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M ordlntnct I/l'oII'Idlng Iht Zorilg OIdir1anCt l1f 1 (IC
condllonaltf cIIangIng /lit USlrlQ'JtllOns d 1jlllIQd.
lIIIIe~ IGlIt/II d land gtnI!Itf locIlod nor1I1 d
MelrOM Avenut IIld wttl a ptClfllltt 0Irf\0d l>i Iht ~
UnNtISIly a lows IIemlt).RS 100P0H-I,. ptelimlnlty
pIWlId dtvtlOpmtrf IlousIIlg plan 101 W~ Rlclge.
CopItI d Iht ptopolod 0Id'1/IIIlCII1Ild resolltlonllle ~I~
on ftle 101 public exllnllllllon _Iht alrce d Iht CIy Clt~ CMc
Canl.r, 410 E. Wu/ilnglon Su.... Iowl Clt. Iowa. PII1OI\I
wIshI/lg 10 mtlIelht~ vim Mown Of 10 IUggIIt c/IIngll 101 {I
Ctt CMcI conaldtrtllon bofOle s~ II IhtSI OIdlnanctJ
1Ild/0I resoMlonI1hould ipptll _ /lit ~ 11$/
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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AJ,lENDiNO TliE ZONlNO ORDINANCE BY
CONDITIONAllY CHANOiNO TliE USE REOULATlONS OF
APPROXIMATELY '68 ACRES OF LAND OENEFlALLY
LOCA TED NORTIi OF J,lELAOSE AVENUE AND VltST OF
PROPERTY OWNED BY TtiE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FROM 10,
ns TO OPDI1,I, A PREUMINARY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING (PDti) PLAN FOil WALM/T I\JOOE. IOWA CITY,
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WHEREAS, /lit IUbjICl ptOflftft It pt.1Wf In III II"
lllOWn In /lit Compt.htnsNe Plan 101 /lit CIy 01 low. Ctt IS
IOSlde,.iII, II . dtnstt 01 r.vo 10 tIg/'4 dwelling 1tlIl. petlCl.;
tnd
WHEREAS, because I/1t lue,oct ptopony II ptlWC~ neel'oll
COIlliguoul 10 81iS1ing dtvllopmtrl nOI WtId l1f /lit fill
compltmtl'll 01 munICipal IIMCII, dtvelopmelll ~ lilt
ptoptl1y '01 urban IIIld use. II I'd IIlllClpttod In /lit 1Ilon,
range dtvelopme,. MqIltIlC. 01 IIlI Iowa C<<y ComptllltnsN.
Plan; tnd
WHEREAS, UIlll luch lima IS lilt CIy II .blt 10 ptOYtde
munIC'P11IOMcIS to IUpporl urban dtv.iOjlmoIll, /lit Iowe
Or; Cu.11jlIiIiiniIti Plin itIlic:iplin iNI iht .ubjoct propol1y
will COlllinut 10 be U$od '01 .grlCu""1l tnd 011'01I I\OI\oIIbIn
uso. 0I111ld, tnd
WHEREAS, IhI IUbjlCl ptOPOI1y II prts'l'Ilf( lonod lO.ns,
Interim DIV.Iopmt,. oSing1e.F I/I\if( R.SIclel'lllll.ln corIOImtnCe
w~h IhI Compt''''ns~e Plan Itnd US. polity IOIlhI palcel,
tnd
WHEREAS, IhI CurIO,. ptopel1y owner has Ipptod 10
relone the .ntk. patC.' 10 M'I tnd OPDH.l 10 porm4
dIV.Iopm.1'Il 011". U'eI 10/ . latge IOl. resld'l'Illal ~
hOusing dev.lopmel'll; tnd
WHEREAS, the low. CIly ComptehlnsNe Pian rOCOOnllll
lhal the .ubjoct plIC'1 po$SG$SIS nalurll tmll\llios which
.hOuld be PflSll'lod tnd which make Iht I~e tntaClIiI '01
Iarg. lot IOsldentlal dov.Iopmt,.; tnd
WHEREAS, use ~ Hplle I)'II'ms II pt'HI'Ilf( diScolltgod
IS I mew oIlOW.ge dlJposaI wlhin Iht COIpoItle IIMI 01
Iowl Cly; tnd
WHEllEAS, . II In Iht P\lbf'iC 1nI.101t Ihtl ptopoetd
IOsld.ntill uses on Iht aubjea prOflftft be IOrvod L'i lilt
muniClp.lJ IWII'f lOW.r Iyll,,"; tnd
WHEREAS,Iht M'1'Il ptopeny owner has fglMd 10 txltnd
municipal IWII'f lOW.r HMce 10 tnd lIvough Iht IUbjoe1
ptoptl1y In accordance wllh lilt ItIITII IIlCl COIld"1ore 01 e
Cond"1ontJ Zoning Ag'Hmtrd, I CCl7f 01 which Is IIIIChod
hortlo.
NOW, TtiEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TtiE CITY
COUNCiL OF TtiE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
SECTION I. APPROVAL Subjoct 10 Iht lerm.1Ild cond~1O/1S
~ Ih. Cond~1onaJ Zoning AgrH1IIG1'Il1lld 5414.5, Iowa Code,
Ih. ptOPOI1y doscrlbod below Is hG"l1f recl.sslfled ~om "I
PfIStI'll classlflc.l1lon a ID.RS 10 RR'I .nd OPDH.l IIld IhG
Pf.liml"ll'f PDH plan lubmltled l1f SOIAhgale Dev.loptnont
CompllTf 101 Walnlol Ridge II her.L'i tpprOVod.
The EUl Ha" a IhG NOI1ITwOlt Quarter tnd IhG EIIt
Half a tho SOIAhwOIt Ouanll 01 Soctlon 7, TOWnship
78 NOI1h, Rang. I Wolt oIlht 5lh P.M., o.capl 4
.C,.. f(1ng SOIAh tnd WO$1 cllhl Public Hlghwrf,
and lurth.r I.copllng lhtl pOIIlon 01 Ihe IbOYI
doscrlbod Pfopol1y, COllVlyod l1f Court Off'iCer DODd
In Book 603, P.gI e, Aocords a Iho Roeordar ct
JOhnson County, lOWI
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SECTION" VARIA nONS VII1IfIOnl hem 'hi '1qUtt'''''1'Il1
0Il/lt RR.I lone Iltv. bttn tpIlIOVIO IS PIll 011/1I1 pIItl
ThG VI/II1IOn1 penM
" Prl-ilt. OWIlIrmp 01 II ~ /lit It/Hl' IrUlln /lit
dIVelOpmtrt TIlt WIIIl\A A.dgt HOI1\tO\.ntrI AIIocllllOn
I/ItI be rUPOf\IIbIt fot /lit mtInl.nItlCI, rtplll tnd
Itptvlng 0I1htst II/t1l1
B Rodue1lon ot IIle rtgt1.of'lrt'f wtcM 01 KtMectt P&mit'f,
e COIltclOl .11.... ~em sa ftel 10 . Il'iInImIIn ot SO IHI.
C. MOdillCltlOn ot IIle ptvtlntlll rtqulrtmtIU ot IIle CIy'.
SlrHl SltndtrdS IIlCl SpecIICIliOnl fot CQlIeclOlllrlllS to
penM Utvelod .UIlIe" 10 be conttlUClod e Il'iInImIIn cI
24 111I In wIdIh, wlh 4.1001 wklt IhoutcltI1 on /lit
undMdod ponlOnl 01 Ke~ P&mit'f. \'nle!. /lit two
Itnt. 01 INI fOld 11. MpIIllod hem one IIlOlhtll1f
vtgOfltlve Islands, elCll cllIle d~od Ianos I/ltI be I
minimum d t. tOOl in wtcM Wlh fouI.lOOI wklt IhouIders.
Pilling llId be ptOhlbllod along Kenntat P&mily,
D. RodUC11on 01 /lit ptveme,. wIdIns IOIIIle Ioopod tnd cui.
d...ac IouIllrtots WI/lin Iht .ubdMslon ~em 21 lOtI, IS
measUted Irem back 01 curb 10 back ot curb, 10 24 Ittt
Wlh 'OUI,IOOI wiele Chip lllIlhoulders, In l.u 01 Ponlar1d
Contrlt. Camel'll, thl Ioopod IIld Cul-d..1IC IouIll/tttl
thin InlieJf( be .Uflacod Wlh Chip 1111. Within two YUI'
oIlhGlr tonI1lUClJon. thfy Ihtn be IUflICed wlh lSp/laft,
I mlnlmum cI 'Ix InchGs In depth.
E, Varlallon 0I1h1 Cul-d.,..c IIrOOlltnglh fiml ~ 900 ltot to
noIl1lOI. lhtn 1,000 IHI 101 Shagblll Coun Ind AtoIn
CQun,
F. DovIatlon ~em the mlnlmum Irldlh foqulltlllGl'Il lOll cui,
d.,..c ItrOOlturnarOUnd, 10 porml e trlV"ed .Uflaee 01
Ipptoxlmlle/f 24 ltot In wldlh 101 Ihe Bun Oak COlIn
lumarOUnd, tnd Iravoled IUlllteI 0111 1001 In wldIh 101
Iht lumarOUnds 0I1h1 romaln/ng ltie cul-d..sacs wlhln
I/1t dIV.!opmant.
0, No plOViSlon fot public .ldGwllks Idjactl'lllO Iht Il1to11
wfthln Iht dav'lopmel'll dua 10 /lit lOw danslly 01
dav./opmInl wft/lin WalfllA Ridge.
SECTION III ZONINO MAP, TIlt Building InspoctOlIs htI'l1f
.Ulhollzed tnd CIIrlClod 10 change the Zonlng Map 0I1ht City
cI row. Qy, low.. 10 contOlm 10 this amendmenl upon nnaJ
passag., epptOVal IIlCl publlC.lllOn 01 tills Ofd/nanca IS
ptOYlded l1f law.
~N r./. CONDmONAL ZONINO AGREEMENT. The
MayO/is hGltl1f aUlnortred tnd dlrocted to I~n. tnd \he CIly
Clorll 10 '"OS!, IhI Condftlonal Zoning Agrllmol'll, and 10
cortlfy Iht Ordinance IIld CondnlOnll Zoning Agrllm.1lI 10/
rICO/dal1on In 'hG JOhnson County Rocord.(. OfriCe.
SECTION V. REPEALER. All OIdlnlllCos and pII1. 01
OIdinlnces In tonnlct wlh Iho ptOViSlons 01 thl. Ordinance 110
hOIOl1f repolled.
SECTION VI. SEVERABILITY, n Inf section, ptOViSlOn 01 pII1
01 'he Ordinance lhall be Idjudged 10 be invalid 0/
UntonS1IUlIonal, luch edjudlca1lOn lhall nol Ifloct the vllldlly
01 \he Ordinance as a who/a Of Inf 1OCt1on, ptOVlsIOn Of pan
IhOloot nol adjudged invalid 01 unconstnUlIonal.
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SECTION VII EFFECTIVE DATE Tl1II Old1/llnc. WI Delli
"'tel Iftll II II/ItI passage, IPIlIOVtl IIld pulllltllO/\ &I
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I'Wfd IIld Ipproved l/III
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CITY ClERK
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CONDmONAL ZONING AGREEMEm
THIS AGREEMENT Is made by and bGtwoon tho Clly 01 Iowa City, Iowa, a municipal
corporation (City), John W. Konnody and B"bl', F. Konnody. husband and wllo, Ind Dorothy
J. !Osnor, slnglo. (ONnol), Ind Soulhgato Dovolopmonl Company. Inc. (Applicant).
WHEREAS. Southgato Dovolopmonl Complny, Inc, h81 .grood 10 purchaso tho proporty
gonorally lceltod In Iowa City, low. north 01 Mokoso Avonuo and wosl 01 proporty ownod by
tho Unlvorslty ollowl and molO partJcularly doscribGd bGlow; and
WHEREAS, tho sub/oct proporty Is prosontly In an aroa shO'M1 In tho curront updato 01 tho
Comprohonslvo Plan lor Iho City 01 low. City as rosldontlal, .1 a donslty 01 two 10 olghl
dwolllng units por acro; and
WHEREAS, bGcauso tho subJoct propqrty !J flIesenUy nei\h:1 conllgUOUi 10 v.riling
dovolopmonl nor sorvod by tho lull complomonl 01 municipal servlcos, dovolopmont 01 Iho
proporty lor urban land usos Is nol antlclpllod In tho short'range dovolopmont soquonco 01
tho Iowa City Comprohonslvo Plan; Ind
WHEREAS, unUlsuch tlmo 81 tho City Is ablo 10 provtdo municipal sorvlcos to support urban
dovolopmonl, tho curlOnt Updalo 01 tho Iowa City Comprehenslvo Plan antlclpalos thaI tho
sub/oct proporty will cont/nuo 10 bo used lor agr/Mural and olhor non.urban usos 0' land; and
WHEREAS, tho subjoct proporty Is plOsontly zonod ID.RS, Inlor/m Devolopmonl. Slnglo'Famlly
Rosldont/al, In conlormanco with tho Comprohonslve Plan land use policy lor Iho parcol; and
WHEREAS, tho Applicant has appllod 10 IOzono tho ent/ro parcollo RR.' and OPDH.lto pormll
dovolopmont 0' tho Itlct lor a largo lot, IOsldontlll pllnnod hOUSing dovolopmont; and
WHEREAS, tho curronl updllO 01 tho 10wI City Comprohonslvo Plan recognizes thai tho subjoct
parcol possosses natural amonlllos which should bG plOsorvod and which mako tho slto
allracllvo lor largo 101 IOs/dont/11 dovolopmonl;
WHEREAS, use olsoptlc sysloms Is dlscouragod as a moans 01 sewago disposal within tho
corporale limits 01 Iowa City; and
WHEREAS, Ills In tho public Inloroslthat proposod rosldontlal uses on tho subjoct proporty
bo sorvod by tho munlclpalsanllary sowor systom; and
WHEREAS, Iho Appllcanl and ONnor havo agrood 10 lako moasur~ to oxlond Iho municipal
lanllary Sowor Irom Iho Hawkoye lift station 10 and through tho subjocl proporty, all In
accordanco wllh tho lorms ond condlt/ons sollorth horoln,
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NOW, THEREFORE, In conSldorallon 01 tholr mutual promlSOS. tho Palllos egroo IS follows
1. Southgolo Oovolopmont Compony, Inc (horolnonor 'Appllc.nl') has agrood to purchaso
tho proporty gonorally Iocalod north of MolrOIO Avonuo and west of proporty ownod by
tho UnlvOllily 01 Iowa, which proporty I, moro palllcularly doscrlbod as lollows:
Tho EISI Half 01 tho NOllhwost Cuallor and tho Easl Ha" 01 tho
Southwost auartor of Soctlon 7. Township 711 North. Rango 8
Wost of tho Sth P.M" except. Icros lying South and Wost 01 tho
Public Highway, and furthor excopUng thet polllon of the abovo
doscribod property. convoyod by Court OIficer Dood In Book 603,
Pago 8. Rocords 01 the Rocorder of Johnson County, Iowa.
2. John W, Konnedy end Barbara F. Konnody and Dolothy J. Klsnor aro tho ownors
rONno,.) 01 tho subjoct proporty, and continuo 10 hold legal Utlo of tho subjoct
proporty,
3, Oimol hOIOb'; consents 10 and /OlIlS into this Conditional Zoning Agroomonl. anCl
agroos to abldo by tho torms 01 tho Agroomonlln all rospocts.
4. Tho subjoct proporty Is prosontly zonod ID,RS, Intorlm Dovolopmont . Singlo.Famlly
Rosldontlal, In conformanco wllh tho curront updato 01 tho Iowa CIIy Comprohonslvo
Plan land use policy for tho parcol, and Is undovolopod,
S, Tho subjoct proporty Is prosontly not contiguous 10 oxlsling dovolopmont and Is
curronlly nolsorvod by municipal Ulilitlos and sorvlcos,
6, Tho Applicant has appllod to lozono tho ontlro parco' Irom ID,RS 10 RR.', Rural
Rosldonllal, and 10 OPDH.' to pormll dovolopmonl 01 tho tract lor I largo lot, slnglo.
family rosldontlal plannod housing dovolopmont, to bo known as WalnUl Rldgo,
7, Tho curront updato of the Iowa CIIy Comprohonslvo Plan recognlzos that tho subjoct
property possossos nalulal amonlllos which should bo prosorvod, bUl which also mako
Iho s"o a",actlvo and sultablo lor largo 101 rosldontlal dovolopmont, Partlos
acknowlodgo that 'argo 101 dovolopmontls an approprlalo use 01 tho slto, and may also
mitigate against unduo dlsturbanco of tho naturaltorrlln and vogotatlon.
S, Partlos agroo and acknowlodgo that a prollforatlon 01 soptlc tankl Is nolln tho public
Inlorosl. Convorsoly, Partlos agroo thai" Is In tho public Inlorost lor CIIy dovolopmont
10 bo sorvod by a munlclpalsanllary sowor systom.
9, To thIs ond, Appllcanl, ONnor and CIIy agroo 10 oldond tho municipal sanitary lowor
systom Irom tho Hawkoyo II<< slatlon to and through tho subjoct proporty, all according
to plans and spoclficatlons approvod by tho CIIy.
10, Applicant and ONnor lurthor acknowlodgo thai, In tho ovont tho subloct proporty Is
transforrod, sold, rodovolopod, subdlvldod, dlvfdod, or split, tho Applicant corporation
Is dlssolvOd, and/or ownorshlp 01 tho proporty changos othor than that which Is
conlomplatod horoln, thore shall In no evont bo dovolopmont thai occurs on tho subloct
proporty which Is not In conlormanco wllh tho torms of this Agroomonl.
