PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
SMMC Section 17.16.010
17.16.010 CONFORMANCE WITH CHAPTER REQUIRED.
No building or structure or open paved area designed or used for a garage or for the storing of automobiles, and which is reached by a driveway crossing the sidewalk or public property in front of such building structure or area, shall hereafter be used for such purposes, unless the driveway crossing the sidewalk or public property leading to such building structure or area and the curb in front thereof is built or constructed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
IfExcept for the conversion to an accessory dwelling unit, if, at any time, the driveway so constructed is no longer necessary because the building structure or area ceases to be used for the storage of automobiles, is removed or destroyed or access thereto is reoriented, the driveway crossing the sidewalk or public place shall be removed and the curb, gutter, sidewalk and parkway restored in line and to the grade of adjacent curb, gutter, sidewalk and parkway.
When a new driveway is to be constructed upon the same property, the permit required by Section 17.16.030 shall include the removal of any existing driveways no longer necessary.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
SMMC Chapter 23.48
Chapter 23.48
ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION
23.48.010 ENGINEERING STANDARDSADOPTION.
The following standards, details, specifications and/or policies are requirements for improvements and activities occurring within the public right-of-way or for publicly-owned infrastructure and are in effect in the City of San Mateo:
(a) The City of San Mateo Engineering Standards. That certain document on file with the Director of Public Works, known and designated as “City of San Mateo Engineering Standards” and as adopted by the City Council. The Director of Public Works is delegated the authority to administratively update and/or revise the City of San Mateo Engineering Standards provided the update and/or revisions are limited to making minor clarifications, corrections, or technical changes to the text and diagrams. A copy of these standards shall be available for review by members of the public in the office of the Director of Public Works and also on the City’s website. (b) Standard Plans and Specifications, California Department of Transportation, latest edition. That certain document on file with the Director of Public Works, known and designated as the “California Department of Transportation Standard Plans and Specifications, latest edition” is hereby adopted by reference and made a part hereof, provided, however, in the event that there is any conflict between the City of San Mateo Engineering Standards and the California Department of Transportation Standard Plans and Specifications, those of the City of San Mateo Engineering Standards shall control.
The rules, regulations and standards printed in one volume and prepared and promulgated by the Southern California Chapter, American Public Works Association, and the Southern California District. Associated General Contractors of California Joint Cooperative Committee (APWA-AGC), under the title of "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, 1979 Edition, " are adopted as and for the rules, regulations and standards to be applied to public works construction within this city as to all matters therein contained, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, by addition of special provisions or as modified by council resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter. A copy of said standard specifications shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk at all times hereafter.
23.48.020 SECTION 307 DELETED—SECTION 86, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS ADDED.
Section 307 of said standard specifications, entitled, "Street Lighting and Traffic Signals, " shall not be a part of this code. In lieu of section 307, section 86 of the state of California Business and Transportation Agency, Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, January 1978 Edition, is added as a part of this code.
23.48.030020 SPECIAL PROVISIONS—DEFINED—AUTHORIZED.
"Special provisions" means any provisions which supplement or modify the standard specificationsSan Mateo Engineering Standards set forth in the publications referred to in this chapter. When included in plans and specifications for a public works construction project, such provisions shall have precedence over standard specificationsthe San Mateo Engineering Standards. The public works directorDirector of Public Works shall make and include special provisions in any public works construction project when circumstances and conditions warrant.
23.48.040 ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS BY RESOLUTION—AUTHORIZED.
All future enactments, amendments, modifications or revisions of the standard specifications for public works construction may be made by resolution of the Council.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
SMMC Chapter 26.32
Chapter 26.32
PUBLIC UTILITIES
26.32.010 EASEMENTS.
Where required for public utilities purposes, utility easements shall be provided within the subdivision, generally in the vicinity of the street frontage, including the public utility easement designed solely for underground electrical and communications distribution services. The detailed specifications in the design standards and specifications and/or State of California, Public Utility Commission General Orders shall govern all utility installations.
26.32.020 UNDERGROUNDING REQUIRED—EXCEPTIONS.
All utility distribution facilities (including but not limited to electric, communication and cable television lines) existing along a subdivision frontage and those installed in and for the purpose of supplying service to any residential or commercial subdivision shall be placed underground, except as follows:
(a) Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts. This does not include transformers; (b) Metal poles supporting only high voltage wires, switches, transformers and street lights.
For the purposes of this chapter, utility distribution facilities for electrical power shall mean facilities carrying nominal voltages of less than thirty-four thousand five hundred volts, and the subdivider shall be responsible for all utility facilities’ underground placement up to the nearest feasible points of connection beyond the subdivision frontage.
