(a) Every owner, or lessee or agent thereof, constructing or substantially modifying or causing the construction of, or substantial modifications to, a building, dwelling, or other structure or off-street parking shall provide or make provisions for the construction of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, adequate drainage facilities, and paving, unless adequate sidewalks, curbs, gutters, drainage facilities, and paving exist along all street frontages adjoining the lot on which the building, dwelling, or other structure or off-street parking facility is to be constructed or modified. All improvements required by this section shall be constructed or installed in accordance with City standards and designs or on an agreement made and a bond or cash posted in an amount approved by the City Engineer to assure the construction of the improvements.
(b) For the purposes of this section, a modification shall be deemed substantial unless it meets one or more of the following criteria:
(1) The work involves only exterior remodeling of a structure.
(2) A proposed addition to a structure which does not exceed ten (10%) percent of the total existing building gross floor area, or eight thousand (8,000) square feet, whichever is less.
(c) For the purposes of this section, any lot in any planning zone, except a lot zoned One-Family Residential (R-1) or Rural Exclusive (R-E), with a required lot size of not less than twenty-thousand (20,000) square feet shall come within the provisions of this chapter.
(§ 2, Ord. 38, as amended by Ord. 102, and §§ 4 and 5, Ord. 38, as amended by Ord. 217-NS, eff. August 12, 1971, § II, Ord. 725-NS, eff. September 27, 1979, and § 1, Ord. 1230-NS, eff. April 18, 1995)