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11. Partlos aCknowlodgo thai this Conditionel Zoning Agroomont shall bo doomod 10 be a
covenant running WIth the land end WIth tho trtle 10 the land; that Ihe Agreement shall.
upon e.OCulion, be recorded In the Johnson County R8COIdor's OttIce; and thai the
Agreement shall, withoullurther rec~atlon, continue 10 be a covonan! fUnning In lavor
01 the City on each and evory portion ollhe subjoel property, unless or unlll released
or record by the City; Ind this Agreement shan Inur. to the benont and bind all
successors, reprosontatlvos Ind assigns 01 each and .vory Plrty herelo,
12, NOlhlng In this Conditional 20nlng Agreomont shall be conslruod to rollove the
Applicant and ONner trom complying wllh III appllcablelocaJ and slato regulations, and
both Applicant and ONnor acknowledge same.
Dolod this ..!L day 01 JA t16U1 , 1990,
SOllTHGATE DEVELOPMEm'
COMPANY, INC, (APPLICANT)
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CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA
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John McDonald, Mayor
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Richard D. Bravorman, Socrotary
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Marian K. Karr, City Clork
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STATE OF IOWA )
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JOHNSON COUNTY )
On /hI, .1L day 01 ~, A.D. 19QO, before me, the undersigned, I Notlry
Public In Ind lor tho 51110 01 10WI, personllly appeared ~ 1. dr.vv-... and
Bit.h~, to me personllly known, who, being by mo duly sworn, did 'Iy /hIt
Ihey Iro /he VItt.'P,'I,J...1 and Sttrt.~..u ,respectively,
01 said corporation exeCUtIng the wl/hln Ind lorogolng Instrliiiiiillt to whIch thl, I. '<<Iched,
that (110 rotl ~at bOOR proourod Ill' Iho tali) corporation; /hll said Instrument was signed
(and IOllod) on beha" 01 (tho seal alfixed /herelo Is the soal 01 Said) said corporation by
IUlhorily 01", Board 01 Directors; and /hat /he saId ~~k 'r. e,.~...__ and
IS such ollicers acknowledgod /he execution 01 said
Inslrumonllo bo tho volunlary oct and deod 01 said corporallon. by II and by Ihem volunlarily
exocutod.
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STATE OF IOWA )
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JOHNSON COUNTY )
On this ~ day 01 March, 1990. bofore me, the undorslgnod, e Notary Public In and
lor saId county and slale, perSonally appearod John W, Konnody and Barbara F. Kennody, to
me known 10 be husband and wife, and Dorothy J, Klsnor, 10 mo known as single, and thai
thoy did oxocuto tho Ibove Igroemont as the vOi];unla act and dood as ownors of tho
subjoct proporty, ,; II /J
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Stp:e,~ I~'RU NOlary Public In and lor tho lale 01 Iowa
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JOHNSON COUNtY l
On this _ dlY 01 March, 1m, beloro mo, ,
a Notary Public In and lor the Slalo 01 Iowa, porsonally appoared John McDonald and Marlon
K. Karr, to mo porsonally known, and, who, bolng by me duly sworn, did say thalthoy are the
Mayor and City Clerk, respoctlvoly, 01 the City 01 Iowa City. Iowa; Ihaltho soal afflxod 10 tho
lorogolng Inslrumonlls tho corporato seal 01 tho corporation, snd that Ihe Inslrument was
slgnod and soalod on bohsll 01 tho corporallon, by authority 01 lis CIIy Council, as conlalnod
In (Ordinance) (Rosolutlon) No, passod (the Rosolullon adoplOd) by the City Council,
undor Roll Call No, 01 the City Council on the _ day 01 ,
1m, and thai John McDonald and Marian K. Karr acknowlodgod tho exocutlon 01 tho
Inslrumont 10 be tholr volunlary act and dood and tho voluntary act and dood 01 tho
corporallon, by II volunlarlly exocutod.
Notary Public In and lor tho Slalo 01 Iowa
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NOl~' 1I1\t1'l1f g/fen INl . puC/ot Iltl/Wlg .. 1lI1\1lcll1f
I/1t Ctt Courote 01 lOw. Ctt, IOwl .730 P m on 1/lI3111 dIy
d JIlt, 1m. In I/lI Courot. C/ItmIlII. WlI/1t ~ ClrlII.IOW'
Ctt, IOwl on I/lIIQ/IowVlg ,.".,.
I. An OIdoNnct C/IIIlging I/lI UII rtglUllO/ll 01 CIIlIlll
ptOflftft iOcIlod on /lit NIl IldI d 0iIIlIt1 CM
tppIOI1rNI1/t 200 Ieel noM d IQr\wOOd AVIM ~em RS.
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l! 'An OIdI/IIIa 10 ttntnd ~tf 32. SulldMI.On
RtglUllOnI, 10 rlCl\*. Ill'WoO ptlmllOIlulldMIIOnIln
1IlW0M'ltIt1ti IIfIIlNIIIIIS.
3. An OIdlntnCt 10 e/IIr9Il/lI 1M rtglUllO/ll d CIIltln
plOflftft NIl d Ktokuk SUIIl. noM d SanMky AY8IlUI,
well 01 EconoIoodl, hOln ""101210 CO.1.
4. An OIdinlnCelO amend /lit Zoning OfdinlllCl, SIClIOn 38-
81(ell2l, 10 requilell1tl public nol(t 01 /lit ltne ancI plICI
d OoIId 01 AdjuI1mIIll publiC hllMgIllI pullIs/lId ncI
l1lOIe II1tn 20 f1OIl1S1lI1tn IMIl dIy' pr\OIlO I/lI publiC
Iltlllng
&, An OId<n1ncelo amencl /lit Zoning Ord<nlncelO IIIOw I/1t
OoIId 01 AdjuSlmtllllO ptlmllll requilod 011,11I11I p"1ng
101 ptlvall USII In a nWlpll '1CIItt IIldtf c.ntln
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Cepltl 0I1/l1 ptoposod OIdl/lll'lCII lie on Nt '01 public
'lamlnallon IlI/1t OffICe 0I1/lt Crt Clef\, CMc CtIller. 410
EISl WUhInglon SU.... IOWI cay, Io<<l PtIIOIIS wlII1Ing 10
mak.lht~ v1twI knOWn 0110 .ugg." ChanglI 'or CIy Courotl
consldlllllon before edOpllon 01 /lltsa OIdinlncll II1CUld
Ippall tllht hilling.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 32, SUDDMSION
REGULATIONS, TO REQUIRE A ORADINO PERMIT FOR
SUDDMSIONS IN ENVIRONMENTALlY SENSITM AREAS.
WHEREAS, Iht City 01 low. City'I 1009 CcmptIhonlNt PIoln
CO/lIaJllI e policy 10 pt'lOIVI end ptOloct onvlronlllG/llally
IGns"lvo II'U as 1d01'lllllod l1f Iho CIly; tnd
WHEREAS, onvIrOlVllOnlally HnsIIIvI II'U 11M boon
Idol'llillod U aroll WIIh ll00p tlopol, IIOod harard 11.11,
WOIIandI, end II'U UIVt/IOd l1f natU/aJ drllnagewlyl; tnd
WHEREAS, Iho I1lOIlIIOfIng ~ grading tnd bCtvatlon lIvough
Iho roqutrelllGlll 01. grodlng pormllend tnglnoorod grading. In
COflaln artll, are dOOmed 10 be two apptopr1al. 1IIG1IU/0I10
achJOVI lho ptOloctlon 01 lholl IdOf1lIllod tIl'ItronlllG/llally
Itnslllve arou.
NOW, TtiEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF TtiE CITY OF IOWA CITY:
SECTION I. AMENDMENT. TI1al Stc110n 32,27 be amonded l1f
Idopllng Iht '0II0WIng:
(c) A grading plan pullUl/llIO SOC1Ion 8,17(23), Iowa CIly
Building Codo.
SECTION II. REPEALER. All OIdlnancOl tnd par11 01
OIdlnancOlIn conIIICt wnh I". ptOVIllons 0I1hi1 Ordlnanct art
hIr'l1f r.ptalod.
SECTION iii. SEVERADILITY, "1I'Ii loctlon, provision 01 par1
~ lho Ordlnanco lllan be adjudgod 10 be invalid 01
unconslnullonaJ, luch adjudlcallon IhaIlI10l aIlOd Iho validity 01
I". Ordinance as e whola 01 IIri 10C11on, ptOYilIon 01 par1
lhorooll1Ol adjudgod invalid 01 unconstnullonaJ.
SECTION r./. EFFEcnve DAn:. ThIt Ordlnanco IhaIl be In
o"oct aIIor .1 IInaI passagt, apptOVaJ end publlCllllon as
roqukod l1f law.
Pusod end approvod Ihls
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Ordinance as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES:
NAYS:
ASSENT:
Ambrtsco
Courtney
1I0rowl tz
Kubby
Larson
HcDonald
Novick
First Consideration
Vote for passage:
Second Consideration
Vote for Passagu:
Date publtshed
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
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August 2, 1090 )
City Council -111 r:A'~~ ,j C-
Karin Frankllo/'r"" \
Excavallon and Oradlng Ordlnanco
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Tho ordlnanco boloro Iho Clly Council Is tho Or81 elop In adopllng Iho onvlronmontal rogulallons
rocommondod by tho Urban Envlronmont Ad Hoc Commllloo In 1006. Tho ordlnanco orlglnal~
proposod to Iho Board 01 Appoals and tho Planning & Zoning Comml~lon was verbaUm Irom
IhO Uniform Building Codo (UBC), Chaplor 70, Tho UBe languago has boon 8ubslanllally rovlsed
by tho Board and Iho Commission 10 adapt tho ordlnanco to whataro porcolvod 10 bo tho noods
01 Iowa City, 10 IIghton tho dogroo 01 dlscrollon loll to tho Building Olllclal, 10 provldo lor a cloar
path 01 rosponslblllty lor compllanco, and 10 Imposo approprlato ponalllos lor non-compllanco.
Includod In this packotls a chart 8howlng tho various Iowa City Codo socllons that will bo usod
to app~ this ordlnanco, various mlnutos of Planning & Zoning Commission work sosslons, and
a momo dalod May 31, 1900 outlining Iho changos made 10 tho ordlnanco allor tho May 7, 1090
public hoarlno boloro tho Board and tho Commission, Excorptod pagos with rovlslons 8uggostod
altho Ju~ 31 Council public hoarlno aro also IncludOd,
Channos Irom Exlsllng Prncll~
Tho Excavation and Grading Ordlnanco has Iwo parts. Chaptor 70 01 tho UBe as rovlsod and
Socllon X of tho Publlo Works Ooslgn Standards lor Erosion and Sodlmontatlon Control. ehaptor
70 Is an Appondlx 01 tho UBe which was novor adoptod as pari 01 Iowa CIlY'8 Building Codo.
Tho Clly has novor had an ordlnanco which roqulrod a oradlno pormll or plan, A proporty ownor
currontly may fill or oxcavato oarth to any oxtont without any prior approval by tho Clly, Tho
proposod ordlnanco will roqulro a grading pormll and plan lor any grading whIch takos placo
In what aro dollnod by tho ordlnanco, Soctlon 7003, as onvlronmontally sonalllvo aroas. II
tho grading Involvos 5,000 cubic yards (oqulvalont to Iho basomont 01 a 125' x 135' building) or
moro 01 oarlh, a civil onglnoor must bo hlrod by tho bulldor/dovolopor to draw up a grading plan,
Inspoct tho work, and corllly compllanco wllh tho ordlnanco, Lossor grading Is ovaluatod and
approvod by tho Building Olnclal wllh tho asslstanco, as nocossary, 01 tho Public Work8
Oopartmonl. Nono 01 this Is roaulrod by ordlnanco now; on largo projocts, 8uch as tho Morey
Hospllal olnco complox or tho oldorly housing projoct on Mormon Trok Boulovard, onglnoorod
grading Is dono as part of Iho pr%cl.
Tho Socllon X, Ooslgn Standards lor Erosion and Sodlmontatlon Control, aro prosontly roqulrod
by Iho Clly for any dovolopmonl which Is 8ubjoctto tho Stormwator Managomont Ordlnanco
(commorclal dovolopmonl on ono acro or moro and rosldonllal dovolopmont on two acros or
moro), Tho applicability of Ihoso 8tandards Is broadonod wllh this ordlnanco to Includo any
dovolopmont8ubloctto Iho Excavation and Grading Ordlnanco. this oxpandod appllcablllly will
bo most ovldon' In building pormlls lor dovolopmontln tho doOnod onvlronmontally 80nslllvo
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As with any municipal ordlnanco rolatlng to proporty, tho burdon 01 compllanco I' ulllmatoly on
tho proporty ownor, Tho Commission and Board woro concornod thaI this bo cloarly elalod In
tho ordlnanco, particularly glvon tho rosponslbllltlos roqulrod 01 a proloct's civil onglnoor, Tho
burdon 01 compllanco Is oxpllcltly stalod In Soctlon 7016, pago 14,
Tho burdon 01 onforcomontln thl. ordlnanco Is ehlltod somowhallo tho prlvato soctor. Typically
with dovolopmont projoct.. dolallod plans aro submlllod 10 tho City and tho stall sponds
consldorablo tlmo vorllylng compllanco with tho varlou~ Codo roqulromonts. Undor Iho
excavation and Grading Ordlnanco, any projoct Involving 5.000 cublo yards or moro 01 oarth will
roqulro tho sorvlcos 01 a civil onglnoor, 10 bo rotalnod by tho dovolopol/bulldor, to proparo and
cartJIya grading plM In ~p!1!!ncg with thl! tlIdlnanco. end 10 ,",peel end CC1t1~; IhaIIM work
Is In compllanco with tho plan. City stall will sllll nood to monitor tho prolocts but tho cortlficatlon
by Iho IIcon.od onglnoor will bo hoavlly rollod upon, this shlltssomo 01 tho burdon, and tho
costs, 01 this ordlnanco from tho publlo soclor to Iho prlvato soctor, All prolocts with losslhan
5.000 cubic yard. will roqulro City stall tlmo to rovlow tho plans and Issuo Iho grading pormlts
and Inspoct Iho work for compllanco, Thoro will bo cosls to adoption olthoso provisions; thoso
costs havo boon allocatod to both tho public and tho prlvato soctor.ln tho proposod ordlnanco.
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Ploa.o rovlow both Chaplor 70 and Soctlon X prior 10 your August 6th mooting, Stall from Iho
Public Works Dopartmont and tho Dopartmonl 01 Housing & Inspoctlon SOrvlCOI will bo at tho
mooting to answor quostlons, For your Information, a 3: I slopo (3 horlzonlal to I vortlcaQ Is
oqulvalonlto a 33% slopo; In tho Nolllngham Placo Subdivision 011 of Rldgo Road, thoro woro
slopos 01 up 10 40%, and Bloomlnglon Stroot botwoon Capitol and Madison 8troot8 was at aboul
a 15% elopo,
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ampter 8".llulldlnll Code
Section 8"17(23)..UJlC Appcndlx al. 70 u~ nmended
Section 7013.Hroslon Control
7013(u)"reCercnces Section X, 1\l~lgn
SlIIndards Cor Hro~lon und
Sedlmcntutlon Control
Clulpter 32."SlIlxllvl~lon RCll1l1ntlons
Section 32"27"I'rellmlnary P1ut ACCGmpllnylng InComltlon
3z.27(c)"reCercnces 10\0~1 City Code
Section 8"17(23}
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IOWA CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
INFORMAL MEETING
FEBRUARY 5, 1990,7:30 P,M,
SENIOR CENTER CLASSROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
CALL TO ORDER:
Clark, Cook, Coopor. Dlorks, Hobort, Rold, Scoll
Nono.
Franklin, Boolhroy, Fosso. Frantz, Schmadoko, Noll
Chalrporson Scoll callod tho mooUng to ordor at 7:38 P,M,
DISCUSSION OF A PROPOSAL TO ADOPT CHAPTER 70 OF TH~ UNIFORM BUILDING CODE.
M aMENDED. AS e~RT OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS:
Franklin oxplalnod thai Chaptor 70 of tho Uniform Building Codo lUBC) dools with grading and
oxcavaUon, Sho Indlcatod thatlho Planning and Zoning CommissIon and tho Board 01 Appoals
will concurronlly rovlow Chaplor 70 and oach body will mako a rocommondatlon to Iho City
Council rogardlng adoption of Chaplor 70, Franklin statod Ihat tho Board 01 Appoals tablod this
110m on January 25, 1990, pondlng Planning and Zoning CommIssion rovlow, Sho said tho Board
folt applicability would bo moro approprlato as a part 01 tho Initial dovolopmont ralhor than altor
tho building proem to provont tho burdon 01 compllanco Irom lalllng on contractors,
Franklin stslod thai tho amondod languago In Chaplor 70 rosullod from Input Irom tho Public
Works Dopartmont, tho Planning Dopartmont and tho Building Enlorcomont DivisIon, Sho nolod
that a grading po/mil would bo roqulrod for all oxcavatlons oxcopt thoso IIslod In Soctlon 7003,
Sho saId Soctlon 7006 allows tho building ofnclalsomo dlscrotlon as to whon oxtra roportlng will
bo roqulrod,
Scotlslatod that tho purposo soctlon, Socllon 7001, should Includo an onvlronmonlalstalomont
bocauso onvlronmonlal concorns aro a roason for tho changos, Franklin statod thoro Is probably
an appllcablo statomonlln tho Comprohonslvo Plan, Franklin nolod lhat II any ono 01 tho
oxcoptlons aro mot, lhon tho ownor would bo oxcoplod Irom having to apply lor a grading pormll.
In rosponso to a quostlon Irorn ScOII. Schmadoko said that a pormlt would bo noodod If tho
oxcavallon occurs on a lot and tho oxcavatod malorlalls thon usod lor fill on that lot, Fosso
slalod that tho concorn Is wllh tho slopos that romaln altor Iho procoss has boon complolod,
Franklin askod II a grading pormll would bo noodod for tho construction of a walkout basomonl.
Franlz statod thai walkout basomonts aro gonorally conslructod on lots that lacllltato this typo
01 construction,
(Hobort arrlvod al 7;52 P,M.)
