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ORDINANCE NO. C - ;1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTION 33-10, CURB CUTS, IN ITS
ENTIRETY, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION 33-10, CURB CUTS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa:
That Section 33-10, Curb Cuts, of Chapter 33, Streets and Sidewalks, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, is hereby repealed in its entirety; that
new Section 33-10, Curb Cuts, of Chapter 33, Streets and Sidewalks, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows:
Section 33-10. Curb Cuts: Permit from the City Engineer required; application;
approval of plans by the City Engineer; criteria;
construction standards; violation to constitute a
nuisance and an offense; fees; appeal.
(a) From and after the effective date of this Ordinance, no driveway shall be
constructed or used across any street curbing, parking or sidewalk in the city,
nor shall any access be provided from private property on to any minor or major
arterial as identified in the adopted transportation and/or street plan for the
City of Waterloo without first obtaining a permit from the City Engineer; the
application for the permit shall be filed in writing with the City Engineer who
shall approve or disapprove.
(b) The recommendation of the City Engineer shall be based upon one or more of
the following criteria:
(1) In the case of existing lots of record platted on or before the
effective date of this ordinance, curb cuts and/or access shall not be
provided onto any minor or major arterial, or onto any street for which
access has been restricted during the review of the final plat and deed
of dedication by the Plan and Program Commission and City Council.
(2) In the case of double frontage lots, reversed frontage lots, or
corner lots, as defined in the City Zoning Ordinance, access shall be
allowed onto only one street in conformance with Subsection (b) ,
Number (1) of this section. Access from double frontage lots, corner
lots, or reversed frontage lots which front onto major or minor arterials
and a local street shall be limited to the street with the least vehicular
traffic. The City Engineer may waive this provision in the event that the
lot fronts onto one or more one-way street(s) .
(3) In cases where a lot fronts on two streets, neither of which is minor
or major arterial, the City Engineer shall determine where access will be
allowed based upon an analysis of amount and speed of traffic on both
streets.
(c) Upon a permit being issued by the City Engineer to make a curb cut, no driveway
shall be constructed except according to plans and specifications approved by the
City Engineer.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect driveways constructed or
in use on or before the effective date of this ordinance.
(e) Any driveway constructed or used in violation of any of the terms of this section
shall be deemed a nuisance, and the City shall have the power to order its abatement,
and any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty
of an offense.
(f) All new driveway applications shall be accompanied by a ten dollar ($10.00) new
driveway approach fee, and all driveway repair applications shall be accompanied by
a two dollar ($2.00) driveway repair fee.
(g) Any applicant who is aggrieved by the action of the City Engineer may appeal
the decision to the City Council; however, the City Council shall not make a decision
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until a report regarding the request is received from the Plan and Program
Commission. The appeal must be made in writing to the Mayor and City Council
within seven (7) days of the denial of the permit. The report from the Plan and
Program Commission shall be submitted to the Council within fourteen (14) days of
notice of the appeal.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council this /j,t/, day of 6-ap---4-L 1979,
and approved by the Mayor this Ar-,6074 day of cc N- , 1979.
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Leo P. Rooff, Mayor
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STATE OF IOWA, I, Robert J . McCoy
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Black Hawk County, Publisher of the W ter'L00 courier
a daily newspaper printed in the English
language and published in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa do solemnly swear that
the annexed copy of Ordinance No. 3058
ORDINANCE NO.3058-_-- notice was published in the English language only n$ k
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING y
CHAPTER 33, STREETS AND once a gar t1411s outioex
SIDEWALKS, OF THE CODE OE
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF 79
WATERLOO, (O W A, BY commencingon the 19 t h dayof Oct. 19
REPEALING SECTION 33.10, CURB
CUTS, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND the IN LIEU THEREOF A in the issues:of Oct • 191 1979
NEW SECTION 33-10,CURB CUTS. .
BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the City of Waterloo,Iowa; of said newspaper, and
That Section 33.10, Curb Cuts, of
Chapter 33,Streets and Sidewalks,of that the annexed rate of advertisingis theregular legal rate of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of g
Waterloo, Iowa,is hereby repealad in
its entirety; that new Section 33-10, said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for pub-
Curb Cuts,of Chapter 33, Streets and
Sidewalks,of the Code of Ordinances lishing said notice.
of the City of Waterloo, iowa, is
hereby enacted in lieu thereof as 7
follows: Printer's Bill $ ..3 C-:
Section 33-10. Curb Cats: Permit G 1 _from the City Engineer required; (
application; approval of plans by the -
City Engineer; criteria; construction
stondords; violation to constitute o
nuisance and an offense; fees;; 1 9 t
appea(a)l From and after the effective Subscribed and sworn to before me this ,...ay
date at this Ordinance, no driveway
shall be constructed or used across of O c t . A. D. 9 79
any street curbing, parking or re
sidewalk in the city, nor shall any
access be provided from private '
property on to any minor or major
arterial as identified in The claapted Notary Public
transportation and/or street plan for
the City of Wa?erloo without first
obtaining a permit from the City Received of
Engineer; the application for, the
permit shall be filed in writing-with Dollars
the City Engineer who shop apprpve the sum of
or disapprove.
(El The recommendation of the City
Engineer shall be based upon one or in full for publication of the above notice.
more of the following criteria:
(1) In the case of existing lots
and record platted on or before
the effective date of ?his Publishers
ordinance, curb cuts and/or
access shall not be provided onto
any minor or major arterial,-or-
onto any street for which access
has been restricted during the,
CM1: review of the finai plat onto deed
of dedication by the Plan and
` Program Commission and City
V Council. -,
12) In the case of double frontage
lots, reversed frontage lots, or
corner lots,as defined in the City
Zoning Ordinance,access shall be
allowed onto only one street°in
conformance with o,hwrtr,..,if.,