Perris Municipal Code Ch. 12.04 Street and Sidewalk Grades

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State Law reference— Cities authorized to establish grades for streets, sidewalks, etc., Streets and Highways Code § 5150—5152.

All grades for streets and sidewalks within the city shall be referred to and established from a certain common reference or datum plane whose grade shall be defined as zero and above which all elevations shall be given in feet or in decimals of a foot.

(Code 1972, § 12.04.010; Ord. No. 19, § 1, 1912)

The datum plane provided for in section 12.04.010 is defined as a plane lying 1,456.697 feet below the center of a certain cross on a metal plate set by the United States Geological Survey on the southerly wall of the hallway on the westerly side of the depot of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the city, said metal plate being about three feet from the floor of said hallway.

(Code 1972, § 12.04.020; Ord. No. 19, § 2, 1912)

Grades shall be established at all street intersections and at such points between as may be desirable. The term "grade" means the grade of the curbline. At street intersections each curb shall be carried around the corner on a level until opposite the property line in either direction and the grade established at such corners shall be understood as referring to the length of these level portions. The grade line of the curb shall be an unbroken line between adjacent points on the curb where the grade thereof has been established.

(Code 1972, § 12.04.030; Ord. No. 19, § 3, 1912)

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

(Code 1972, § 12.04.040; Ord. No. 19, § 4, 1912)