Scoll askod that tho stalomont rogardlng tho Intonl bo clarlflod, Frantz statod that ho bollovos
tho Intont Is 10 allow for fill to bo usod as backlill, Scott statod this should bo clarlllod to show
that II Is not Iwo distinct concopls and that tho pormll would only bo noodod If tho oxcavalod
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Iowa CIIy Planning & Zoning Commission
Informal Moollng
Fobruary 5, 1090
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malorlolls usod 10/ fill and /osulls In on unsupporlod holghl 01 graato/than fivo 1001. Atlho
/oquosl 01 Clark. F/ontz lIIust/alod on unsupportod holghllo/lho Commission,
Glonn Sldora askod II tho axcavolod soli could bo usod 10 fill In an on.sllo ravtno. F/anklln slatod
thalth% 'I a nood 10 clarlly thai II any ono oxcopllon can bo mol, a proporty Is oxomplf/om tho
/oqulromonts, Scoll askod II a po/mil would bo noodod If any 01 tho oxcavatod mato/lalls usod
as fill. F/antz /ospondod tho pormll would bo roqulrod unloss tho standard In 19 appllod,
John M%land askod II thoro has boon 0 problom with oroslon with tho construction 01 slnglo.
lamlly housos 0/ duploxos, Ho askod II any probloms havo boon significant onough lo/tho CIIy
to epond tho limo and monoy on Ihoso /ogulallons, Scollrospondod thai this has boon a
concorn 01 tho CIIy Council roga/dlng onvtronmontal /ogulatlons. Franklin slatod thai tho
Commission had /ocommondod that Iho standards apply 10 subdMslons, largo scalo
dovolopmonts, and plannod dovolopmonls, Sho nolod Ihattho CIIy Council addod multl,lomlly
dwolllngs 01 lou/ units orlargo/lo tho oppllcablllly. Sldora slolod thoro Is a nood to Idontlly II
thoro has boon on oxcavatlon problom othorlhan with tho ClIlls. Scoll etalod thatlhoro aro
concorns /ogordlng dovolopmontln tho undovolopod a/oa bohlnd tho Moyllowor Apartmonts,
Ho slalod thoro Is probably II nood lor II combination 01 oroslon and oxcavotlon standards,
Boolhroy strossod tho nood to go outsldo 01 tho subdlvtslon rogulatlon. to /ooch otho/lypos 01
dovolopmonl. Ho Indlcatod thoro Is also 0 nood to addross tho placomont 01 fill, Ho nolod that
tho hazards loctlon Is Itrong In lis handling 01 problom slluotlons. Sldors suggostod simply
pulling thlslanguago Into Chaptor 29,
Scoll askod 10/ alustlncatlon lo/tho slopo roqulromonts and tho etandards /ogardlng Iho 50
cublo yards 01 dirt. Frantz stalod that Ihls Information was primarily lakon from Iho Building
Codo, Scoll stotod Ihat ho would prolor to havo alustlncatlon which Is moro than thallhoy aro
nationally accoplod slandards, Ho askod If thoso aro tho bostlocal slandards, Ho askod II all
01 tho slopo roqul/omonts could bo changod to groolor than 4:1, Schmodoko Indlcalod that ho
would not ,oqulto additional onglnoorlng II all 01 tho slopos woro 4:1.
In rogard 10 tho 50 cu, yd, 01 dirt roqulromonl, Frantz Italod thai this roqulromont was takon Irom
tho Building Codo and can bo nogotlalod and modlfiod, Scolllndlcatod that ho has probloms
with this roqulromonllor elnglo 101 dovolopmonls and lools Ills 100 rostrlctlvo lor thoso slluallons.
Ho etalod thai ho would Ilko to oxompt ono,loleubdlvtslons or wrllo tho roqulromonts eo thalthoy
would bo Inappllcablo to elnglo,lot dovolopmonls, Boothroy strossod Ihal allhough ho doos not
know 01 any slnglo,fomlly conslructlon thai hovo causod probloms, ho would nol procludo this
slluallon In tho Iuluro. Ho suggoslod avoiding a blankol oxcluslon, Ho slrossod thai oxcluslon
by uso mlghl pormll dllficult slluollons to go unmonllorod. Scoll stalod that lItho roqulromonts
aro too roslrlcllvo, thon thoro willllkoly bo probloms wllh compllanco and onforcomonl. Ho
Indlcalod Iholll thoro Is a sot nguro as Boolhroy has suggoslod, thon Scoll would prolor 10 havo
this bo a roosonoblo nguro. Schmadoko slrossod thai any oxcavaUon lor a elnglo,fomlly dwolllng
has Iho potonllallo causo damago 10 nolghborlng lots. Ho Indlcolod that ho bOllovos It Is a
quosUon 01 whothor or not tho City should bo Involvod In protocUng thoso Iypos 01 rights.
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Iowa City Planning & Zoning Commission
Informal Mooting
Fobruary 5, 1990
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Moroland 8uggoslod rovlowfng 8tandards thai havo boon adoptod by othor communll/os
rogardlng grading and oxcavation codos. Frantz etatod thalthlsls8ua would bo oxplorod. Scoll
8talod that tho rogulations could bo 80nt bock to 81aR wfth tho roquostthal oxcoptions or rovlsod
nguros bo Includod to allow a slnglo,lamlly dwolllng to bo oxompt In nOlmalsltuations, Ho
8uggostod that tho 8tandards bo appllod whon 250 cu, yds, 01 dirt Is romovod rathor than 50 cu,
yde, SIdor8 elalod that tho Commission could rocommond tho standard8 only apply whon thoro
aro abnormal 8ltuations, Franklin notod thai abnormal Is bolng donnod by tho guldollnos and
8landards. SC01l8trossod thoro Is a nood to havo a Wllllon law to back up tho building olnclal'8
doclslons, Franklin notod that tho 250 cu. yd, roqulromonl would oxompt tho normalslnglo"amlly
hoyse. In rnponse to 8 question from D1C1ks, Fronklln :1:lcd that 0IlG option Ii to loeus 0i11ho
8ubdlvlslon proem, but8ha notod that would nolthon epply 10 Iho Cliffs, Scollstalod thai ho
bollovos oxompting 81nglo,Iamlly con8truction Is oaslor than doddlng on a spoclnc cu, yd,
roqulromont nguro, Boolhroy 8uggostod oxompting slnglo"amlly construction oxcopl II tho
romoval oxcoods a 8poclnod cu, yd. roqulromonl. Frantz notod tho Soction 7004 doos allow ror
unusual8ltuations 10 bo consldorod, SIdor8 askod whal would bo tho point 01 oxompting slnglo.
lamlly construction, SCOll rospondod that oxompting 8lnglo.romlly con8tructlon would doC/olSo
Iho numbor 01 objoctor8. Ho statod thai ho d008 not bollovo thettho crlticl8m 01 tho City lor not
proloctlng tho onvlronmonl rosults Irom 8lnglo"amlly construction,
Cook 81atod thai ho has dllncull/os wfth tho torm 'onvlronmontal' and Its vaguo donnltion.
Franklin 8tatod Ihat using Iho torm In tho purposo soction Is accoptablo bocauso this Is a moro
gonoral soction, Sho notod thai tho hazards 80ction Is one that cannol bo vaguo bocau80 /I
noods to bo onforcod by tho building olnclal.
Moroland statod that tho Commission should only discuss Iho Subdlvlslon Rogulations bocauso
tho Building Rogulations will bo docldod by tho Board or Appoals, Frantz Indlcatod thai tho
Commission might adopt by rororonco Iho Building Rogulations 80 tho languago In tho Building
Codo Is a concorn lor tho Commission. Ho Indlcalod thai ho would use Chaptor 70 III II
guldollno In tho rovlow 01 subdlvlslons.
Scoll askod IIlho dovolopor would nood to submit onglnoorlng work with tho Inll/al plans.
Franklin slatod thai not all ollho soctions would bo appllcablo to tho Subdivision Rogulations,
Frantz notod thai tho rogulations could bo appllod at dllforonllovol8 In tho construction procm
and would covor 81t0 dovolopmonl work boloro an LSRD has boon 8ubmlllod.
Larry Schnllljor suggostod doloting tho rororonco to tho onglnoorlng goologlsl throughout tho
documonl. Scollauggoslod placing rosponslblllty lor cortlncation on Iho civil onglnoor, Boolhroy
askod litho Civil Englnoor could cortlfy as to tho soli Issuos, Fosso slatod thai a civil onglnoor
would only cortify In thoso aroas which ho/sho Is compotonl. Ho Indlcalod that a roglstorod
onglnoor 8hould bo 8ulnclonl. Schmadoko slatod ho would prolor 10 rolaln tho torm 'civil
onglnoo,. lor clarity. Scoll suggoslod rotalnlng tho torm civil onglnoor and doloting rororoncos
to olhor typos 01 onglnoor8.
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Iowa CIIy Planning & Zoning CommissIon
Informal Moot/ng
Fobruary 6, 1990
Pogo 4
Cook askod II tho elopo roqulromonts could bo donnod by porconlagos, Frantz rospondod that
lho numorlcal rat/os 010 what Is usod In Iho lIado, Schnllljor askod If lho ASTM 8tandards could
bo usad Ins toad of tho UBe 818ndards, Frantz 81alod thalthoso oro tho samo and both could
bo mont/onod In tho rogulat/ons, Cook statod lhal ho has probloms wllh using lho rogulat/ons
In an oxcluslonary fashion thai would axompt only slnglo,Iaml1y construct/on, Ho Indlcatod ho
would prolor 10 oxompt duploxos or any structuro thai has loss than four unlls, Scolllndlcatod
thai ho would havo no problom with oxompt/ng lour unl18tructuros and ho nolod lhalthle Is tho
CIIy Council's prosonl policy doclslon, Frantz euggostod applying tho standards 10 four unlls and
groalor, to zoro lolllno alructuros and 10 rolaln tho Inlonl.
In rosponso 10 a quost/on Irom Scoll, Frantz notod thai tho rovlow procoss for tho pormllls lho
samo as lhat roqulrod lor all pormlls Issuod to tho Building Dopartmonl. Scoll etatod lhat ho
would profor to havo a slopo of 3: 1 lor culs, Schmadoko rospondod thallhls would rosullln
unslablo solis In somo slluat/ons, Schnllllor stalod thai this Is tho purposo 01 having tho eMl
onglnoor cortlly tho plans, Franklin suggoslod loavlng Iho roqulromont a14:1 and pormllt/ng 3:1
whon approvod by Iho Building Official, Schmadoko 8trossod thai 4: 1 Islho approprlato 810po
In Ihls aroa,
In rosponso 10 a quost/on Irom Scoll, Fosso nolod Ihat II Is Important 10 oxcludo organlo malorlal
Irom fill malorlal. Ho nolod thatlho Inlonlls to provonllnconslslonl nil and varlat/ons In lollllng
ratos,
In rogard 10 drain ago and torraclng, SCOll8uggostod a 6:1 vortlcal slopo unloss an approvod
grading plan Indlcalos othorwiso, Moroland 8tatod Ihal ho bollovos a civil onglnoor would nol bo
IIkoly 10 go boyond tho 81andards 80t by Iho CIIy,
In rosponso to a quost/on Irom ScolI, Frantz 81alod Ihat spoclallnspocllons aro cUl/ontly allowod,
Fosso slalod thallI Is nocossary 10 Idont/Iy whon funds will bo roloasod Irom oscrow. Scoll
askod how much oxlra work would bo Involvod In tho complollon of roports. Frantz rospondod
thallhls would dopond on tho oxlont of tho grading 10 show compllanco with tho submlllod plan,
Ho slalod Ihal an allornallvo would bo a cortlllcallon by Iho original onglnoor slallng thatlhoro
Is compllanco wllh tho Intonl ollho original plan. In rosponso 10 0 quos lion Irom Sldora, Frantz
slatod that thoro would bo no nood 10 rosubmll plans lor dovlallons II Ihoy o'ro within tho
paramolors of tho original plan, Schmadoko nolod Iholll thoro Is a subslonllol dovlallon In Iho
grading, thon rosubmlllal would bo roqulrod.
Scoll roquoslod thai atall rodrafltho rogulallons lor anothor rovlow which would Includo moro
Informal publlo discussion. Ho stalod thai ho bollovos Iwo 10 Ihroo moro moollngs will bo
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Iowa City Planning & Zoning Commission
Informal Mooting
Fobruary 5, 1990
Pago 5
9TJ:jER BUSltiESS:
Scoll roporlod thallwo vacanclos aro bolng advorllsod lor tho Planning & Zoning Commission,
Ho notod Ihallhoso aro Coopor and HobOrl'a positions, Ho stalod thai tho appolntmonts wUl bo
modo on March 20, 1990, Scoll nolod that HobOrl will not bo roopp~lng,
Scoll oskod litho Commission would wanllo mool wllh tho City Council rogardlng tho Church
Tracl on tho Ponlnsula. Cook atalod thai ho would lIke 10 addross tho Council on Ihls Issuo, but
thoro was nol a consonsus on tho parl 01 tho ontlro Commlsalon to havo a lolnl mooting,
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Scoll adjournod Iho mooting all 0: 15 P,M,
Mlnutos aubmlllod by Mary Jo Non,
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MINUTES
INFORMAL MEETING
IOWA CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 20, 1990.7:30 P.M.
SENIOR CENTER CLASSROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
CALL TO ORDER:
Clark, Coopor. Dlolks, Rold, Scott
Cook, Hobort
Franklin, Noll
Chalrpollon Scott callod tho mooting to ordor at 7:36 p,m,
OISCUSSION OF A PBOPOSAL TO ADOPT CtlAPTER 70 OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING COQE,
AS AMENDED, AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS:
F/anklln notod that changos /osultlng Irom tho lost Planning and Zoning Commission discussion
on this Itom 010 In italics In tho now droIt. Sho slatod that tho soction on whon pormlts aro
roqul/od was amondod to oxompt appllcobllily to g/adlng assoclatod with slnglo lots 10/ up to
th/oo /osldontial units,
(Clark af/lvod at 7:37 p,m,)
Sho omphaslzod thatlubdlvlslons 10/ slnglo,lamlly /osldoncos would /oqul/o a g/odlng pormlt.
Sho statod that tho doflnltions of onglnoorlng goologlst ond solis onglnoor w% dolotod, F/anklln
/ovtowod Soction 7015 which lists what moy bo /oqul/od by tho building olflclaland notod that
on pogo 18 thoro Is on allowanco lo/tho roloaso of oscrow,
John M%land Indlcolod that ho hod boon 01 tho Imp/osslon that tho o/dlnanco would apply only
to fou/.to.ono slopos. Scolt slatod that tho slx,to,ono slopo was /olalnod 10/ tOf/aclng. Glon
Sldors askod 10/ alustiflcation of this, F/anklln /ospondod thai Public Works fav%d this slopo
os gono/ally moro stablo but thai approval by a civil onglnoo/ 01 a g/adlng plan would allow 10/
floxlblllly on this Issuo, In /osponso to a quostion Irom Sldo/s, F/anklln statod that tho CIIy
Finance Doportmonl prolors cash escrow ovor certlflcalos 01 doposltand loltors of crodlt, Sldors
Indlcalod that this would provonttho colloction ollntorost by tho dovolopor. Franklin statod that
It Is dllncult to prodlcl how ollon tho cosh osc/ow will bo roqulrod, Scolt 8tatod Ihat It Is his
undorslandlng thallho osc/ow Is noodod for whon thoro Is not strict compllanco with tho grading
plsns, Ho stalod that thon tho oscrow would allow for tho grading to bo complotod, Scolt stalod
thai ho bollovos cortlflcalos 01 doposlt, suroly bonds. and Instrumonts 01 crodlt should bo
pormlttod for tho oscrow, Franklin notod that thoro sooms to bo a consonsus of tho Commission
to allow lor options olhor than cash for oscrow,
Sldors statod a proloronco that Ins toad 01 spocllylng minimum slandards for tho dopth of a swalo
or ditch on pogo 16. tho onglnoor bo allowod to havo somo floxlblllly, Scott rospondod thot this
could only bo allowod II onglnoorlng could support othor doplhs, Morolond askod whon othor
onvlronmonlallssuos would bo addrossod by tho Commission, Franklin rospondod that tho
curronlly schodulod spoclal Commission mootings aro for tho amondmonls to Chaplor 32. Sho
atatod Ihatthoro could bo olhor spoclal mootings In tho fuluro. Sho slalod thallho Issuos to bo
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Planning & Zoning Commission
Fabruary 20, 1990
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addrossod by tho Ipocfaf mootlngs aro grading, oroslon and lodlmontatlon conl/ol, Chaplor 32
amondmonts. and tho PO Ovorlay Zono. Sldors oxproSlod a concorn thaI a plocomaaJ approach
mlghl rOlult In connlcts bolwoon tho various loCllons.
