland Cement concrete curbs, gutters and side-
walks need not extend a greater distance than the sideyards or
side and rear yards in the case of corner lots as defined in the
Zoning Ordinance and measured from the principal structure or
structures on the parcel or lot.
"Portland Cement concrete sidewalks need not be installed
• in single family residential zones except on streets shown
for sidewalks on the Master Plan of Sidewalks approved by the
City Council, nor in any block (meaning one side of a street
between intersecting streets) where fifty percent or more of
the frontage is in lots or parcels which have been improved
with a permanent dwelling but not with sidewalks."
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by
law.
Passed and approved this
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
lth - day of September - , 1957.
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Mayor
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the above Ordinance No. 546 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
•the City Council on the -26th day of August- - - -, 1957. That, there-
after, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the-10t-h- day of -September - -, 1957, by the fol-
lowing vote, to -wit.
AYES: Councilmen: Brown, Mottinger, Pittenger, Mayor Kay.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Barnes
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City Clerk