Ordinance - 1330F
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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
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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.
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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."
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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:
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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:
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Ci y Attorney