SCOII Itatod thaI tho Commission plans 10 addross all 01 tho onvlronmonlallssuos by Juno 1,
1990, Ho slalod that Doan Oakos will compllo a list 01 proporty ownors In Iho northorn part 01
Iowa Clly that will bo ImpaClod by tho chang os. Clark stalod that ho Is skoptlcal 01 tho proeoss
and tho roporcusslons 01 tho proposod changos. Ho dlsl/lbutod a momorandum Irom Larry
Schnllljor that oxprossod Schnllljor's concorns. Clark Indlcalod that Schnllljor's primary concorn
Is thaI this ordlnanco has a dlltaronl lormatthan tho othor City ordlnancos, Franklin oxplolnod
that tho dllforonco Is bocauso II II modolod allor IIssourco, tho Unllorm Building Codo, Clark
atalod that a conslstontlormat wold allow lor oaso In Intorprolatlon 01 tho ordlnanco, ScOIl statod
that lItho othor ordlnancosln tho Building Codo follow tho Unllorm Building Codo, thoso using
tho ordlnanco should bO IM\llIM w!lh !ho lorm!ll. CIB1k uk!KI slall to review Schn!t~IeI',
concorns, Clark notod that Schnllljor had quostlonod tho dlscrotlonary powors 01 tho building
offlclal, Scoll rospondod thai tho floxlblllty Is noodod to allow tho eppllcotlon 01 common aonso
In tho proeoss, Ho atatod that arbitrary daclslons 810 a posslblo rosull, but tho allornatlvo Is to
onact mandalory conditions end this would sacrlflco tho floxlblllty, Sldors oxprossod concorn with
tho authority of tho building official In this aroa, tlo statod thaI ho bollovos tho City Englnoor
ehould bo tho ono who Intorprots tho ordlnanco, Scoll ala tad that II tho Board 01 Appoals and
Dick Frantz eharo this concorn, thoy can mako this cloar, Ho Indlcatod thoro Is a nood to havo
a public body to procoss appoalsto tho application 01 tho ordlnanco and tho City Englnoor doos
not havo a public body to sorvo this lunctlon, Franklin ttatod that tho City Englnoor will rovlow
proposals whon noodod, but tho primary roulo will bo through tho Building Dopartmont. Sho
atalod that porsonnol concorns ahould bo handlod Inlornally, Scoll atatod that lIas a rosull 01
tho onactmont 01 tho ordlnanco, thoro Is a nood lor an onglnoor In tho Building Dopartmont, this
would bo a policy doclslon for tho City Council,
Sldors suggostod croatlng a rovlow body lor appoals 01 tho doclslons 01 tho building official.
Scoll rospondod thaI tho Board 01 Appoals Is tho approprlalo rovlow body, Ho suggostod thaI
II might bo posslblo 10 add languago to Idontlfy thatlho City Englnoor will bo consullod whon
approprlato. Franklin strossod that tho City Council will nood to docldo litho Implomonlatlon 01
tho ordlnanco will roqulro additional atall, Sldors statod that ho would nol havo any concorns on
this Issuo II thoro was an onglnoor In tho Building Dopartmonl.
Clark askod lIa pro,dovolopmonl conloronco would roduco aomo 01 tho probloms addrossod In
tho lasl paragraph 01 Schnllllor's momorandum. Franklin alalod thai a pro-dovolopmont
conforonco probably wouldn't accomplish any moro than what tho dovolopor could dolormlno
on hls,11or own, Scoll notod thatlho blggosl chango Is with tho Installation 01 public utllltlos, Ho
slalod It might bo bostto elmply rowrllo tho slandards lor onvlronmontolly Iragllo aroas, Ho
alalod that tho City Council can havo tho Clly Monagor addross thoso Issuos, Sldors oskod why
tho utlllly companlos ora oxomptlrom applicability, Scoll notod that this should bo atrlckon and
stalod ho quostlons tho oxomptlon oltunnols,
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Planning & Zoning Commission
Fobruary 20, 1990
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DISCUSSIO~ OF SECTION X . EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL. PUBLIC W08~
DESIGN STANDARD~:
Franklin slatad thatthoso slandards aro curronlly oppllod 10 any aroa. thalaro conlrollod by tho
Slormwator Managomont Ordlnanco, Sho slatod that tho rovlslon. oxpand tho applicability and
tho slandards would bo Includod by roloronco In tho Building Codo. Sho Itotod that applicability
would bo mandalory oxCOpl for undor tho grading guldollnos on pogo six, Sldors stalod thalli
must bo Wllllon In ordlnanco lorm to bo onforcoablo a. an ordlnanco, Franklin stalod thai tho
Housing In.poctlon Sorvlco. Dopartmont would IIko 10 rovlso 1, t (a) rogardlng elto work to road
a. 'grading and oxcavatlon work'to provontappllcatlon whon prollmlnary work such as eurvoylng
Is bolng dono, Franklin nolod that most of tho othor changos woro thoso suggoslod by tho City
engineer.
Nancy Solborllng nolod thai crown volch I. a rocommondod ground covor. but sho nolod that
thl. plant doos not sorvo as a dOlorront to oroslon and, In lact. oncouragos oroslon, Rold
oxprossod hor agroomont with Solborllng and slalod that natlvo grassos should bo spoclnod,
Solborllng sold grassos should bo spoclnod lor tho soli typos and agrood to provldo Franklin with
a list. Scoll statod thai ho doos nol obJoct to listing spoclnc grams, but ho nolod thai ho
bollovos thoro should bo noxlbllity If tho list connot bo alllncluslvo, Ho Indlcalod that tho City
Forostor and Projoct GREEN should bo usod as rosourcos, Dlorkssuggoslod that a list bo usod,
but It also allow lor tho use 01 grassos that aro not IIstod that aro documonlod as controlling
oroslon, SCOIl stalod that ho prolors to havo noxlblllly In tho roqulromonlslor grassos and with
grados that can bo varlod wllh tho documonlatlon from an onglnoor,
Rold oxprossod concorn wllh tho fortlllzor roqulromonts on pago lour. Sha slatod that a ono,to.
one rallo would bo hor proloronco bocauso Iho hlghor polasslum lovol promolos root gro'M/1.
Sho Indlcatod that In Soctlon 7,5, sho would dololo tho uso 01 gress bocauso II could havo a
smothorlng ollocl and could also havo a chomlcal roslduo,
Sldors slatod Ihat landscaping cloths or nols should also bo ellowod. Scollluggoltod using a
list that also allows for comparablo mulch,
Franklin alalod that slall would rovlso tho ordlnanco to show groalor spoclnclty and to Incorporato
ordlnanca languago, Scoll slalod thai II could bo changod from guldollnos languago 10
ordlnanco languago or could bo loll as guldollnos with a roforonco to II In Iho ordlnanco. Franklin
oxprossod a proloronco lor tho f10xlblllty of tho guldollnos formal. Sho slalod Ihat slall would
mako tho approprlato rovlslons and mall coplos to tho Planning & Zoning Commission and tho
Board 01 Appoals,
SCOIl stalod Ihat Iho noxl moollng would bo March 19, 1990, to discuss Chaplor 70.
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ADJOURNMENT:
Scoll adjournod tho mooting 01 9:30 p,m,
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MINUTES
INFORMAL MEETING
IOWA CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
MARCH 19, 1990.7:30 P,M.
SENIOR CENTER CLASSROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
QA~L TO ORDER:
Clark, Cook, Coopor, Rold, Scoll
Dlorks, Hobort
Franklin, Fosso, Noll
Ch~rpOf$Qn Scott callod tho moollng to ardor at 7:41 p.m.
DISCUSSIQN QF A PROPOSAL TO ADQ~I Q~PTER 70 OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE,
AS AMENDED, AS paRT OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS:
Fronklln dlstrlbutod tho now droit which Includod rovlslons modo by tho Boord 01 Appoals. Sho
notod thot Soctlon 7003.1 was chongod so that grading lor agrlculturol purposos wos moro
cloarly dofinod, Sho slatod that on pago 11 an allowanco Is mado lor a lollor 01 crodlt as woll
as cash oscrow which would Includo cortlficolos 01 doposlt but not suroty or porformanco bonds,
Sho statod thot Gontry also profors lollor 01 crodlt bocauso 01 tho polontlallor litigation with
bonds. Franklin notod that Soctlon 70tO(d) wos changod to Includo Irroduclblo matorlal as woll
as rock, Sho stalod that Soctlon 7015(s) was rovlsod to roduco dlscrotlon by tho building official,
Rold askod why Soctlon 7001 spoclfios that tho ordlnanco sppllos only to prlvato proporty,
Franklin rospondod that Is tho way tho Codo Is wrltton with tho assumption Ihat tho City will
lollow tho Codo, At Bob Carlson's roquosl, Franklin agrood to oxploro dolotlng Iho roloronco to
prlvato proporty.
In rosponso to a quostlon from Rold, Franklin statod Ihat as tho ordlnanco currontly roads, II
would bo appllcablo to a subdivision, but nollo a building on a slnglo lot. Sho notod thai with
most subdivisions, a grading plan Is roqulrod within tho conslructlon drawings, In rosponso to
a quostlon Irom Cook, Franklin slalod thalli a small portion 01 a subdivision Is subloct to tho
ordlnanco, tho ontlro subdivision would bo subloctlo tho ordlnanco. Cook askod lilt would bo
posslblo lor dovolopors to avoid applicability of tho ordlnanco by dividing up a tract. Franklin
spoculatod Ihat this would bo unllkoly bocauso 01 oxponso. John Rollman notod Ihat a
roqulromontlor applicability whon 250 cubic yards 01 dirt Is romovod would soom 10 apply 10
slnglo commorclol building on a slnglo lot. Carlson nolod that tho digging 01 a bosomont and
lootlngs would bo oxompt so tho 250 cubic yards would only apply 10 grading on tho lot. Glon
Sldors slalod that as ho roads this soctlon, oxcavatlon lor a basomont would bo Includod In tho
tolal 01 dirt allowod to bo romovod.
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(Dlorks arrlvod at 8:11 p.m.)
Cook and Rollman Indlcalod thoy would profor to chango tho 250 cubic yards 10 600 cubic yards
and Includo tho basomont In this figuro,
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Informal Mooting
Iowa CIIy Planning & Zoning Commission
March 19, 1990
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Scali alalod that Ins toad 01 rowrll/ng Chaptor 70 to apply to all grading and oxcavallon pr%cts,
ho would prolor to focus on onvlronmontally eonsll/va aroas. Ho Indlcatod thai Socl/on 7003
could bo wrlllon 10 apply only to onvlronmontally aonsll/vo aroas, Ho Indlcalod Ihoro would bo
a nood 10 donno onvlronmonlally sonslllvo aroas, but ho notod that a. It Is currontly wrlllon thoro
Is a haphozard approach, Ho atatod that oxompl/ng slnglo,tamlly Ilructuros dlmlnlshos tho
polllica' opposllion, but do~s not protoct onvlronmonlally sonslllvo aross, Scoll slalod thai ho
would protor to havo tho rogulalions apply only whon thoy aro aclually noodod, Carlson
suggostod asking tho CIIy Council which approach thoy would protor, Scolllndlcatod Ihatln tho
pOit wllilil policy guidulitiOj hod boon roquoslod, tho rosponso has nOI always boon Ipoclfic,
Franklin slalod that whon tho Issuo 01 onvlronmontal rogulal/ons wont to tho Council provlously,
tho Council choso Irom a rango 01 opl/ons to addross atructuros 01 lour unlls and moro.
Clark Indlcatod that thoro Is a doslro to allow lor dovolopmontto occur wllhln tho CIIy and not
movo to Iho Counly, Ho Indlcalod thai ho bollovos that Chaplor 70 Is too brood and would add
10 tho cost 01 ovory now homo built In Iowa CIIy and nol/ustthoso in onvlronmontally .onslllvo
aross. Ho Indlcalod that ho bollovos crllorla should bo oslabllshod to donno onvlronmonlally
sonsltlvo aroas and tho ordlnanco should only apply to thoso aroas, Scotllndlcatod l~oro Is a
problom bucauso onvlronmontally sonslllvo aross do notlollow spoclfic boundary IInos, Ho
statod that Chaptor 70 could havo tho samo rosulls using such crltorla wllhout allowing lor
oxcopllons, Ho Indlcatod that ho bollovos this Is probably moro what tho Council would prolor,
Franklin slatod that litho crllorla aro too lonlont, thon tho Impact of tho ordlnanco will bo
docroasod, Sho statod thoro Is a nood to docldo II tho locus should bo on onvlronmonlally
aonslllvo aroas and thon thoro will bo a nood to agroo on what Is onvlronmontally sonslllvo, Sho
atalod that tho Comprohonslvo Plan and Iho Urban Envlronmontal Policy will glvo somo guldanco
but no Ipoclfic donnlllons, Scoll stalod that II tho rogulal/ons woro to apply whon a spoclfic 101
moo Is any 01 tho crllorla In tho ordlnanco, this would not prohlbll building on tho lot but would
maroly sot standards, 140 noted that this would Incroaso tho cost of dovoloplng COrlaln aross,
Cook notod that strict crllorla would rosullln appllcablllly to m~ch 01 tho CIIy, Franklin stalod
thst tho donnlllon 01 onvlronmonlally sonslllvo aross could bo Includod In Soclion 7003 and tho
slopo roqulromonls would thon bo rolalivo to this donnllion.
John Rollman stalod that ho would prolor to soo tho ordlnanco addross lust onvlronmonlally
sonsll/vo aross, Rold Indlcalod sho has always boon bolhorod by Iho oxompllon tor elnglo,tamlly
rosldoncos, Rollman suggoslod oblalnlng Intormalion Irom olhor communllios to provldo
guldollnos tor tho donnlllon lor onvlronmonlally sonsll/vo aross, Franklin statod that most ollho
avallablo Informalion Is Irom Call1ornla and Florida and Is dllncultlo apply to Iowa CIIy, Marclo
Roggow slatod that sho would profor 10 havo appllcablllly IImllod to onvlronmontally sonsllivo
aroas, Cook slalod thai ho would not want tho dollnll/on 01 onvlronmonlally sonslllvo aroas to
bo such that II would Incroaso tho cost of housing and Ihon rosullln oxcluslonary zonIng, Cook
oxprossod concorn that strict crllorla mIght consllluto a laking 01 proporty rights, Franklin stalod
that tho ordlnanco moroly noods 10 allow lor tho roasonablo usa 01 land. Scott statod that as
long as an ordlnanco do~s not complololy procludo dovolopmont, II should bo conslllullonal.
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InlOfmal Moollng
Iowa City Planning & Zoning Commission
M81ch 19, 1990
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Franklin stalod thai aho wUl look at Issuos such as elopos. ltoos, noodplalns, wotlands,
dralnagowaya, 81chaoologlcalaltos, and goologlc lormatlons, Scollstotod thallho archaoologlcal
sitos ahould bo protoctod by 5tolo law, Fosso nolod that goologlc lormallons would bo Includod
undor alopos.
Scollslatod that atallshould rowrlto tho Intonl 01 Chaptor 70 10 rOnoc1lhla discussion, C8Ilson
Indlcatod ho would IIko to havo anothor lolnt mooting. Franklin atalod thaI alolnt mooting could
bo hold on April 9. t 090, al 7:30 p,m. CI8Ik Indlcatod that othor Inloroslod partlos ahould bo
notlnod thatlhoro has boon a algnlncant chango In tho dlroctlon 01 Iho amondmonts to Chaptor
'to,
Bob Carlson stalod thallho Board 01 Appoals did not docldo on a porconlago lor tho oscrow
roqulromont. Sldora slatod IhatII Iho goal Is 10 assuro tho complotlon 01 tho grading plan, 100
to t 10 porconl would bo logical, Ho Indlcalod that II a proJoct Is atoppod allta midpoint, thon
tho oscrow ahould bo lor tOO porconl 01 tho work romalnlng. Rollman Indlcatod that thoro Is no
way to know In advanco what amounl will bo noodod IOf complollon, Ralph Stoullor oxprossod
concorn that II bonds aro allowod, tho amounl will bo Importanl bocauso 01 tho limits that aro
placod on how much an IndMdual can havo out In bonds al a glvon tlmo. Carlson oxproesod
concorn that with porlormanco bonds, you don'l nocossarlly got tho work that was plannod.
CITY COUNCIL REPOBI:
Dlorks atatod that Schmolsor answorod quostlons Irom Larson and Horowitz rogardlng tho pro.
application conloroncos, Sho atalod thot Schmolsor had Indlcatod that tho conforoncos ahould
holp Inoxporloncod dovolopora. Sho alatod thol tho rozonlng 011041 Lowor Muscatlno Road will
nood an oxtraordlnary malorlty voto bocauso 01 tho numbor ollormal complaints Irom proporty
ownoraln tho aroa, Dlorka atalod thaI Schmolsor had auggostod a rozonlng to RS.12 to allow
a duplox on lhe lot. She Indicated that tho City Councllwculd IIko ololnt mooting I'nth tho
Commission In April, Dlorks roportod Ihaltho majority 01 quostlons rogardlng Walnut RJdgo woro
about tho lowora and atroots, In rosponso to a quostlon Irom ScoU, aho atatod thaI most 01 tho
quostlons woro Irom Larson and Kubby, Sho Ilatod that Gontry had alatod thatlho tap,ln 100
would bo nocessary to rocovor Iho Invostmont Irom luluro dovolopmont. Sho alalod Ihat sho
doos not know litho City Council ogrooa with tho concopt 01 tho aowor oxtonslon. Dlorks alalod
thoro was also con corn oxprosaod thaI tho parking lor Blackhawk Apartmonta was Insufficlont.
Sho nolod that tho malorlty 01 tho City Council supports tho sldowalk roqulremontlor tho Oaknoll
addition,
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INFORMAL MEETING
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
IOWA CITY BOARD OF APPEALS
APRIL 9. 1990.7:30 P,M.
SENIOR CENTER CLASSROOM
PLANNING & ZONING
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Clark, Cook. Coopor, Hobort. Rold, Scoll
BOARD OF APPEALS MEMBERS PRESENT: Carlson, Rollman, Roggow
PLANNING & ZONING
COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT: Dlorks
BOARD OF APPEALS MEMBERS ABSENT: BatroM, EIlor~
STAFF PRESENT: Franklin, Frantz, Gonlry, Noll
CALL TO O~DEB:
Planning and Zoning Commission Chalrporson Scoll callod tho moollng 10 ordor al 7:41 p.m,
DISCUSSIO~ OF A PROPOSAL TO ADO~T CHAPTER ~ ~~J;E UNIFO~M.mnLDING CODe.
