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CI.o OF SAN SBRNARDOo - REQOE()r FOR COUNCIL AC'QoN
From:
Frank A. Schuma
Planning Director
Subject:
Amendment to S.B.M.C., Section
18.40.160 - provision for Ingress
and Egress (Secondary Access)
Mayor and Council Meeting of
August 4, 1986, 2:00 p.m.
Dept:
Planning
Date:
July 29, 1986
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
At the adjourned meeting of the Planning Commission on July 15, 1986,
the following recommendation was made:
The Planning Commission recommended that the original ordinance pro-
visions regarding secondary access be reinstated.
Vote: Unanimous.
Recommen-:led motion:
That the Mayor and Council instruct the Planning Commission to
amend the San Bernardino Municipal Code, Section 18.40.160 -
provision for ingress and egress.
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Signature Frank A. Schuma
Contact person: ~_
Frank A. Schuma
Phone:
383-5057
Supporting data attached:
Staff Report
Ward:
City-wide
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount: --
Sou rce:
Finance:
Council Notes:
75-0262
Agenda Item No. .,.;;:5';:;'
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c.O OF SAN BI!RNARDCo - REQUIOr FOR COU~C.L AC'CbN
STAFF REPORT
Subject: Amendment to the San Bernardino Municipal Code,
Section 18.40.160 provision for ingress and
egress (Secondary Access)
Date: August 4, 1986
The Planning Commission, at their adjourned meeting of
July 15, 1986, considered the dual means of access
requirement for new subdivisions. The Planning Commission
reviewed both the old ordinance as adopted April 6, 1981 and
as amended June 7, 1982 and the recently adopted ordinance
approved by the Mayor and Council on June 7, 1986.
Speaking in favor of the original ordinance requiring two
dedicated means of access, were Mr. Richard Gerwig, Mr.
John Stubblefield and Mrs. Helen Kopczynski. They were in
favor of retaining two means of access for all residential
subdivisions located within the High Fire Hazard Area. No
one spoke in opposition to the issue of requiring two
dedicated means of access.
After hearing testimony and discussing the ordinance amongst
themselves, the Planning Commissioners were unanirnous in
their feeling that the ordinance should be amended to reflect
two dedicated means of access, as provided in the prior
ordinance.
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the
Mayor and Council instruct the Commission to proceed with an
ordinance amendment requiring two dedicated means of access.
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18.40.160 Provision for ingress and egress.
A tentative map. final map. tentative parcel map. or parcel
map shall provide for at least two different routes for ingress
and egress. Such routes shall be dedicated to the public. shall
have a minimum paved width of 24 feet. and shall conform to
all standards contained in this section. The purpose of these
routes is to permit accessibility of fire fighting and other
public equipment and to permit orderly emergency evacuation.
Upon a specific finding that the public health. safety. and
welfare do not require such access. under the circwnstances of
that particular application. the Commission or the Mayor and
Common Council may approve any such map with only one
route in either of the following circumstances:
A. The property is outside the high fire hazard area: or
B. An existing street provides only one route for ingress and
egress. not more than ~OOO feet of street extension is
required. and the parcel map creates not more than two
residential lots. one of which the applicant represents will
be occupied as his or her primary place of residence.
(Ord. MC-167. 6-7-82: Ord. MC-40. 4-6-81: Ord. 3847 ~ 10.50
(j). 7,9.79.)
18.40.170 Widtl! of streets. !'
The width of all streets dedicated in conformity with
this title shall be determined by the standards set forth in
this chapter. The basis for all street. highway and road
deSign shall be the I;lne. The width of land shall be related
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" 18. ~O .160 Pr~is ion for:- lngressand
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A. Definitions.
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1. For purposes of this section, a
'standard access or route' is a route wh ich
is dedicated to the public, has a minimum
paved width of twenty-four feet, and cOnforms
to all requirements for construction
contained in this chapter.
2. For purposes of this section, a
'nonstandard access or route' is a route
which is not constructed in full conformance
with the requirements for a standard route
set forth in paragraph 1 above.
B. Requirement. A tentative map, final
map, tentative parcel map, or parcel map
shall provide for at least two different
standard routes for ingress and egress. The
purpose of these routes is to permit
accessibility of fire fighting and other
public equipment and to permit orderly
evacuation in the event of flood, fire or
other emergency. Prior to recordation of the
final map, adequate security shall be
provided to ensure construction of the
required improvements before any certificate
of occupancy is issued.
C. Exemption from requirements. Upon a
specific finding that the public he~lth,
safety, and welfare in the event of flood,
fire or other emergency do not require both
of such routes, under the circumstances of
that particular application, the Fire Chief
may approve any such map with only one
standard access under the following
circumstances:
1. The property is outside the high
fire hazard area; and
2. Based on appropriate traffjt
analysis, secondary access is not required
for traffic circulation purposes; or
3. An existing street provides only
one standard route for ingress and egress,
not more .!than two thousand feet of street
extension is required, and the parcel map
creates not more than two residential lots,
one of which the applicant represents will be
occupied as his or her primary place of
residence;
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4. wQe property is gSide the
high fire hazard area, the Fire Chief may
approve such map with. one standard access and
one nonstandard access where he finds that
the nonstandard access
a. is travers ible .by
firefighting and other emergency equipment;
b. is adequate to accommodate
the orderly evacuation of all residences it
is designed to serve;
c. is not subject to dangerous
flooding; and
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d. where the nonstandard access
is not dedicated to the City, that an
easement has been granted by another
governmental agency for ingress and egress;
or
e. where the nonstandard route
is not dedicated to the City, that there is
an approved plan for use and maintenance of
the nonstandard route until such time as it
is upgraded to a standard route, or an
alternate standard route is provided; and
f. that based on appropriate
traffic analysis, secondary access is not
required for traffic circulation purposes.
D. Procedures for exemption.
1. The Fire Chief may prescribe the
form and content of applications for an
exemption from the development standards for
secondary access. As a part of the
application process, the Fire Chief may
request comments from any City, County or
State agencies which he deems appropriate.
2. The Fire Chief may mail notice
of the application for exemption to all
persons including businesses, corporations,
or other public or private entities shown on
the latest equalized assessment roll as
owning real property within five hundred feet
of the subject property. Interested parties
may submit written comments to the Fire Chief
by a date to be specified in the notice.
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E. Appeal.
1. The decision of the Fire Chief
may be appealed to the Fire ~ommission. An
application for appeal, stating the g~Ounds
upon which it is based, shall be submitted to
the City Clerk within ten days of the date of
the Fire Chief's decision.
2. The decision of the Fire
Commission shall be final unless an appeal is
taken to the Common Council in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 2.64."
(Amended by MC-508, 4/7/86)
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