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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 10-050 ORDINANCE NO. 10-050 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, SECTION 24-15, SIDEWALKS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT Chapter 24, Section 24-15, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 24-15. Sidewalks. A certificate of occupancy and/or compliance for a lot shall not be issued until the sidewalk requirements for that lot are met.When platting, sidewalks shall be installed before the final plat may be filed or a bond or cash payment as allowed by Section 24-26(a) or (b) may be provided that guarantees the sidewalk will be installed within two (2) years of the final plat. A building permit includes the construction of any sidewalk that may be required for that lot. Sidewalks with a minimum width of four (4) feet shall be constructed under the following conditions: 1. Residential: (a) To complete an existing sidewalk system. (b) Within new subdivisions. (c) On all arterial and collector streets. (d) On all"safe school routes". "Safe school routes"shall be those which have been developed and designated by the Planning and Zoning Commission with necessary assistance from the Transportation Division and appropriate affected school authorities. 2. Commercial and Industrial: (a) To complete an existing sidewalk system. (b) Within new subdivisions. (c) On all arterial and collector streets. (d) On all"safe school routes." "Safe school routes"shall be those which have been developed and designated by the Planning and Zoning Commission with necessary assistance from the Transportation Division and appropriate affected school authorities. 3. The Planning Commission may grant a waiver to the sidewalk requirement if the applicant can prove that there is an engineering reason for not installing a sidewalk. Section 2. That, in all other respects, the use of the property herein above described shall be subject to all of the applicable regulations contained in Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, as amended. Section 3. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause of phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end, the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 5. That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished, as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 29th day of June, 2010. __���„���\\ t 6 ��UM0tiT\`11� U �� � ... � � - Mayor Becky Ames - i 1 