AS AME~DED. AS PART OF THE SUBDIVI~ION REGU T :
Franklin slalod Ihaltho Commission had dlscussod changing tho lormlnology In Socllon 7001
from onvlronmonlally sonslllvo, Sho slalod sho would prolor 10 koop Ihls lormlnology bocauso
I) dovolopmontally difficult Is too broad and would nood 10 bo donnod to moan naluralaroas,
and 2) onvlronmontally sonsltlvo Is tho lormlnology usod In tho Comprohonslvo Plan. Sho
slrossod Ihallho Comprohonslvo Plan Includos tho raUonalo to dofond tho rogulaUons. Sho
stalod thaI Socllon 7003, Iho applicability socUon, roforlto tho nocosslty lor a grading pormltln
aroas with sloop slopos 01 four horllonlallo on., vOlllcal or sloopor, nood hazard aroas as
donnod In tho Floodplain Ordinanco, woUMds as donnod In Iho Codo oJ Fodora! RogulaUona,
proporly lransvo/8od by major dralnagoways, and araas wllh a stand ollroos,
(Rold arrlvod at 7:46 p,m,)
Franklin slatod thaI on pogo 4 slall romovod Iho lorm 'as oxomplod' slnco tho oxompUons havo
boon ollmlnalod, Sho slatod that pago 6 has boon rovlsod Irom originally roqulrlng a civil
ong'noor for all plans 10 roqulrlng a civil onglnoor only whon an onglnoorod grading plan Is
roqulrod,
(Roggow a/llvod 01 7:40 p.m.)
Franklin slatod that tho now socllon on pago 14rosults Irom concorn rogardlng troos. Sho statod
thallho 'nlonllon Is to protoct stands 01 troos, but sho stalod thaI sho sUII noods donnlUons lor
stand and maluro, Sho Indlcalod Ihallhls aocllon would limit 111I and oxcavaUon within tho
proximity 01 Iroos,
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Aplll 9, 1990
Pago 2
Scott statod that on pago 5 II appoars thai two sols 01 plans 101 grading would stili bo loqulrod.
Ho Indlcatod ho bollovos Ills uncloalthattho civil onglnool only noods 10 cortlly whon thOIO Is
an onglnoolod grading plan. In rosponso to a quostlon from Cook, Flanklln statod thai ploporty
IlansvolSod by a maJol dralnagoway Is not noco8Sarlly Includod In tho floodplain, In losponso
to a quostlon 110m Clark, Scott slatod thattholo would bo no oxomptlons If any 01 tho fivo clllolla
alo mot by a plOpOlty, Clark statod that ho would plolollO havo mOIO Inpul 110m local bulldors,
Ralph Slouffol slatod that Iho soctlon logardlng stoop 10llaln would affoct slnglo.lamlly
constluctlon mOlo than any of tho othol crllolla. Cook askod how Iroquonlly Il would affocl
slnglo"amlly constlucllon. Flantz stalod thallhoro aro probably somo curlontly,plattod lotslhat
havo 4:1 slopos thai havo not yol boon built on. Lalry SchnltllOI statod that tho logulatlons
should nol bo lolloactlvo and ho Indlcatod Ihal ho bollovos a 3: 1 slopo would bo mOlo
applopllato, In losponso 10 a quostlon from Gontry, Scott statod thai Chuck Schmadoko lools
sllongly aboultho 4:1 slopo. SChnllljol stalod that thoro aro natural 3:1 alopO$lMt 1110 8lablll.
Ho Indlcatod that ho bollovos tho 4: 1 slopos aro common In Iowa City. Carlson suggostod that
a vortlcal lall 01 olght 1001 would plovont applicability to al085 that do nolloqullo plotoctlon,
Callson statod thai ho would also locommond Ihat slnglo"amlly and duplox constluctlon within
a subdivision bo oxompl. Ho statod that ho bollovos thoro Is no loason to havo a bulldol submll
grading plans altoltho dovolopol has alloady dono so, Glonn Sldols statod that ho bollovos all
oxcavatlon should bo Iloatod Iho sarno, Ho said that Schmadoko gavo no justification 101 tho 4: 1
slopo, Flanklln lospondod thaI tho lusllficallon was In tho Iowa Dopartmonl 01 Tlansportallon
logulallons, Sho slalod thai tho lOOT logulallons loqulro 6: 1 slopos pllmallly 101 malnlonanco
pUlpOSOS, Tholo was a consonsus among tho Commission and tho Board thai tho 3: 1 slopo was
accoplablo.
Sldols askod what would bo tho pUlpOSO 01 having tho olght,lool vortlcallall, Carlson lospondod
thai this would avoid having lots wllh small dralnago dllchos noodlng to havo gladlng pOlmlls,
Roffman suggoslod nino foot Ins toad 01 olghl 1001 If Il's going 10 bo a 3: 1 slopo, Scott slalod Ihal
ho would plofollo havo a groatolslopo In caso tho locommondatlons bocomo dllutod during tho
apploval plOCOSS, Roffman stalod that thoro would thon bo a ploblom If tho logulallons alo not
changod, Ho Indlcatod ho would plolollo mako a locommondallon and thon dofond II,
Callson statod thai bulldols olton chango plans and tho logulallons would allow 10110vlow at
both tho subdivision lovol and tho final building lovol. In losponso 10 a quos lion Irom Clark,
Flanklln stalod that cUllonlly dovolopols only provldo gladlng plans 101 oach 101 as thoy lolalo
10 stlools and ullllly constluctlon. Flanklln rovlowod Ihattho Commission and Board sooms to
plolol that Soctlon 7003(1) 10101 to proporty wllh a nlno,loot vOlllcallall and a lallo of throo
vOltlcallo ono hOllzonlal slopo. In rosponso to a quos lion flom Cook, Flantz statod thai tho
slgnlficanco of tho nlno.loot vorllcal lallls that this Is oqual to ono rosldonllal story, In losponso
to a quos lion 110m Roffman, Flanklln stalod that tho word 'and' Is prololablo to '0" 10 plovonl
application to 3:1 slopos that alo not a ploblom. In rosponso to a quosllon from Sldors, Scott
stalod thai tho logulallons would only apply to building pOlmlls and tho subdivision logulallons,
Nancy Solborllng statod that sho Is ploasod to soo tho addlllonal soctlon logardlng troo
plolocllon on pago 14, Sho slatod thatsho has consullod with Don Slnok and MI, Carmlchaol
lor moro Inlormallon on stands of troos. Sho stalod that Carmlchaol had suggoslod thai a stand
of maluro troos would bo nallvo Indlgonous adult IIOOS with dlamotors In OXCOSS 01 0,10 Inch os.
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Solborllng rovlowod suggoslod mothods 01 proloctlon which Includod tho oroctlon 01 a borrlcodo,
thai no soli bo oddod or romovod wilhln tho drip IIno 01 tho troo, that utllltlos not bo pormlllod
within tho drip IIno 01 tho troo. thai controclo,. and subcontractors bo ossossod lor domagos at
$1.00 por Inch 01 tho domagod troo, and Ihol thoso roqulromonts bo Incorporalod In 011
construction contracts undortokon by Iho Clly and prlvolo portlos, Franklin slalod Ihol whon
donning 0 sland ollroos, II noods 10 bo rocognlzod thai donnlllon 01 too small 01 an aroa would
mako somo lots undovolopoblo, Solborllng slrossod Ills Importonllo consldor what tho slonds
01 troos contrlbulo to tho communlly's onvlronmonl. Cook suggoslod using Iho torm 'In oxcoss
01 olghllnchos'lo avoid tho amblgully 018,' 0 Inchos, Ho slrossod Ihat tho Commission noods
to bo aworo that tho prosorvatlon 01 ono aroa will altocltho onvlronmont olsowhoro, Ho Indlcalod
thai II Is also Importanllo consldor whalllmllatlons mlghl bo placod on low,modoralo Incomo
housing. Rold askod IIlho rogulatlons would addross slands 01 undoslrablo Iroos, Franklin
elalod Ihollhls will bo addrossod whon stand Is donnod, Sho slalod Ills posslblo 10 donno whol
lpoclg, 819 worthy 01 prosorvaUon, In responso 10 a quostlon Irom Solborllng, Franklin stated
that a comprohonslvo eurvoy 01 lroos In Iowa Clly was conductod In 1978 buill concenlrolod on
tho north sldo, In 0 rosponso to a quos lion Irom Frantz, Sldors 8talod Ihal ho bollovos Iho
rocommondod planting list lor tho CIIy Is nol rolovant bocauso IIlncludos primarily ornomonlol
Iroos Intondod lor high troffio aroos, Frantz stotod thai ho would prolor thollho Park8 Doportmont
addross Iho Issuo 01 troos. Bovbjorg Indlcalod thattroos con 80rvo as Indlcalor8 of 801llypos
and can donno an oroa as Irogllo, Sho 8tolod thalllsllng Iypos 01 troos noglocts this point,
Carlson 8tatod Ihol ho doosn'l bollovo that tho Issuo 01 troos bolongs In this ordlnanco othor Ihon
tho proloctlon of oxlstlng Iroos. Ho suggostod tho posslblllly of ostablishlng a IImll on whal
porcontago oltroos can bo ollmlnalod In an aroa. Ho rocommondod Ihal a soparalo ordlnonco
bo drallod 10 donno whal 8hould bo dono 10 prolocllroos and thatlho Grading and Excavation
Ordlnanco could rolor to lho Iroo proloctlon ordlnanco, Schnllljor oxprossod concorn Ihallho
rogulatlon8 could rosullln odd connguratlons of 8ubdlvlslons Ins toad 01 oncouraglng lochnlquos
thai allow dovolopmonlto occur wllhoullnlorlorlng wllh troos, Sloultor Indlcatod Ihat Iroos might
nood 10 bo sacrlncod In ordor 10 obtain Iho opproprlalo alopo, In rosponso 10 0 quostlon Irom
ScolI, Franklin 81alod thai tho Issuo ollroos could also bo addrossod In Chaptor 32 as II appllos
to 8ubdMslons and In Chaplor 11, Iho onvlronmontal rogulallons, Scoll agrood with Carlson's
8uggostlon thatlhoro bo a Boparalo troo protoctlon ordlnanco. Roggow 8uggeslod that the
rogulatlons prolocltroos In aroas thai aro altoclod by Iho 810po roqulromont. Carlson atalod that
II thoro woro a 80poroto troo proloctlon ordlnonco, Ihat ordlnonco could donno tho moosuros
roqulrod 10 protoct troos. Franklin slotod Ihotlllhls ordlnonco rolors to a troo prolocllon
ordlnonco, Iho Iroo ordlnonco must bo complotod bororo tho Grading and Excavation Rogulotlons
can bo epprovod, Carlson statod that ho bollovos Iroo protocllon Is a soparalo Issuo thai noods
rosolullon, bul ho slrossod that this would roqulro a groat doal 01 tlmo, Ho oxprossod a doslro
to hovo Iho Grading and Excavation Rogulallons complolod as aoon as posslblo, Rold 8talod
thai 8ho would IIko to Incorporalo Bovbjorg'8 concopls rogardlng troos and tholr rolallonshlp 10
soli 8tablllly, Sho 81alod that II a troo Is conlrlbullng to tho slablllly 01 tho 810po, II should bo
proloclod.
Carlson oxprossod a concorn thai only allowing 8011 undor a Iroo would provonl aoddlng.
Franklin 81alod Ihal tho dollnltlon of aoll would pormll sodding to occur. Scoll 81alod thallho
rogulatlons could only apply 10 troos you Inlond to prolocl.
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In rosponso 10 a quostlon Irom Sldorl, Franklin statod that II only a smallsoctlon 01 a parcol has
Ilopos, Iho ontlro parcol musl havo a grading pormll, bulaho notod that no roal oxlra work would
bo roqulrod lor tho nal aroas, In rosponso 10 a quostlon from Schnllllor, Frantz slalod that II tho
building otnclaJ has quostlons rogardlng tho solis and goology roporls, Iho City Englnoor can
alwaYI bo con1aclod to roviow Iho documonts, Carlson suggoSlod thai tho bulldor bo allowod
to lollow tho lolls losl rocommondatlon unloss thoro was a variation, Ho Ilalod thai In tho ovonl
01 a variation. thon tho building otnclal's approval could bo obtalnod and Itrlct compllanco with
tho lollsroporl could bo walvod, Ho notod this would glvo groator dlscrotlon 10 tho building
Inspoctor. Carlson Ilso luggostod thai groalor dlscrotlon bo glvon 10 tho building Inspoctor
rogardlng whon a cash olcrow would bo roqulrod, Frantz statod Ihal ho would proforlo havo
an ostabllshod amounllor tho cash oscrow, Gontry slalod thallI dlscrotlon Is allowod In whon
tho rogulatlons would bo appllod, sho would proforlhaltho cash oscrow amounl bo 101. Frantz
statod Ihal dlscrotlon would bo doslrablo In ordorlo oxompl emall projocls, Carlson Italod that
thoro could bo a minimum ostabllshod.
(Rogoow loft at 9:49 p.m,)
Sldors oxprossod concorn that oscrow lor a long contracl, such as a subdMslon, would koop Iho
dovolopor'l monoy hold up lor a lono porlod 01 tlmo. Scott s1alod Ihal porformanco bonds would
provonllhlo typo 01 a ploblom. Rollman slalod Ihal ho would agroo with pilrmlttlng porformanco
bonds, bul ho 11atod Ihalthoro can bo a problom lItho final cosls aro Incroasod. In rosponso
10 a quostlon Irom Hoborl, Scott etatod Ihat tho problom 01 porformanco bonds Is wllh tho
complotlon tlmo and Ihallho bonding company will hlro Iho lowosl blddor,
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Callson Ilrossod Ihallho purposo ollho oscrow Is to rostoro tho proporly In ordar to conlrol
oroslon, and nollo finish Iho subdivision, Ho suggostod roqulrlng sutnclont oscrow 10 stablllzo
tho land. Frantz slalod Ihal ho bollovos an amount nollo oxcood $10,000 would bo sutnclonl.
(Hoborlloft all0:0l p,m,)
Clark statod Ihal ho spoko wllh Susan Horowitz roglrdlng Iho high cost 01 housing In Iowa City,
Ho askod II Ihoro Is a way to ostlmato what additional costs would rosullll a grading pormllls
roqulrod lor construction, Scott strossod Ihallhls should bo a policy doclslon lor Iho City Council
to docldo, Sldors Ilatod Ihat ho would lIke to havo an onactmonl data Includod to grandfalhor
In lubdlvislons thai havo boon Itartod, Frantz 11alod Ihat approvod subdivisions would not bo
alloctod, Sldors stalod that ho bollovos thoy would bo II Iho grading had not yol boon bog un,
Scott askod stall to rowrllo tho draft and statod Ihaltho public hoarlng on Chaptor 70 would bo
hold on May 7, 1990.
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Mlnutos lubmlttod by Mary Jo Noll.
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IOWA CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
IOWA CITY BOARD OF APPEALS
MAY 7, 1990.7:30 P.M.
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Planning & Zoning Commission: Bovblorg, Clark, Cook, Coopor,
Rold, SCOIl
Board 01 Appoals: Callson, Rollman, Roggow
Planning & Zoning Commission: Dlorks
Board 01 Appeals: Ellorson, Barrows
Franklin, Franlz. Gontry, Christianson, Schmadoko, Noll
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
CA~L TO ORDEB:
Planning and Zoning Commission Chalrporlon ScOIl callod tho mooting to ordor al 7:39 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING ON AN AMENDMENT OF THE lOW; ~~ ~8~E ~~ ~T~~::C~
CHAPTER 8. 'BUILDING CQDE,' AND CHAfTEA 32, . U I~ ~ U .
INCLUDE AN 'EXCAVATlON & GRADING OAD'NA~:
Franklin roporlod thai most 01 Iho changos on tho latost draU woro mado lor clOllficatlon. Sho
nolod Ihat Soctlon 7003 oxlonds applicability to plansthallncludo a slope olthroo horlzonlallo
one vortlcal with minimum vortlcal holghl 01 nino 1001. Sho Indlcalod this rosullod Irom
discussions rogardlng applicability lor Chaplor 70, Sho slalod Iho vortlcal holghl 01 nino 1001
rolorsto tho dopth Irom tho top ollho slopo 10 an Imaglnory porpondlcular IIno thai would moot
tho 100 01 tho slopo,
Franklin rovlowod tho following changos: a now dollnltlon lor 'cul' on pogo 3, a roqulromonl lor
submission 01 tho nomos and addrossos 01 adjaconl proporty ownors, specifications 01 conlours
olllvo loollnlolVols or loss on pogo 8, ond tho loqulromonl on pago 8 IhalIho ostlmatod run.oll
bo calculolod 101 Iho 5'yoar and lOO'yoor lolurn slorms, Flanklln nolod thai on pago 13
loloroncos to paving WOIO dololod so as nollo glvo tho Implosslon Ihal pavod swalos would bo
loqulrod, Sho stlossod thai options olhol Ihan paving would bo prolorrod 10 docroaso tho
amounl ollmporvlous surlaco. Sho statod Ihat paQo 9 allows lor elthor CAsh oscrow or a
porlolmanco bond lor up to 100% 01 tho cost 01 Iho grading pro)ocl, but no mOlo Ihan $10,000
with Inlorost roqulromonts Includod.
Schmadoko statod Ihat ho would prolol Iho IIrslsonlonco on pago 10 logardlng compaction load
as lollows: ...,011 nlls ond slopos groolor thon six horlzonlallo one vortlcol shall bo compaclod
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Rold slatod thai eho bollovos II would bo approprlalo and Importanl to show tho locations of
oxlstlng Iroos on Iho original grading plan, Sho notod thai Soctlon 7011,1 1010/8 10 oxlstlng Iroos
and Iholr proloctlon, Yollhoso IIoos aro novoI loqulrod 10 bo Idontlllod, Franklin lospondod thai
thoro will bo a nood to spoclfy what slzo 01 tlOO Is bolng loloroncod, Sho notod that tho Troo
Ordlnanco rolorslo slzo so sho slalod that such languago would not bo unprocodontod, Gontry
slalod that this soctlon could bo cross,roforoncod 10 anolhor soctlon 01 tho Subdivision
Rogulotlons II Ills ado plod. In losponso 10 a quos lion Irom Rold, Franklin stalod Ihoro Is a nood
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May 7,1990
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to Idontlly structuros and adjacont aroas only whon thoso will bo malorlally alfoctod by tho
grading,
Carlson askod litho 5% Inlorost rata on portormanco bonds Is sulficlontly cloar, Franklin stalod
that tho City Flnanco Oopartmont would profor annual accrual of Intorosllo mlnlmlzo admlnlstra.
lIvo costs, although Flnanco would rocommond no Intorost bo accruod at all,
(Rolfman arrlvod al 7:56 p.m,)
Public dlscuaslon waa oponod at 7:56 p.m.
