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Ordinance - 1330F F ORDINANCE NO. 1330 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO WATER • LINES, BACKFLOW PREVENTERS, SIDEWALKS, RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATIONS, STREET IMPROVE- MENTS, AND INSURANCE The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 7249 of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7249. INSURANCE REQUIRED Prior to the issuance of any permit which in- volves work in a public area, the permittee shall supply a certificate of insurance naming the City as an "Additional insured" and having a 30 day written notice cancellation clause in the following minimum amount: Combined Single Limit Liability $1,000,000." SECTION 2. Section 7249.1 is hereby added to the West Covina Municipal Code to read as follows: "7249.1 SAME - EXEMPTION . Single family homeowner permittees are exempted from Section 7249 provided they supply evidence of having current public liability insurance coverage having a minimum of $300,000 combined single limit liability." SECTION 3. Section 7602.5 of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7602.5 CONSTRUCTION OF WATER LINES Whenever application is made for a permit for the construction of water lines which are a part of in -tract facilities and are to be dedicated or otherwise conveyed to the City as a part of the City's water system, the applicant shall, at the time the application for the permit is filed, pay the fees and/or deposits indicated in the Schedule of Fees adopted from time to time by Resolution of the City Council." SECTION 4. Subsection (b) of Section 8113 of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "(b) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS - DEDICATION REQUIRED No building or structure shall be erected, enlarged or altered and no property shall hereafter be im- • proved for parking purposes, and no building permit shall be issued therefor, unless the one-half of the street, which is located on the same side of the center line of the street as such lot, has dedicated right-of-way for full width of the lot so as to meet the Master Plan and/or • • El Standards for such street. In addition to required dedication for street purposes, additional dedication for storm drain, sewer, water or other utility pur- poses may also be required in connection with building permits where such dedication is necessary to prevent the flooding of adjacent or nearby properties or to permit connection to required utilities. No building or on any lot within a ment permit has been structure shall hereafter be erected public easement unless an encroach - issued by the City Engineer. Any person required to dedicate land by this section shall make an offer to dedicate property, exe- cuted by all parties of interest including beneficiaries and trustees in deeds of trust as shown by a current preliminary title report prepared by a title company approved by the City Engineer. Such report shall be furnished by the applicant.' The offer to dedicate shall be on a form approved by the City Attorney and the City Engineer; be in such terms as to be binding on the owner, his heirs, assigns or successors in interest; and shall continue in effect until the City Council accepts or rejects such offer." SECTION 5. Section 8114 of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "8114. CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN CON- JUNCTION WITH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - REQUIRED GENERALLY Any person, owner, lessee, or agent construct-' ing or arranging for the construction of any parking lot or commercial, residential or industrial building, or build- ings, or building addition or alteration, shall also pro- vide for the construction or installation to City standards, of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, street trees, adequate street lighting, street paving to the center line of the street, and necessary drainage structures unless such improvements, already exist along all street frontages adjoining the lot on which the building or parking lot is to be constructed, enlarged or altered. EXCEPTIONS 1. This section shall not apply to additions made to a single family residence where the square foot area of such additions does not exceed fifty percent of the area of the re- sidential portion of the building existing prior to addition. 2. This section shall not apply to alterations made to a single family residence when the value of the proposed alterations does not exceed fifty percent of the value of the building being altered prior to its alter- ation. -2- 3. Public Improvements required by this section need not be provided for con- struction of, or alteration or addition • to garages, carports, storage buildings and similar nonresidential buildings, accessory to single family residences where such construction, alteration or addition does not exceed 500 sq. ft. in area." SECTION 6. Section 8114.1 is added to the West Covina Municipal Code to read: "8114.1 SAME - PREREQUISITE TO APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL The Building Official shall deny final approval and acceptance for final public utility connections to any building or parking lot until required street im- provements exist or are constructed or their con- struction is guaranteed with an executed agreement and cash money deposited with the City in a sum approved by the City Engineer based upon one and one-half times the estimated cost of construction." SECTION 7. Section 8114.2 is added to the West Covina Municipal Code to read: "8114.2 CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT The construction guarantee agreement shall be effective on the date of the deposit of cash and shall end upon the date of completion to the satisfaction of the City Engineer of all improvements required to be made. Upon the completion of the improvements and their accep- tance by the City, the cash deposit shall be returned to the owner. The City is authorized, in the event of any de- fault on the oYrner' s :pert, to use any or all of the deposit money to cause all of the required work to be done or completed, and for payment of all costs and expenses therefor. Any money remaining shall be refunded to the owner. Whenever uncertainty exists as to the proper alignment of any street, the City Engineer`s determina- tion shall be final and binding." SECTION 8. Subsection (b) of Section 8115,of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "(b) Sidewalks shall have a minimum unobstructed width of four feet (4') and shall be located as specified • by the City Engineer, Planning Commission, or City Council." -3- SECTION 9. Section 8122 is hereby added to the West Covina Municipal Code to read as follows: "8122. DELETION Subsection (a) of Section 409 of the Uniform Plumbing Code dealing with sewer backflow preventers is hereby deleted." SECTION 10. 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 28th day of February 1977. Attest: � � 4 City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss • CITY OF WEST COVINA ) I. LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1330 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of February , 1977. That, thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of February , 1977, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Chappell, Shearer, Tice, Browne. NOES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen None City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: f Ci y Attorney