26.32.030 SUBDIVIDER RESPONSIBILITY.
The subdivider shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of this chapter; and shall make all necessary arrangements with utility companies or agencies involved for installation of said facilities.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
SMMC Chapter 26.60
Chapter 26.60
IMPROVEMENTS
26.60.010 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
(a) The subdivider shall improve, or shall execute an agreement in writing to improve all public orand private streets, pathways and easements, and to install such other improvements as are required by this title as are necessary for the general use of lot owners in the subdivision, local neighborhood traƯic and, drainage needs, and utility services. (b) The subdivider shall submit a complete set of plans, profiles, cross sections and specifications for improvements in conformity to the City’s current design standards and specifications and the City standard specificationsEngineering Standards for Public Improvements on reproducible material or electronic media acceptable to the Director of Public Works for his or hertheir check and approval. The scale of the plans and the size of the sheets shall be subject to approval by the Director of Public Works. If the Director of Public Works approves same, he or shethey shall certify his or hertheir approval on the face of the tracings and/or other reproducible material.
(c) The Director of Public Works, or such other representatives as may be authorized by the Council, shall have the right to enter upon the site of said improvements for the purpose of inspecting the same. The Director of Public Works shall be furnished with such samples or materials as he or shethey may require for making tests to determine the acceptability of such materials. Prior to beginning the work on all or any portion of a subdivision, or prior to filing the final map with the Council, the subdivider shall deposit with the City an amount equal to the estimated actual cost for the inspection of the work and the cost of checking materials for said improvements during the entire period of construction of said subdivision or portion thereof. If the amount so deposited exceeds the actual cost to the City, the subdivider shall be reimbursed the balance of the deposit. Should the actual cost exceed the deposited amount, the Director of Public Works shall stop all construction until the subdivider shall present a receipt for a deposit with the City of such additional sum as the Director of Public Works may estimate. (d) No improvement work shall be commenced until improvement plans and specifications have been submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Works, the fire chief, and the assistant city manager, or his or her representativeSan Mateo Consolidated Fire Department, the Building OƯicial, or their designees.
(e) Improvements shall be installed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications to permanent line and grade to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, or Building OƯicial in the case of private improvements, who shall supervise the work. All work shall be subject to such inspections as he or shethey may deem necessary to protect the interest of the City. In no case shall the improvements be less substantial than required by the design standards and specifications and the City standard specifications in eƯect at the time the plans and specifications are approved, and all grading and major vegetation removal in connection therewith shall conform to all requirements of chapter 23.40.
26.60.020 MINIMUM IMPROVEMENTS.
The minimum improvements within the subdivision and the subdivision’s public right-of- way frontage which the subdivider shall make, or agree to make, at his or herits expense prior to acceptance and approval of the final map by the City shall be:
(a) GradingAll grading, curbs and, gutters, paving, (including base, subbase, and surface course), drainage pipes, and drainage structures; necessary to serve the subdivision and prevent flooding of the subdivision and frontage; and
(b) Stormwater treatment measures to treat runoƯ of the subdivision and the subdivision’s public right-of-way frontage (up to the center of the street), in accordance with State regulatory mandates; and
(1)(c) Street name signs, traƯic warning signs, required traƯic and crosswalk lines, guard rails, and the likepedestrian crossings, and other traƯic and pedestrian control devices, all in accordance with the City standard specifications;Engineering Standards and adopted City plans; and
(d) Sidewalks, pedestrian paths, curb ramps, and similar pedestrian features to provide either: (1) a 10-foot minimum sidewalk width, inclusive of pedestrian through zones and landscape strips and amenity zones (“eƯective sidewalk”); or (2) the minimum eƯective sidewalk width for adopted City plans, whichever is greater; and
(2)(e) Bicycle lanes, shared-use paths, and other bicycle facilities as identified in adopted City plans;
(3)(f) Fire hydrants with required appurtenances;
(4)(g) A water supply service system;
(5)(h) A sanitary sewer system and appurtenant structures with laterals for each lot intended for residential use, and for lots intended for other uses, such connections as may be required. All sewer laterals shall be indicated on plans giving the location from the closest lot corner and depth of lateral;
(6)(i) Street plantings, landscaping, trees, and irrigation pursuant to adopted City plans; (7)(j) AllUnderground communications and electrical distribution facilities; (k) Undergrounding of existing overhead utilities;
(8)(l) A gas distribution system;
(9)(m) Earth retention structures as may be required;
(10)(n) Street roadway lighting, and for pedestrian corridors identified in an adopted City Plan, pedestrian-scale lighting;
(11)(o) Underground ducting and appurtenant structures for traƯic signals, where required.; and
(p) Public sanitary sewer system or storm drain system extensions or capacity improvements to serve new, increased, or intensified flows as identified through technical studies performed by the subdivider.
26.60.030 GUARANTEES.
The subdivider shall guarantee the workmanship of all improvements specified hereinabovein this chapter and installed by him or her or under his or herits direction, and. The subdivider shall make, or agree in writing to make, the necessary repairs or modifications for damage which may result from storm caused erosion or landslides and to correct errors in the design or construction of any facility for a period of one year from the date of completion as described below.
26.60.040 COMPLETION PLANS.
The subdivider shall cause the improvement plans to be amended to show the improvements "as built. " Said "as built" plans shall be on polyester base film or electronic media.
Upon receipt of said "as built" plans, the Director of Public Works shall recommend formal acceptance by the Council when he or she is fully satisfied that the improvements have been installed in complete conformance with the provisions of this title.
Elevations related to the City datum shall be shown on the "as built" improvement plans as required above for all monuments in the subdivision.