Sec. 7-185. - Construction of street improvements—Required; exceptions.

(a)

Any person, owner, lessee or agent constructing or arranging for the construction of any parking lot or commercial, residential or industrial building or buildings, or building addition or alteration, shall also provide 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.

(b)

Exceptions to this section are as follows:

(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 (50) percent of the area of the residential 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 (50) percent of the value of the building being altered prior to its alteration.

(3)

This section shall not apply to construction of or additions to garages, carports, storage buildings and similar nonresidential buildings, accessory to single-family residences, where such construction or addition does not exceed five hundred (500) square feet in area.

(Code 1960, § 8301; Ord. No. 1383, § 2, 6-26-78)