The following provisions are hereby added to the South Euclid One, Two and Three Family Dwelling Code:
(a) Driveways and Off-Street Parking Areas: Replacement Repairs.
(1) Driveways and open off-street parking areas shall be of asphalt, concrete or porous material as approved by the Building Department and City Engineer and shall be placed and sloped so that water from the driveway and/or open off-street parking area drains to either the street or an approved drain located in the driveway or directly permeates into the soil.
(2) No water from a driveway and/or off-street parking area shall drain onto adjacent property.
(3) Driveway and/or open off-street parking area surface elevations shall remain one and one-half inches beneath all windowsills, doorsills and area wells.
(4) No driveway and/or open off-street parking area surface elevation shall be higher than the elevation of the floor of the garage or parking structure which that driveway and/or open off-street parking area serves, except in those cases where the garage or parking structure is drained by an approved and operating drain that is connected to the municipal sewer system or other approved outlet.
(b) Garage Floors.
(1) Asphalt is prohibited as a means of repair to an existing garage floor.
(2) Garage floors shall be concrete.
(c) Retaining Walls.
(1) All retaining walls shall be designed and engineered for the specific property being evaluated. A retaining wall is defined as a wall that is not supported at the top and designed to resist lateral soil load.
(2) Prior to the issuance of a building permit for retaining wall(s) the design, type of construction, and grading method(s) s hall be approved by the City Engineer. Design and construction methods for landscape feature walls shall not be subject to approval by the City Engineer where soil pressure is not an issue.
(d) Joint Services. Each dwelling unit within dwelling structures regulated by this Code shall have separate services such as, but not limited to, water, sewer, gas, electricity, laundry, storage and heating.
(e) Grading and Draining.
(1) The City Engineer shall approve all changes of grade.
(2) It shall be the objective of grading regulations to provide grading which will divert surface water away from buildings and/or structures and dispose of such water without harmful effects on neighboring property, to preserve desirable site features and to provide grades and gradients to safe and convenient access to and around buildings and lots for their normal use and maintenance. The final grade at any building and/or structure shall not be closer than eight (8) inches to non-treated wood or other corrodible building material.
(3) Positive drainage shall be provided for each lot so that a nuisance will not be created. Catch basins, properly connected under-drains, or other approved methods of drainage shall be installed to prevent the accumulation of surface water. Any change in grade on a lot shall be done so that existing natural ground drainage of the surrounding area will not be impeded.
(Ord. 62-02. Passed 12-9-02; Ord. 23-07. Passed 10-22-07.)