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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
Chapter 12.04
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Sections:
   12.04.010   Definitions.
   12.04.020   Declaration of policy.
   12.04.025   Exemptions.
   12.04.030   Minimum requirements.
   12.04.040   Installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street and alley paving, street lighting, driveway approaches, drainage structures, sewer and water mains, and street trees required.
   12.04.050   Building permit issuance prerequisite.
   12.04.060   Minimum street improvements.
   12.04.070   Dedication to city required.
   12.04.080   Installation agreement.
   12.04.090   Security deposit or bond.
   12.04.100   Penalty for violation.
12.04.010   Definitions.
   For all purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
   A.   "Administrative committee" shall consist of four city employees as follows:
   1.   The city administrative officer;
   2.   The director of planning and community development;
   3.   The city engineer; and
   4.   The director of building and safety.
   Any two such members may act as a quorum for the purpose of conducting business.
   B.   "Building" means any building designed or intended for occupancy and use as a dwelling or clubhouse or as a business, manufacturing, or fabricating establishment, and also means the surfacing of all or a portion of a parcel of land to adopt it for use as a parking lot, storage area, trailer park or other similar use.
   C.   "Building inspector" means the director of building and safety of the city.
   D.   "City engineer" means the city engineer of the city.
   E.   "Construct any building" means to construct a new building as defined in subsection B of this section or to make alterations to an existing building except as provided in Section 12.04.025.
   F.   "Parcel" means a parcel of land situated in whole or in part within the city which may or may not be wholly within a subdivided tract.
(Ord. 83-06-906 § 1; Ord. 80-3-839 § 3; Ord. 73-11-712 § 2 (part): prior code § 12.08.010)
12.04.020   Declaration of policy.
   It is declared to be the policy of the city that curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street and alley paving, street lighting, driveway approaches, drainage structures, sewer and water mains, and street trees be installed along the street line or lines of any parcel hereafter improved by the construction thereon of any dwelling or other building.
(Ord. 79-8-828 § 1 (part): Ord. 73-11-712 § 2 (part): prior code § 12.08.020)
12.04.025   Exemptions.
   Any provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the following shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
   A.   Any alteration to an existing building or buildings upon any parcel of land where the value of such alteration or the cumulative value of all such alterations made within the previous three years upon such parcel does not exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, as determined by the building official; the threshold shall be adjusted annually by the building official using the average change in percentage from the previous year for all building categories as determined from the Building Valuation Data table published by the International Conference of Building Officials.
   B.   Any alteration to an existing residential building or buildings upon any parcel of land where the area of such alteration or the cumulative area of all such alterations made within the previous three years upon such parcel does not exceed five hundred square feet, as determined by the building official.
   C.   Any alteration of an existing building or buildings upon any parcel of land where such alterations are approved by the director of planning and community development as a part of the city's housing rehabilitation program are funded in whole or in part thereunder.
(Ord. 92-07-1124 § 1: Ord. 83-06-906 § 2)
12.04.030   Minimum requirements.
   The improvements specified in this chapter are minimum requirements and, whenever any ordinance of the city or any law of the state requires other or additional or more extensive improvements, such ordinance or law shall control.
(Ord. 73-11-712 § 2 (part): prior code § 12.08.030)
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