\,llonn Sldors. SQ1!lhaalo Oovoloomont Comoanv, stalod thai olthor tho donnltlon 01 onolnoorod
grading or tho donnlllon of rogular grading should bo amondod 10 Includo 5,000 cubIc yards,
Ho suggostod that rogular grading bo grading which romovos 5,000 cubic yards or loss, Ho
notod thallhls chango would also roqulro an amondmontlo Soclion 7006(d), Scali slatod thai
onglnoorod grading would bo thaI which romovos In OXCOSl 015,000 cublo yards,
Sldora slatod Ihat on pago 7 ho bollovos tho Civil Englnoor should not sorvo as tho coordinating
agont botwoon the bulldor and the Building Olficla!. He suggoslod changing this 10 Iho proporty
ownor or hlslhor doslgnoo, Ho slatod that on pago 7 lor Soclion G, ho cannol nnd a donnltion
lor 'goologlo lactors,' Sldors Indlcalod thaI ho Is unsuro what glvos tho building olnclaltho
authority 10 waivo all or somo 01 tho rocommondalions of tho Civil Englnoor, Ho also etatod thai
It Is not cloar what Items can bo walvod, In rosponso to a quostion Irom Sldors, Frantz Italod
that no loos havo yol boon ostabllshod, Gonlly statod that all city loos aro Includod In Iho City
Codo. Sldors statod thai II Ihoro Is going to bo rollanco on tho Englnoorlng Dopartmontlor
Inspoctions, ho Indlcalod Ihallho cosllor such Inspocllons should bo Includod In tho appllcallon
100. Sldors stalod that ho bollovos Soction 7009(c) should bo omlllod, Sldorl Ilatod that ho
bollovos thoro should bo an allowanco mado lor roturn 01 a portion of tho cash oscrow II
soasonal conditions prohibit complotion 01 tho proloc!. Ho slalod Ihal such an allowanco Is
modo with Iho Troo Ordlnanco,
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B~lph Sloulfor, Landmar~ Enalnoorlng. statod thai ho Is uncomfortablo wllh tho languago that
placoa a monitoring rosponslblllly on tho Civil Englnoor, Ho Itrouod Iho nood lor tho opportunity
lor tho onglnoor 10 loavo tho job whon an Irrosponslblo dovolopor Is Involvod. Ho oxprossod
concorn thatlho Civil Englnoor Is bolng lor cod to pollco tho projocl undor Soclion 7014(b).
Stoulfor stalod that ho doos nol wantlho languago to roslrlcttho onglnoor Irom broaklng oul 01
undoslrablo contracts, Carlson atatod that tho goal 01 Ihls socllon Is to havo tho onglnoor bo
accountablo lor tho flnal rosults, Sldors slatod Ihal ho bollovos Iho rosponslblllty should bo on
tho ownor 01 tho slto, Ho notod that most ordlnancos aro dlroclod to tho proporty ownor. Scoll
suggostod substituting tho word 'WIII'lor 'shall' and rotalnlng 'shall'ln somo etlaloglo eoctions,
Larrv ~9b!1llll2r...MMS Consultants, oxprossod his concorn lhatlho Civil Englnoor's rolo appoal8
to bo a City 1010, Ho stalod that II this Is tho Intontion, thon tho City should pay lor tho onglnool's
sorvlcos,
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Moy 7. 1990
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Public dlscuaalon was closod at 8:21 p.m.
COMMISSIQN/BOARD DISCUSSIOtj:
In rosponso to a quos lion Irom Clark. Franklin slolod \hat tho 6% Intorost ralo wos suggostod by
Kovln O'Malloy In tho Flnonco Dopartmonl. Sho notod that tho fixod Intorost rato Is oaslor for
accounting purposos and tho 6% bollor sorvos tho City for short porlods 01 tlmo, Scoll stalod
thoro was also tho option of not roqulrlng Intorosl. Cook stalod ho would profor to havo Intorost
chargod, but In a 81mplo mannor, Ho notod lhat tho dllforonco botwoon monthly and annuol
accrual 01 Intor08t Is Inconsoquontlal end ho notod that \ho annual rato Is much 81mplor to
calculato. In rosponso to a quostlon from Roggow. Frantz stotod \hat \horo currontly Is not
Intorost chorgod on othor oscrow accounts, ROOgow stotod 8ho would profor thotlntorost not
bo Includod In this coso, Gonlry 8trossod that tho oscrow lor grading plans could bo hold for a
longor porlod 01 tlmo than In othor 8ltuatlons, Sho Indlcalod \hat 8ho hod dlscUS80d this topic
wilh Schmadoko, Sho 8tatod that thoy had concludod that It would bo bostto havo \ho
roqulromonls uniform to ollow oaso for tho Flnanco Dopartmont whllo making concosslons to
dovolopors whon tho funds aro rotolnod ovor along porlod of tlmo, Cook eugg0810d roqulrlng
Intorost only lItho limo porlod of tho oscrow oxcoods a 8poclnod longth of tlmo, Gontry strossod
\holtho Flnanco Dopartmont Is not a financlallnslltutlon and cannot bo oporatod as 8uch,
Schmadoka 81atod that ho bollovos Intorost 8hould not bo roqulrod If tho Inlont Is to oncourago
complotlon, but If tho Intonllon Is to covor tho cost 01 domogos that tho City wold Incur lilt must
comploto tho projoct, thon Intorost Is opproprloto.
Carlson 8tolod that thoro aro 80mo dutlos that tho Civil Englnoor must havo solo rosponslblllly
for, such as tho ability to rovlso tho drawings and tho 81gnlng of tho cortlncato 01 compllanco.
Ho statod that dutlos such as tho arranging of 0 profosslonal Inspoctlon could bo tho
rosponslblllty 01 tho proporty ownor. Gontry 8uggoslod Insortlng an umbrolla clouso thai would
loavo ultlmato rosponslblllty with tho proporty ownor, Carlson statod that ho would bo moro
comlortablo II, undor tho soctlon rogardlng nollncatlon 01 non-compllanco, thoro was an option
to havo tho problom corroclod boforo tho City was notlnod. Ho Indlcalod that thon tho City would
only bo notlnod If thoro wos willful non-compllonco, Stoulfor 8tatod ho would bo moro
comfortoblo wilh this longuogo.
In rosponso to a quostlon Irom Carlson, Gontry 81alod thoro Is a doslro to allow lor 80mo of tho
Civil Englnoor'a rocommondotlons to bo walvod or rovlsod, Sho strossod thot tho opinion 01 tho
Civil Englnoor Is what Iho Cily will bo rolylng on. Scoll nolod that In somo Inslancos tho Building
Olllclal would hovo dlscrotlon to pormlt vorlatlon from tho orlglnol pion,
Carlson 8talod that ho would agroo with Sldor8' provlous slatomont rogardlng tho partial roloaso
oloscrow, Frantz notod that BUDding Is addrossod undor oroslon control and would bo Includod
In a soporato oscrow roqulromonl, Ho Indlcatod that ho has no probloms with a partial rolooso
whon approprlolo, Carlson slalod that thoro may bo clrcumslancos whon complollon may bo
dolayod untllanolhor 800son,
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Gontry and Schmadoko agrood that onglnoorod grading should bo donnod as 5,000 cublo yards
or moro and rogular gradIng Ihould bo donnod as loss than 5,000 cublo yards, Franklin agrood
to nnd a donnlUon lor goologlo lactors, ScotlsuggoSlod Inlorost bo roqulrod on cash oscrow
anor a slx.month porlod, Scoll suggoslod thai tho Civil Englnoor bo rosponslblo lor tho
onglnoorod grading and lor tho profosslonal Inspoctlon, Ho slalod that Iho civil onglnoor will act
as tho coordinating agont botwoon tho building and tho building olnclal. Ho Indlcalod Ihls should
addroas Stoullor's concorns. Schmadoko suggostod donning will as pormlsslvo and shall as
mlndalory. Frantz nolod that tho usa 01 tho word willis not conslslonl with olhor portions 01 tho
Building Codo, Franklin cautlonod that changing shall 10 will makos a lubslanllvo chango In tho
documont. Scoll slalod that whllo thIs may bo tho caso, It also makos tho documont moro
accoptablo. Ho nolod thai It Is Imporlanllha! 1110 CIty oollnterfero with tho privale COfltraetudl
arrangomonl botwoon Iho onglnoor ond tho ownor any moro than Is obsolulOIy nocossary. Sldors
oxprossod a bollol Ihattho ultlmalo rosponslblo porson should bo tho proporty ownor, In
rosponso 10 a quostlon Irom Schmadoko, Carlson slatod ho profora tho usa 01 nino vortlcallool
as a roslrlctlon on tho pormlsslblo lallallowod lor a glvon aroa, but not nocossarlly tho ontlro slto,
Schnlttjor statod Ihls should bo clarlRod os a vortlcal holghl oxcoodlng nIno 1001 within a
horizontal dlslanco 01271001.
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MINUTES
INFORMAL MEETING
IOWA CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
JUNE 4, 1990.7:30 P.M.
SENIOR CENTER CLASSROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
CALL TO OR DEB:
Bovbjorg, Clark, Cook. Olorks, Rold, Scoll
Coopor
Franklin. Miklo, ChrlsUanson, Noll
Chalrporson SCOll callod tho mooUng 10 ordor at 7:32 p.m.
BEVIEW OF MINUTES OF MAY 17, 1090,I.lEETlrlQ:
Commlsslonors submlllod rovlslons,
PLANNING AND ZONING C01r.lMISSIQH.llifQRMATlON:
1. RODart on May 29. 1990. Clly Council mooUng. Cook Indlcalod Ihaltho Council has
quosllons rogardlng tho Commission's doclslon rogardlng tho roquost by City Proporty
Partnors, Ho Indlcalod that McDonald had suggoslod a lolnt moollng bolwoon tho
Council and tho Commission, Scoll roportod that tho chair and tho vlco chair arc to
appoar at tho Juna II, 1990, Informal Clly Council moollng an'fNay 10 discuss tho
annoxallon 01 tho Plum Grovo Acros proporty oast 01 tho City, Ho slalod that a pollllon
was rocolvod from tho nolghbors 01 tho City Proporty Partnors tract which will roqulro a
supor majority, Scoll slatod thai this Is unllkoly 10 occur.
Cook slatod that discussion 01 Walnut Rldgo hos boon conllnuod 10 allow lor lurthor
rosolullon 01 tho sowor Issuo. Fronklln roportod that tho Involvomont 01 tho Unlvorslty 01
Iowa Is tho roason lor tho dolay, Sho stalod that ovon II tho Unlvorslty makos no financial
contrlbullon, thoro Is sllll a nood to rocolvo an oasomont Irom tho Unlvorslty, Sho statod
that any paymonl would bo rocolvod by tho City whon and II tho Unlvorally 01 Iowa
connoclod with tho sowor, Sho notod thol modlficallons that havo boon roquostod by tho
Unlvorslly will Incroaso tho cost ollho projoct.
Cook stalod Ihat tho rozonlng of tho Ponlnsula had lis socond public discussion, Franklin
roportod that tho purchaso opllon for Scoll Elllol had oxplrod, but Elliot hos Indlcalod that
ho wants tho filo to romaln opon wllh tho opllon to go boforo tho Clly Council, Sho etalod
that tho Clly will glvo him a doadllno to tako acllon, probably for oarly July, Sho stalod
thai tho Corps 01 Englnoors Is purlulng onlorcomont of tho cllallon against Jim Glasgow,
Cook statod that tho rocommondallon from tho Commission 10 not accopl appllcallons
In tho two,mllo Irlngo aroa has boon dolorrod 10 Juno 12, 1990. Ho Indlcatod thai Kubby
was supportlvo 01 tho rocommondallon and a moratorium on dovolopmonl. Clark askod
If such a moratorium would bo logal. Franklin rospondod that II would nood to bo
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doclarod In an ordlnanco. Sho Indlcatod that slall had roquostod thai tho Clly Council
wall unllllho policy on soplle systoms has boon rovlowod. Fronklln statod that tho policy
rogardlng sopllo systoms should go bolero tho Commission on Juno 2t, 1990, so thoro
should bo no nood lor a moratorium.
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DEVELOPMENT ITEM~:
1, ~, Discussion of an application aubmltlod by tho Josoph Company for opproval of
tho final pial of Rupport SubdMslon, Pari Two, Including a RosubdMslon 01 Rupporl
Subdlvlslon, Part Ono, a 34,49 acro commorcloJ subdivision eouth of Highway 1 Wost and
wosl of tho Iowa City Alrport. (4S'day IImllallon porlod: July 9, 1990; 6O-day limitation
porlad: July 23, 1990,)
Franklin slalod Ihallho prollmlnary pial was for two lOla, bulsho nolod thai tho final pial
Is for sovon lols bocauso tho anchors will wanllo own tholr 0'Ml aoparato lois, Sho
slalad Ihls Is similar 10 Iho situation 01 Iho Sycamoro Moll, Sho alatod that stall
rocommonds approval allor Iho sallsfacllon ollho doficloncfos and dlscropanclos which
could bo complolod by Juno 7, 1990, Sho nolod Ihat approval should bo aubJoctlo tho
fin~1 !Ipproval ollegel papers end con:lruttlon drcrMilili, 5lio jlalod lhal iho chango
modo In Iho lolllnos rosultod In tho applicability 01 a provlslon In tho Codo thai roqulros
011 Iota 10 havo dlrocl accoss 10 municipal sowor. Sho nolod thai on amondmanl will bo
modo to Chaptor 33 to allow tho City dlscrollon rogardlng prlvalo sowor IInos In corlaln
clrcumslancos, Sho slalod this Is not an Issuo 01 concorn lor tho Commission. Dlorks
askod " Ihls roqulromonl would allocllho condlllona 01 Iho rozonlng. Franklin rospondod
no, Ihat tho roclprocal oasomonls allow for Iho Inloractlon among tho loparato onllllol,
such as lor parking. Sho nolod that II also provldollor prlvato ullllllos wllh malntonanco
by Iho ownorl, In rosponso 10 0 quosllon from Clark, Franklin Itatod that tho Josoph
Company would bo rosponslblo for oxtondlng sowor to tho various lOtI, In rosponso to
a quosllon Irom Dlorks, Franklin slotod Ihal conslrucllon will bogln In Iho lummor with tho
oponlng of Walmart Ichodulod lor tho Iprlng of 1991.
Rold askod " ono signal light will bo sulficlonl. Franklin rospondod Ihaltho corridor study
1'111I oxamlno this Issuo, Bovbjorg askod whallho plans aro for storm walor rolonllon.
Franklin rospondod that thoro will bo a wot bollom storm wator rotonllon basin, Sho
notod Ihat tho projoctls localod on Iho floodplain so much fill will bo roqulrod, Larry
Schnlttjor stalod that tho basin 1'1111 always conlaln walor, Bovb/org askod II this could
bocomo a nulsaneo, Franklin slalod that II could bo loncod and II would bo WostpOrl'a
lIablllly. Scollaskod II thoro would bo any roason to dolor this 110m untllallor a rosponso
has boon rocolvod from tho Iowa Dopartmont of Transportation (lOOT), Franklin advlsod
tho Commission IhatlDOT had approvod Iho usa 01 tho oxlstlng accoss points and only
lochnlcal compllanco was noodod, Sho nolod Ihaltho oastorly accoss road will not bo
conslructod unlll LOIS 4 and 6 aro dovolopod, Diorks askod " tho dovolopor could bo
chargod for tho Ins lallation of a slgnalllghl allho socond accoss II It provos to bo
nocossary, Franklin rospondod that thoro could bo an assossmonl 01 all 01 Ihoso who
havo bonollllod Irom or conlrlbulod to tho nood for tho slgnalllghl. Sho notod thallho
City would probably sharo In Iho cost slnco Highway 1 sorvos tho community gonorally.
Rold askod what typo of clrcumslancos would warrant a slgnalllghl bolng Installod,
Franklin rospondod Ihaltralfle and accldont counls, spood, and numorous olhor faclors
Inlluonco Ihls roqulromonl. Sho slalod Ihallhls accoss point doos nol moollho crltorla
now for as sho Is awaro, Sho slalod Ihallhls Issuo would bo oxplorod with tho corridor
study, Sho slatod thaI It Is Important to consldor Ihat whon slgnalllghls ora InslaUod on
10ur,Iono highways, you undormlno tho funcllon 01 tho highway, Dlorks statod thai
rozonlng this aroato a commorclal zono would conlrlbulo 10 tho oxlsUng Irafflo probloms,
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Scoll statod ho would bo moro comfortablo voting II ho could soo tho lollor from tho Iowa
Dopartmonl 01 rlansportallon. Flanklln stalod this 110m could bo doforlod to Juno 21.
1990, and stili bo Includod on \ho agondo 01 tho Council's Juno 26, 1990, mooting.
Dlorks askod whal accoss point constluctlon vohlclos would uso, Schnllljol rospondod
\hat Initially Iho main accoss would bo usod, bul altol gladlng has boon complotod, \horo
would bo a tompolary accoss rood.
2, Discussion 01 an amondmont to Chaolol 32 to adoolod bY roforonco Chaolol 70, Uniform
e~lIdlna Codo, 'Excavation and Gradlna,' as It aoollos to cortaln subdMll2m.
Flanklln loviowod a momorandum 10 Iho Commission datod May 3\, 1990, and \ho
changos mado In Chaptor 70 allol Iho public hoarlng, Scoll stalod Ihallholo Is no
Soctlon 7007; Ihls soctlon was \hon losorvod, Flanklln statod Ihal Schnllljol had nolod
Ihalthoro could bo probloms with Iroo growth 101 Iho loqulrod compaction undol Soctlon
7010(0), Rold notod Ihat atablllzlng tho soli Is tho most Importanl aspocl In \hot
modification can OCCUI lator to allow 101 planting.
