Beaumont Municipal Code Ch. 1.12 Datum Plane

All grades for municipal purposes within the City shall be referred to an established from the common reference or datum plane, whose grade shall be defined as zero, and above which all elevations shall be given in feet and decimals of a foot.

(Ord. 41 § 1, 1913)

The datum plane provided for in Section 1.12.010 shall be defined as a plane lying 2575.909 feet below a cross-cut in the center of a certain bronze tablet, stamped 2575 S-8-, which is a bench mark of the United States Geological Survey, set in the southwest corner of a brick building on the easterly side of Egan Avenue 140 feet southerly from the southerly side of "D" street, in the City.

(Ord. 41 § 2, 1913)

Grades shall be established at all street intersections, and at such points between as may be desirable. The term grade shall be defined as meaning the grade of the curbline. The grade line of the curb shall be an unbroken line between adjacent points on the curb, where the grade thereof has been established.

(Ord. 41 § 3, 1913)

Sidewalks shall slope upwards and away from the curb, at the rate of one-quarter of an inch for every foot of width.

(Ord. 41 § 4, 1913)