HomeMy WebLinkAbout38.40,- ORDINANCE NO. 38.40
AN ORDINANCE '0FTHE iCITY' OF SARATOGA AMENDING THE
S,AR~_TOGA CITY.CODE, BY. ADDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS
TO CHA!~_TER.3,, RELATING ~O-DR~,~INAGE OF BUILDING,SITE~,
AND CERTAIN PROVISION~ TO CHAPTER~13 RELATING TO.I
RESTrICTEDUSE OF~SIDEWALIC~,~,:.AN.D_PEDESTRIAN.pATHWAYS.
The City Council'of th~ City of Saratoga does hereby
o~daiB;.as follows:
Section 1: The following Sections 3-8.1 and 3-8.2 are
hereby added to Chapter 3 of the Saratoga
City COde~ to' r~ad as follows:
Sec. 3-8.1. Site D~ainaMe.
. Each 10t and building site shall be graded to
drain-all storm and other su=face.waters..to~.the-nearest
sto.rm~drain or-other drainage oUtle~.appr~ved~by~h~,:~
Building Of~icial~,~-Al~~.,~O~s ,~;a~fng~.? pa~ihg
-~raLt~oile'Cte~ andsdrained through enclosed"~f~ 'o~~
~%'~"~o~du~t-~o on-~t~:~ 0ff~si~d=a~narj~u~~ts or
Sec. 3T.8.2. Site Drainage -. Plans.
'The pIans and specifiCatiOns required by Section
301(c) of the Uniform Building Code shall include a drainage _
plan depicting.thereonboth existing and propoSed'grades,
and all proposed drainage facilities, unless such require-
ment is waived by the Building'Official. All'grading and
drainage facilities ,shall be completed and installed prior
to final inspection, and the Building Official may require
certification from the owner, the contractor, or a quali-
fied engineer, that all-finished grades are in compliance
with the approved plans. Neither approval of such drain-
age plans nor approval of the completed facilities on
final inspection shall constitute any representation as
to the adequacy of soil or slope stability, nor the
adequacy of surface or sub-surface drainage controls, nor '-
that any soil or water-related'damage will not occur to
the site or to any adjoining property. Maintenance of all
on-site drainage facilities, whether or not ultimately
connected to a public storm drain, shall be the sole
reSpOnsibility of the'property owner and not the City.
Section 2: Article VIiis hereby added to Chapte~ 13 of
" .the Saratoga City Code, which chapter is
entitled "Streees and Sidewalks"', which chapter and its sections
and subsections shall read as follows:
ARTICLE VIi
sIDEw S" ' A wAYs
Sec. 13-51. Use of Sidewalks~:'='~''
No personshall'Ose the paved surface of any
sidewalk or pedestrian walkway or pathway in any commercial
zoning district in the City of Saratoga for other than
pedestrian traffic, 'nor for other than pedestrian
traffiC,~on-m~i~ad 'Dbicycles, and the walking
of'horses~'~"~ny 0~h~r zoning'district of the City.
Without limiting the foregoing, and by way of illus-
tration only, these provisions are intended to
prohibit the stopping, standiDg or parking of any
motorsscooter, motorcycle, automobile or other motor
vehicle over or upon any sidewalk or pedestrian walk-
way or pathway; and to prohibit the operation of any
motor scooter, motorcycle, automobile or other
motor vehicle; and the trotting, running or gallop-I
ing of horses, along or upon Any such sidewalk,
pedestrian walkway or pathway, except when necessary
to cross over. the same to enter uponor exit from
a public street.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any
re~son held by a'coUrt of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Saratoga hereby declares that, it Would.have passed this ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence,.clause and phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subseC-
tions, sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconsti-
tutional.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect ~hirty (30) days after its passage and
adoption.
This ordinance was regularly introduced and after the
waiting ti~e required by law, was thereafter passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 4th day
of Xu~s~,. 1971, by the following vo~e:
AYES .' Councilmen Robbins, Smith, Dwyer, :'~-~;E;~" 7 '; - .'
NOES: None -
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ABSENT: 1 S,~n'd~rs
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' "' Deputy City. Clerk