Flanklln loportod that onforcomonl undol Stato low allows fOl cMI ralhol than cllmlnal
onforcomont. Christianson statod cMI onlolcomonl Is a bollol mochanlsm 10 gain
compllanco, Scoll askod II Soctlon 7014(b) addlossos a concorn proviously oxprossod
by Rolph StOUIfOl, Schnllljol slatod thai a conflict oxlsts whon Iho onglnool Is hllod by
tho ownor bulls onforclng compllanco 101 Iho City, Scolllndlcalod \hal \ho onglnool
should bo roqulrod 10 lOpOrt dlsclopanclos to Iho ownor, but not to tho City, Ho Indlcatod
that this would thon lorco tho ownol to bo tlablo. Christianson romlndod tho Commission
that onglnoora aro IIconsod plofosslonals, Scolt suggostod havIng a provision \hot would
roqullo tho onglnoor to lOpOrt non'compllanco to Iho City litho problom continuos allol
tho ownol has boon notlfiod. Flanklln suggostod Including tho languago 'Ioportod allol
tho ownor has boon notlfiod and probloms havo not boon abatod' or as an altornatlvo sho
statod Ihalthls provision could bo ollmlnatod bocauso City Inspoctlons 010 allowod undol
tho oldlnanco, but alo not mandatory, Bovblorg sllossod that tholo Is a nood 101
obJoctlvo dololmlnatlons to bo mado, Franklin slatod that tho ordlnanco would loqullo
cOltlficatlon by an onglnool that tho plojoctls In substantial compllanco with tho grading
plan. Dlorka oxprossod tho proloronco not to ollmlnato thCl notification provision, but
statod sho would prof 01 to havo It bo modlllod. Clark Indlcatod that ho doos not bollovo
Iho City should lorco this addlllonal losponslblllty onto tho onglnool, Scolt statod that It
could bo to tho onglnoor'D advantago 01 having tho option to go to tho City II non.
compllanco Is not abalod, Dlorks Indlcatod that this provision would support an
onglnoor's doclslon to olthol roport tho non'compllanco 01 10 wlthdlaw Irom tho plojoct.
In losponso to a quostlon from Bovbjorg, Flanklln statod thatlho City would probably
know II an onglnoor woro to loavo a plojoct. Cook statod that roqulrlng tho onglnool 10
havo a rosponslblllty to tho City could Incloaso tho onglnoor's nogotlatlng powor to
oncourago compllanco,
Schnllljor statod that ho would Ilks to havo somo floxlblllty Ihat would allow fOl changos
In tho plan that would accomplish Iho samo rosults as tho original plan, Bovbjolg slalod
this Is a quostlon as to how broad tho doflnltlon can bo glvon to substantial compllanco.
Cook notod Ihatlhoro Is sorno dlscrotlon 101110 Iho Building Official. Scollsuggoslod Iho
situations could bo handlod adrnlnlstratlvoly.
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Scali nolod thaI Soellon 7006(h)logsldlng tho opinions and roeommondallons as to
whothor tho proposod grading Is approprloto lor \ho spoelnc slto should bo dolotod as
this socllon Is rodundanl. Franklin slalod sho would also dololo Iho samo phraso from
Socllon 7006(1), Scoll askod lItho Building Official could walvo somo or all 01 tho
roqulromonls, Franklin rospondod \hat this could bo dono, SCOII askod If thoro Is
onough noxlblllty to allow lor corllncallon by moro \han one civil onglnoor, Franklin
suggostod \hal\ho word 'e' could bo usod ra\hor \han 'tho' cMI onglnoor, In rosponso
to a quosllon from Scoll, Franklin slalod thoro Is no purposo In having tho ownor's
Ilgnaluro bocauso tho ownor would havo no profosslonal quallficsllons rogardlng grading
and oxcavallon,
Clark statod thai ho has boon Involvod In conslrucllon In Iowa City slnco t 964, Ho nolod
that ho has moro rosorvallons rogardlng this documonl than anything olso tho
Commission has addrosscd slnco ho has boon on tho Commission, Ho oxprossod
concorn WIth tho porconlago 01 lotal dovolopablo ground In Iowa Clly that will bo affoctod
by this ordlnanco, II thoro WIll bo any addlllonal cosl to tho prlco ollols for houso
conslructlon, and If thoro would bo nogallvo Impacts on 'nfill dovolopmont WIthin tho City,
Ho also oxprossod concorn about whothor or nol thoro can bo Inspocllon and
onforcomont Wlthoul adding cosl for tho City, Ho 'ndlcatod that ho wondors If \ho
documonlls ovon nocossary,
ScolIstatod thalthoso amondmonts aro noodod 10 control oroslon during tho oxcavallon
procoss, Ho etatod thoro Is a nood 10 prosont a documont to tho City Counclllhal has
had a good public airing and Scoll nolod that this has, Ho etatod thai tho bost \ho
Commission can do Is 10 mako a rocommondallon 10 tho City Council and In doing eo
rulfilllle rosponslblllty to tho Council. Bovbjorg etatod thoro Is a nood 10 allomplto
addross tho problom now and 10 rocognlzo tho nood for fioxlblllty and posslblo rovfslons
In tho futuro, Clark stalod that Ihoro Is a nood 10 consldor tho ramlncallons 01 this
documonl. Scoll elalod that during Iho Implomonlallon elago, additIonal costs WIll bo
dotormlnod, Cook stalod ho Is moro comrorlablo wllh tho rosulllng documonl bocauso
01 tho Involvomonl by mombore 01 tho public wllh oxporllso In Iho fiold or conslrucllon,
Dlarks elolod thot eho bollovos Iho oddlllonal cost will bo balancod ogalnsltho cosl of
having 10 go back and ropalr probloms In tho IUluro, Bovblorg elalod that tho City may
not bo ablo 10 afford nolto onacl rogulallons bocauso of tho potonllal roporcusslons of
nol aCllng al this limo, Scoll slotod that thoro Is a cosl assoclatod wllh ovory loglslallvo
act 01 tho City Council. Ho elalod thoro Is a nood 10 rocognlzo this cost foclor, Ho nolod
that tho applicability socllon mlnlmlzos tho cost bocauso tho roqulromonts will only bo
appllod In epoclnod elluallons, Ho oncouragod Clark to moko thoeo commonls 01 a
formal moo ling.
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t. Discussion olan amondmonllo Iho ZonlnCl Ordlnanco, Socllon 36,91 (0)(2), Drovldlno for
publiC nollco 01 Board 01 AdJustmont DrocoodlnCls,
Thoro was a consonsus to voto on this 110m on Juno 7, 1990,
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OTHWUSINESS:
" Discussion 01 tho Commlsslon'l Pondlng Lis\.
Scolllndlcatod thaI ho would IIko to prlorltlzo tho Pondlng Us\. Franklin alalod thaI none
01 tho pondlng Iloms % currontly undo//ovlow by atall, Cook askod aboultho status
01 Impact foos and oxactlons, Flanklln stalod thaI Impact loos a/o addrossod on an ad
hoc basis usually with /ozonlngs such as occurrod with Wostport Plaza, Scoll statod II
Is primarily add/ouod In assocfallon with out,ol,soquonco dovolopmon\. F/anklln statod
Ihatlmpact loos and oxactlons can only bo Imposod with rozonlngs 0/ wllh a fairly
complox o/dlnanco that OSlabllshos loos,
$~tI Mkod aboullho al4tua ollho OPDH zona, Franklin el4tod that whon lhls Ilom was
dlscussod during tho updato ollho Comp/ohonslvo Plan,ll was consldorod whotho/thls
zono should bo Imposod o/lIthoro should only bo Incontlvos to oncou/ogo Ils voluntary
uso, Thoro was 0 consonsus 01 tho Commission 10 koop this Ilom on Ils Pondlng Us\.
F/anklln statod tho Chlldcaro Ordlnanco Amondmonl was /olatod 10 boloro and allo/
school child caro and was/alsod by a slnglo Individual who no longo/ has this Int%s\.
Th% was a consonsusto ollmlnalo this Itom I/om tho pondlng lis\.
Cook statod thai ho bollovos Bod and Broaklasl Inns can aOrvo 10 mako oldo/
nolghborhooda moro oconomlcally vlablo, Cook and Dlorks slatod thoy p/olo/IO koop
this Ilom on tho pondlng lis\. F/anklln slatod thaI accossory opa/lmonts could bo cov%d
olsowhoro on tho lis\. Sho alatod Ihatthoy a/o allowod In AS'6 and AS.8 zonos, Sho
statod Ihal accossory apa/tmonts aro comploto, soparato housohold unlls modo part of
a elnglo,lamlly houso and thatlho appoa/anco 01 tho st/ucturo musl/omaln as a slnglo.
lamlly dwolllng, Sho notod Ihat ono /osldonl musl bo oldorly 0/ handlcappod, Cook
statod thaI ono quostlon In tho pasl has boon who tho/ 0/ not ollglblllty 10/ accossory
apartmonts should bo oxpandod, Ho notod that this would Inc/oaso tho availability 01
allo/dablo housing In tho City,
Scoll prosontod tho Commission wllh his own /ocommondatlons 10/ tha Pondlng Usl. Il
was as lollows: 11 Airport Zoning, 21 Zoning oasl 01 Scoll Boulovard, 3) Subdivision
Aogulatlons, 4) Aodovolopmonlln AM,145 Zono, 6) Hlsto/lo Dlslrlcls . Incontlvos, 6)
Annoxatlon Policy, and 7) Ao,ovaluatlon of tho OPDH Zono, Scoll stalod that ho bollovos
tho Airport Zoning could bo /osolvod /olatlvoly quickly. Ho slalod that ho bollovos tho
zoning oasl 01 Scoll Boulova/d should nollako a algnlficanl amounl 01 atoll limo 10
dovolop a p/oposal. Clark 8uggoslod pulling tho zoning oast of Scoll Boulova/d togothor
with tho onnoxatlon policy, Franklin 8talod that Plum G/ovo AC/08 will p/obably bo
bringing In an application rogardlng furtho/ annoxatlon In this a/oa, Scoll suggostod
making Iho annoxatlon policy #3 on tho Pondlng Ustand all thoso thallollow would drop
ono 8pOl. F/anklln notod thaI tho 8ubcatogo/los undo/ tho Aodovolopmont In tho AM.145
Zono aro nollncludod In tho 80ulh of Burlington Stroot 8tudy, Clork and Dlorks 8tatod
thoy would IIko 10 800 an Ilom /olallng 10 parking In tho AM.146 zono on Iho Pondlng Usl.
Scoll 8tatod thai tho calogory undo/ tho AM.145 Zono roga/dlng /omnanl parcols should
/omaln bocauso Il mlghl nood to bo addrossod with tho 80uth 01 Burlington Slroot 8tudy,
Ho 8uggostod dolotlng tho catogory for buildings wllh IIvo.loot 80pa/atlon and adding
parking as 8ubcatogory 0 wllh Iho romnant pa/cols as 8ubcatogory b, F/anklln askod
what 8ubcatogory 8hould go undor Subdivision Rogulatlons, Scoll 8uggostod thai
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subcalogory a should bo onvlronmontal rogulallons and tho ongoing prOCOII. ScOIl
suggoslod Including NolghborhOOd Sorvlcos as a subcalogory undor Hlslorlo Dlsltlets.
2, Extralorrltorlal rovlow olsubdlvfslons . Glalo loolslallQJ],
Franklin roportod Ihat Chaptor 409 01 tho Iowa COdo was rovlsod this yoer to bocomo
Chaptor 409(a), Sho notod Ihal provlously clllos woro onab/od by Slalo COdo 10 rovlow
subdlvfslons within two mllos or tholr corporalo limits, Sho IlalOd thai tho chango no
longor automallca/Iy glvos cltlostho right 10 rovlow subdlvfslonsln this two mllo aroa, but
., city musl onact an ordlnanco 10 oslabllsh tho two,mllo limit. Sho slalod thai an
ordlnanco has boon drallod 10 oSlabllsh a two.mllo ring around tho City and this Is
conslstonl with whallho City curronUy rovloWl, Sho stafod thai whoro thallurlsdlcllon
ovorlaps thai 01 Coralvfllo and Hills now, thoy will nood 10 onaet similar ordlnancos to
havo any lurlsdlcllon, Unlllthoy do, Iowa City may havo solo jurlsdlcllon ovor thoso aroas,
Franklin roporlod thalli both munJclplllJUg, hllvo ordmnec" tho munlclpallty l'IIiien Is
closost 10 tho proposod subdlvfslon would rovlow tho plot. Sho slalod Ihat on agroomonl
Is bolng drallod with CoraMllo 10 allow Iowa City 10 rovlow subdMslons In tho Rlvor
HolghlS aroa,
Sho statod thallho proposod ordlnanco rogardlng Iho two.mllo Irlngo aroa should bo
adoptod on Juno 21. 1990, to bo In offocl by July I, 1990.
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Dlorka movod to dolor S.9Dll, tho IInal plat 01 Rupport Subdivision, Part Two,
Including II ROllubdlvllllon 01 Rupport SubdivIsIon, Part Ono, a :14.49 acro commorc/al
subdivision eouth 01 Highway 1 Wost and wost 01 tho 101'111 City Airport until Juno 21,
1990, Rold socondod. Tho motion carrlod 0.0.
/ 2, Public discussion 01 an amondmonl to Chaolor 32 to adool bv roloronco ChoDlor 70,
Uniform Bulldlnn Codo, 'Excavallon and Gradlnn,' as II aoollos to cortaln subqlvlslons.
Franklin roportod that tho mosl rocont rovlslons aro basod on tho Commission's
discussion on Juno 4. 1990. Sho clarlfiod that tho volo Is on an amondmont tD Chaplor
32 to Incorporalo tho amended loxt 01 Chaptor 70 by roforonco to roqulro tho submission
of grading plans whon subdivisions moot spoclfic onvlronmonlal condillons,
Public Dlscusalon was oponod at 7:48 p.m.
LarrY Schnllllor. MM~, askod II this amondmont to Chaptor 32 would roqulro tho
submission 01 grading plans with all prollmlnary plats, Franklin rospondod that only thoso
plans which moot tho roqulromonls sot forth In tho ordlnonco would bo afloctod.
Scott notod that on pogo 13, tho last sontonco 01 tho socllon rogardlng nollncatlon 01
non'compllanco lackod clarlly. Ho Indlcalod that II tho Inlont Is lor rocommondallons to
bo modo to tho building official, tho sontonco could say '",shall bo submlttod to tho
building official In wrlllng by Iho civil onglnoor or lostlng agoney,' Scoll statod that ho
bollovod this wording would bo conslslont wllh tho Intont. Clark oxprossod his opinion
that tho raportlng to tho building official should bo dono by tho proporty ownor, Franklin
suggoslod dolotlng tho sanlonco rogardlng tho corrocllvo moasuros ond rolalnlng tho
roport 01 tho dlscropaney to tho building officials, Scott notad thoro was a consonsus
of tho Commission to 101101'1 tho suggostlon, Clarks askod II It would bo advlsabla to add
'In wrlllng' to tho sontonco rogardlng tho roportlng 01 dlscropanclos, Scott rospondod
that tho nollncallon was tho crltlcallssuo,
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grading plan on pogo 14, Ho notod that his primary concorn Is tho application 01 this
provision to subdivisions and notod that tho grading plan Is only valid until tho
conslrucllon 01 tho nrst homo bog Ins, Franklin statod that tho grading plan 1'111I bo
rovlowod whon Improvomonls arc modo for tho subdivision and also at tho tlmo tho
construcllon on tho lots boglns undor tho Building Codo, Sho statod that tho Intontls that
tho ordlnanco opply to both olthoso slluallons bocauso Ihoso aro tho limos whon tho
ground Is dlsturbod. Schnlttjor Indlcatod ho would havo probloms with continually
updallng tho grading plan and goltlng approval lor all 01 tho potontlal chong os, Franklin
statod Ihat sho bollovos a now plan would only bo roqulrod whon Ihoro Is 0 subslanllal
chango In tho grading plan, Scoll notod that whllo approval for changos may bo noodod,
thoro would not nocossarlly bo tho nood for an updatod grading plan, Ho slatod that ho
bollovOB Ihoro 1'111I nood to bo an admlnlslrallvo procoss 10 allow tho building ornclalto
approvo changoB during Iho building procoss, Ho statod that thOBO changoB would thon
bo nolod on tho grading plan, Ho Blrossod that whllo It would bo Important that tho
grading plan In Its nnal form rollocl what roally occurrod on tho tract, II thoro woro no
changoB thoro would bo no nood for a rovlBod plan.
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Schnlll/or oxprossod concorn Ihal thoro would bo dolays and limits In noxlbllity II all
changos must bo opprovod by tho building official, Clark agrood thaI thoro con bo a
do/oy In housing cons/ruc/lon whon an lnspoclor noods 10 rovlow tho silo 10 approvo a
chango, Ho atalod thoro could also bo probloms whon grading plans for ad/acont
propOr!los 010 pro porod by dllforontlndMduols, Ho slrossod tho nood ror 1I0xlblllty unloss
Ihoro ora going to bo onough building Inspoclors 10 sufficlonlly Inspocl ror grading
chongos, Franklin slalod Ihol hor Inlorprolollon of this passogo Is thai a "nal plan Is
roqulrod to show whal has actually occurrod on tho proporly, SCOIl Slolod IhOI on
onglnoorod grading plan would only bo noodod for an Individual 10111 thero aro 5.000
cubic yards romovod from tho 101. Ho notod thaI this Is a high "guro ror slnglo"amlly
bosomonl. Ho slalod lhal If loss than 5.000 cubic yards aro romovOd, thon a pormllls
noodod but nol on onglnoorod grading ropor! so no opproval 01 chongos would bo
roqulrod, Ho alolod thaI this provision would not alfoct many slnglo.lol sltuollons, Clark
slalod ho doos nol wont 10 causo conslrucllon dolays, Franklin slalod that as Ihls Is 0
roqulromonl oltor grading Is dono, It should not doloy construcllon,
Public discussion was closod at 8:10 p.m.
