Red Bluff Municipal Code Art. V Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks

(A) Any person who constructs or causes to be constructed any building or makes any major improvements amounting to $3,000 or more, shall construct curbs, gutters and sidewalks in accordance with city specifications for the full length of the lot frontage unless adequate curbs, gutters and sidewalks already exist. Whether or not adequate curbs and sidewalks exist shall be determined in each instance by the Director of Public Works and an endorsement to that effect shall be made upon each building permit at the time it is issued.

(B) The roadway shall be constructed in accordance with city specifications along the full length of the lot frontage from the gutter line to the street center line or tied into the existing pavement at a point determined by the Director of Public Works. In the case of single family residence construction or improvement in excess of $3,000, curbs, gutters and sidewalks need only be constructed for a distance equal to twice the frontage of the building and the roadway need not be constructed.

(`61 Code, § 19.33) (Ord. 486, passed 1-21-1969; Am. Ord. 517, passed 9-21-1971)

The Building Official shall deny final approval and acceptance and shall refuse to allow final public utility connections to any building or dwelling unless curbs, gutters and sidewalks, where required by this article, exist, are constructed or unless money or a bond to guarantee their construction is deposited with the city in a sum equal to the estimated cost of the construction of the improvements as determined by the Director of Public Works of the city and providing for the construction of the improvements as within 90 days.

(`61 Code, § 19.34) (Ord. 486, passed 1-21-1969)

When the Director of Public Works determines that area drainage facilities are inadequate and that the installation of all or a portion of the required public improvements would endanger the public welfare and safety by reason thereof, the Director of Public Works may require that only portions of the required work be done.

(`61 Code, § 19.35) (Ord. 486, passed 1-21-1969)

(A) Deviation from the application of this article may be granted by the City Council upon the findings of the Planning Commission that deviation from the terms of this article will not be contrary to its intent or to the public interest, safety, health and welfare, and where due to special conditions or exceptional characteristics of the property of the applicant for deviation, or its location or surroundings, a lateral enforcement of this article would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships.

(B) Written application for deviation may be submitted to the Planning Commission, which shall render its decision on the application within 35 days following receipt of the application. Failure of the Planning Commission to render its decision within the period shall be deemed to be a denial of the application for deviation. The applicant may, within ten days after any denial by the Planning Commission, appeal to the City Council and the determination of the City Council upon the appeal shall be final.

(`61 Code, § 19.36) (Ord. 486, passed 1-21-1969)

The regulations prescribed in §§ 19.33 and 19.34 shall not apply to any building or dwelling the construction of which began prior to the effective date of this article.

(`61 Code, § 19.37) (Ord. 486, passed 1-21-1969)