A. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged, and no building permit shall be issued therefor, on any lot if the lot abuts on a dedicated street, or a future street designated on a community plan, or on a street right-of-way designated in the current right-of-way width guidelines established pursuant to section 17.502.170, unless:
1. The one-half of the street or streets located on the same side of the street centerline as the lot has been dedicated and improved for the full street frontage of the lot and one traffic lane on the far side of the street for travel is constructed in accordance with the dedication and improvement standards for such street or streets pursuant to sections 17.502.170, 17.502.180, 17.502.190 and other applicable provisions of this chapter; or
2. Such dedication and improvements have been assured to the satisfaction of the director of public works.
B. The dedication and improvement requirements of this chapter shall also apply to the construction or alteration of all off-street parking areas, off-street loading or unloading areas, off-street pickup and delivery areas, and storage, sale, rental or service areas which are subject to the requirements of chapter 10.24. The term "building permit," as used in this chapter, includes the permit required by chapter 10.24.
C. As used in this chapter, the word "lot" means and includes one lot or parcel of record, or more than one individual lots or parcels of record which have been combined for purposes of development, construction or improvement as a single unit of land.
D. An owner of real property fronting a public street that is improved with street paving and curbs and gutters shall not be issued a building permit for new construction when concrete sidewalks have not been installed unless the owner, either as part of the construction covered by the building permit or under separate agreement satisfactory to the building inspector, constructs public sidewalks to city standards.
1. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all property in other than residential use except in industrial areas where a "V" type curb and gutter has been installed.
2. The provisions of this subsection shall only apply to property in residential use in blocks where the frontage of existing sidewalks, when added to the frontage of unimproved properties, constitutes more than 50 % of the front footage of such block.
3. The term "block" as used in this section means property facing one side of any street between an intersecting street and the next intersecting street or between an intersection street and the end of a street which terminates in other than an intersection.
4. The city council may, upon application of a property owner affected by the provisions herein, waive the requirements for installation of sidewalks because of unusual circumstances or hardship. (Ord. 2017-0009 § 11)