Raid movod to rocommond tho adoption of an amondmont to Choplor 32 to roqulro
a grading plan purauont 10 adoption of Choplor 70, 'Excavation and Grading,' as part
of tho Building Codo, as It appllos 10 cortoln aubdlvlslons ond aub/oct to tho
Commission's Chango on pogo 13 rogordlng noUflcatlon of non-compllanco. Cook
aocondod.
Clark alolod Ihal tho Commission octad within tho poramolors and dlroctlon glvon to It
and ho oxprossod sallsrocllon with tho Inpul oflho oxporloncod public, Ho Indlcolod that
ho bollovos tho Commission did lis bosl within lis IImltollons. Ho oxprossod his
unooslnoss rogordlng tho Implomonlollon 01 tho amondmonl and tho offocts 01 Choptor
70 on Iho construction Induslry In Iowa City, Ho stOlod that ho has quostlons rogardlng
whal porcontago or dovolopablo ground wllhln tho City limits wilt bo offoctod and what will
bo tho avorago Incroaso In costs for slnglo,romlly homos, Ho stalod ho Is concornod with
how consumors will bo affoctod and with Iho possibility that construction will bo forcod
Into tho County. Clark notod that thoro could also bo a chango In alllludo toward
annoxatlon, Ho statod that ho would vole In lavor of tho amondment, but statod that ho
has much tropldotlon about whal tho rosults will boo
Scali statod that ho fools Iho Commission has dlschargod lis dutlos by ollompllng to havo
as much public Input as posslblo prior 10 a rocommondallon bolng mado to tho City
Council, Ho notod Ihattho publlo Input camo from homobulldors, Individuals concornod
and Intorostod from an onvlronmontal standpolnl, and thoso with concorns rogardlng
public policy. Scoll statod that ho hopos tho City Council will adopt this proposod
amondmonlto Chaptor 32 with 11I110 chango unloss It Is shown concluslvoly Ihal tho
Commission orrod In Its doclslon,
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eu~lo dlscuulon 01 on omondmonl to Iho zon~r~ ~~~/~~nco, Soctlon 36,9110)(2).
Drovld/no lor Du~lIo notlco 01 Boord 01 Adluslmont __ <;,__1._ s.
Franklin stalod Ihaltho rocommondod chango Is Irom 15 days 10 no loss thon sovon days
and no moro than 20 days whIch would conlorm wflh othor notl/lcallon roqulromonls lor
tho City, Sho nolod Ihatlhls chango would allow many appllcallons to bo oxpoditod,
Public dIscussion was oponod at 8:25 p,m.
Thoro was nono.
Public dIscussion was closod at 8:25 p,m.
Cook movod to rocommond 10 tho Cfly Council that Section 36.91 (0)(2) 01 the 20nlng
Ordlnanco bo amondod to requlro that tho nollce 01 tho limo and placo 01 public
hoarlngs ollho Boord 01 AdJustmonl bo publlshod not moro than 20 nor loss than 7
days prior to tho hoarlng. Rold socondod. Tho mollon csrrlod B.O.
OTHEILBUSINESS:
Scoll nolod tho rocolpllrom Undo Gontry 01 en ordlnanco to eslabllsh on aroa oulsldo of tho City
IImlls In which tho subdivision 01 land sholl bo subjoct 10 tho City's rovlow and approval. Ho
slalod thoro was 0 concurronco on tho part ollho PlannIng and 20nlng Commission wllh this
ordlnanco,
Franklin Informod tho CommIssIon Ihatll will moal on Juno 11 and Juno 25, 1990 lor discussion
01 onvlronmontal rogulatlons. Sho slalod thaI tho /lrst mooting will rogard tho /lnallzatlon 01
oroslon/sodlmontatlon conlrol slandards, Sho stalod Ihat ono major chango that has boon modo
was lor Iho prosorvatlon of hlllsldos thaI aro stablllzod by associations 01 vogolatlon, Sho
Indlcalod Ihollho socond mooting will concorn Iho prosorvatlon ollroos, Franklin roportod thai
ollor Iho CommIssIon hns modo recommendations on thoso two Issuos, II was hor undorslandlng
thaI Iho Commission will havo complotod lis work on onvlronmontal rogulatlons, Tho
Commission concurrod. Sho nolod thaI Slaff has changos 10 rocommond rogardlng Chaplor 32,
bul sho slalod thatlhoso aro concornod wllh doslgn and not onvlronmonlallssuos,
Clark slatod ho would profor to soo a dolay boloro addrosslng tho troo Issuo until tho
Commission can soo tho offocls 01 whal has boon docldod 10 dalo, Franklin stalod tho dlroctlon
glvon 10 tho sloff, through tho onvlronmonlal pollclos, was 10 addross sloop slopos,
dralnagowaye, and woodlands, Sho notod thai tho slopos and dralnagoways havo boon
addrossod by Iho gradIng and oxcavatlon slandards and Iho lIoodplaln ordlnanco and will also
bo addrossod by tho oroslon/sodlmonlatlon slondards, Clark Indlcalod ho would nol wanlto
postpono Iho Iroo Issuo Indo/lnlloly, ho would moroly bo mora comfortoblo litho Commission
wallod until thoro was somo food back rognrdlng tho olhor changos thai havo boon mado, SCOll
slalod Ihal ho sharos somo 01 Clark's concorns, bul ho notod that tho Commission con tablo Ihls
110m allor II has boon discussed, litho Commission Is not satlsfiod wilh Iho dlroctlon ollho
discussion, Ho exprossod tho doslro 10 procood wllh tho procoss and complolo I1I1 posslblo,
Bovb/org noted that addrosslng Iho Issuo mIght bring up topics of concorn Ihal nood 10 ba
dlscussod boloro proceodlng,
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Cook rolorrod 10 a momorandum Irom tho City Managor rogardlng nolghborhood planning
Inlllallvos. Ho nolod thai ho bollovos thoro Is tromondous potonUal lor tho plan and Ihls could
bo 0 poslllvo 1001 lor cll/zon Involvomonllhal would onhanco tho planning procm. Cook slalod
ho would IIko thoro 10 bo dobalo and clllzon parllclpallon In tho InlUalslagos10 holp mako Iho
program moro durablo and approprlalo. Ho Indlcalod ho bollovostho program would bo a malor
lalluro II II moroly furthor ompowors thoso nolghborhoods wilh tho groaloslsharo 01 rosourcos,
Ho slalod thai ho looks forward 10 tho procoss,
Scottromlndod tho Commission of Its Juno \1, 1990, moollng rogardlng oroslon!sodlmonlallon
slandards, Ho slalod thai tho chair ond V1co-chalr aro 10 appoor 01 tho Juno \1, 1990, Informal
City Council moollng, Ho slatod this Is not 10 bo 0 lormal moollng botwoon tho two bodlos, bul
olhor Commission mombor. aro wolcomo 10 allond, Ho slalod thai tho primary topic of
dlscusslen will bo tho propesod annoxallon oast ef Scott Beulovard,
Franklin roporlod thatsho will try 10 got Burl KrOSl ond Groham Damoren 10 ottond "'0 Juno 18,
\990, Infermol moollng to discuss soplle systoms, Sho oxprossod tho doslro 10 havo as many
cemmlsslonors prosont as posslblo otthal moallng. Sho slatod that atall plans to submit a
preposod 'soplle systom' policy 10 tho City Council In July 1990, Sho Indlcstod thai slall has
rocommondod that thoro not bo 0 moratorium on tho approval 01 County subdMslon appllcallons
and sho strossod that bocauso 01 this thoro Is a nood to procood on schodulo. Franklin notod
thot Kross and Damoron will provldo tho Commission with 10chnlcoJ Inlormal/on rogordlng soplle
Iystoms, Sho nolod that Kross has boon Involvod In tho SWRL studios ond has dolo on rural
wolls and tho typos 01 conclusions thai con bo drawn Irom tho avallablo data.
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PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
JUNE 11. 1990.7:30 P.M,
SENIOR CEm'ER CLASSROOM
MEMBERS PRES Em':
MEMBERS ABSEm':
STAFF PRESEm':
CALL TO ORDER:
Bovbjorg, Clark, Cook, Coopor, Rold, Scoll
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Franklin, ChrlsUanson, Noll
Chalrporson SCOll csllod tho mooUng to ordor at 7:49 p.m.
DISCU$SIO~ OF SECTION X, DESIGN STANDARDS. EROSION & SEDIMEm'ATIQN COm'RQL:
Franklin atalod that tho draU prosontod to tho Commission has boon lakon from tho curronl
Pubfio Works Doslgn Standards, Sho Slalod that tho standards aro currontly appllcablo as
roqu/rod by tho Stormwator Managomont Ordlnanco, Sho romlndod tho Commission that Chaptor
70 appllos to aroas wllh stoop slopos, aroas In a floodplain, and othor onvlronmontally sonslllvo
arODS, Franklin slatod Ihat tho InlonUon Is to havo SocUon X apply to thoso aroas as II currontly
doos 10 thoso alloctod by Iho Slormwalor Managomont Ordlnanco, Sho stalod that tho
applicability will bo nolod In Chaplor 8 01 tho Building Cooo ond will bo roforoncod In Chaplor
32, Subdivision Rogulallons, to apply whon a grading pion Is roqulrod. Sho notod that whllo lho
doslgn standards aro not part of tho Municipal Cooo, Ihoy will bo roforoncod In tho Codo In
Chaplor 32 and In Chaptor 8,
In rosponso to a quos lion from Clark, Franklin stalod thatlho curront oppllcablllly undor tho
Stormwator Managomont Ordlnanco Is rolatod to tho conslrucllon 01 tho stormwalor rotonllon
basin, Bovbjorg slrossod thai oroslon from tho conslrucllon 01 tho bosln could Impact tho onllro
subdivision, Clark stalod that oroslon during conslrucllon Is nogllglblo and slalod that ho
bollovos long,torm probloms should bo addrossod, BovbJorg slalod Ihat sho has concorn wllh
bolh Issuos, Scollaskod litho slandards would bo appllcablo whon only an onglnoorod grading
plan Is roqulrod or whon any grading roport Is submlllod, Ho slalod thai ho bollovos an
onglnoorod grading roport would Includo many of tho provisions alroady In olloct. Chrlsllanson
ro:pondod thai tho Doslgn Slandards luncllon os tho adm/nlslrallvo rulos for tho Publlo Works
Oopartmont.
Clark alalod that ho doos nol wanlto croalo an unnocossary rulo, Scoll stalod Ihallho Public
Works Oopartmont will uso thoso Ooslgn Standards to ovalualo grading plans whon Ihoy aro
submltlod, Franklin slalod Ihal tho slandards will bo appllcablo lor any grading pormll, nollusl
Ihoso which roqulro an onglnoor'a roport. Chrlsllanson slatod thatlho Ooslgn Standards allow
for consldorallon oflho polonllal of oroslon and sodlmonlallon probloms, Rold slalod thallho
doslgn slandards con luncllon os 0 planning guldollno for dovolopors, Sho nolod Ihatll Is only
allor 45 days that oroslon conlrol moasuros such os lomporary covor aro roqulrod, Franklin
strossod Ihat pormanont covor would bo roqulrod for aroas Ihal aro not In tho Immodlalo
construcllon aroa. Scoll stalod thai ho bollovos one roason Ihallhoro has nol boon much
opposlllon from Iho dovolopmont community rogardlng Ihoso slandards Is Ihalll moroly Is on
oxpanslon 01 tho applicability 01 curront standards.
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In rosponso to a quostlon from SCOIl, Franklin slatod thallho rovlslons In Soctlon 6.1 are rolalad
10 tho changos thai tho Commission rocommondad bo modo to Chaplor 70. Sho statod thai
olhor changos Includo sovoral rororoncos to Chaptor 32. rovlslons thai havo boon modo for
clarity, and additional Information rogardlng vogolatlvo associations.
Rold suggoSlod that In Soctlon O.2(b), slltloncos bo addod os an option to allow for moro
noxlblllty, Bovblorg notod that othor soctlons allow lor thoso typos 01 allornallvos, Allor
discussion took placo rogardlng II tho torm 'othor options' should bo addod ellor slit loncos, Rold
slrossod that allowfng for two options wfll glvo moro spocinc guldanco 10 dovolopors. Rold
euggoslod that In Soctlon B.2,9, dlvorslonsls a voguo lorm and sho Indlcatod thatsodlmonlotlon
and oroslon dlvorslons would bo cloaror, Sho also suggoslod adding sill foncos as a mochanlcal
mothod wllh tho othors thai ora IIslod In Soctlon B.l, Rold Indlcatod thOI sho bollovos loasonal
eoodlng probloms oxlstthat should bo acknowfodgod, Chrlstl!ll\$Qn ,tatod that mechanical
mOlhods aro anowod whon vogolallvo mothods are Inapproprlalo. Scoll obsorvod Ihallho typos
01 suggostod grossos had boon onumorolod as had boon suggoslod by tho Commission.
Bovb/org askod II thoro was a problom wfth spocl~lng tho typos ollortlllzors and amount 01 gross
eood to bo usod lor a glvon aroa. Rold slalod thalsho had talkod wfth Tod Thorno 01 Flnkblno
and ho had loltlhoso nguros roprosonlod a modoralo avorago, Bovbjorg oxprossod concorn wfth
rocommondlng too much lortlllzor, Rold slatod thai tho original droit had a hlghor nllrogon lovol
In Its rocommondalion, Sho stalod that eho had rocommondod tho currontlovol wfth tho lowor
emounl 01 nllrogon and tho hlghor polasslum lovolto promoto root growth, Scoll statod that
whllo It Is nocossary to ostabllsh a groundcovor,lt might bo wfso 10 odd 0 sontonco staling Ihal
fortlllzlng plans should consldor tho soli condllions, Clark stalod ho bollovos that It should bo
pormlsslblo to uso no lorlillzor lIlt Is not noodod, Cook askod how much dlscrolion Iho
Commission wanls thoso who admlnlslor tho guldollnos to havo, Scoll slalod that tho building
olnclalls not an oxport on soodlng so tho guldollnos will bo holpful. In rosponso to a quos lion
from BovbJorg, Clark stalod Ihat parallollo Iho dlroclion ollho slopo Is standard languago among
dovoloporD, Rold statod thai eho would prolor to hovo a olatomonllncludod thotlndlcalos Ihal
soodlng Is prolorrod ovor sodding. Scoll askod 01011 to rodrafl tho documonl and put It on Iho
Commloslon's agonda lor approval.
Clark stalod Ihal 01 one limo It was common lor a buyor to do 0 porlion 01 tho work In Iiou of pari
01 tho downpaymonl. Ho askod IIthoso guldolinos would alioctthls procoss, Franklin slalod Ihal
tho guldollnos placo tho rosponslblllly lor Iho work on tho landownor bo Itlho bulldor or Iho
buyor, Clark askOd lIa dolay In soodlng by Iho purchasor would provonllho bulldor from golllng
tho original doposlt roturnod, Franklin olalod Ihatlomporary covor would bo roqulrod II no
conslruclion was plannod lor six monlhs with pormonont covor roqulrod II moro than six months
would olapso boforo construclion, Sho olalod Ihol tho dovolopor would bo roloasod from
rosponslblllty onco a tomporary covor has boon plontod,
ADJOURNMENT:
Scoll adjournod tho mooling 01 9:06 p.m.
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logol popors, Sho Indlcolod Ihotlho plot Is 10 appoor on tho Cily Council's July 10, 1990,
moollng,
Public discussIon was oponod at 8:09 p,m.
poon Oak os, R.R, 2, askod for clorlncotlon rogordlng how many ocros are Includod In Ihls
dovolopmont. Franklin rospondod that Part II Includes Corousol Motors as well as
Wostport Plaza, Sho stotod thatlho Rupport Subdivision has 34,49 ocros, Ookos askod
why Corousol Motors Is Includod In Iho ocroago, Franklin rospondod thatlhoro was a
land oxchango during nogotlatlons thai roconfigurod Loti, Iho Carousol Motors proporty,
Public dIscussIon was closod 01 8:11 p.m.
Coopor movod 10 approvo S.9011, tho IInol plot 01 Rupport SubdivisIon, Part Two,
GubloCl to final approval 01 construcilon plans and logol popors. Rold socondod.
Clark statod that ho did not opprovo 01 tho Initial land uso chango and stili has concorns
with Iho Iowa Oopartmont 01 Transportation's rocommondatlon rogordlng signalization,
Ho notod, howovor, that this Is no roason 10 hold up tho dovolopmonl allhls point.
Coopor nolod thai ho volod In tho affirmatlvo Ihroughout tho procoss and will continuo
10 do so,
Dlorks slatod that although sho votod In Iho nogatlvo originally, Iho final plat Is In
compllanco and should bo approvod, Rold notod that sho would also volo In lavor ollhls
proposal.
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~roslon and Sodlmontallon Contr91,
Franklin slatod thot tho rovlsod amondmont was Includod In tho agonda packol with no
chang os slnco tho Commlsslon'a last mooting. Sho notod that stall Is rocommondln9
approval,
Public discussIon was oponod at 8:17 p,m.
poon Oakos, R.8.j, askod about tho status of tho rovlslons lor Chaptor 70, Franklin
rospondod that tho Plonnlng and Zoning Commission has rocommondod approval 01 tho
rovlslons tor Chaptor 70 and Ihat on Juno 28, 1990, tho Board of Appoals will voto on tho
rovlslons, Sho slatod Ihat Chap lor 70 will thon go to tho City Council with tho
rocommondatlons 01 tho Commission and Boord. Sho slalod that tho primary chongos
In tho Ooslgn Standards woro rolatod to specifyIng tho sultablo grossos lor covor.
roloroncos 10 grading and oxcavatlon, and tho applicability 01 tho doslgn standards 10
Includo Iho subdivision rogulatlOnS as thoy apply 10 what has boon dollnod os
onvlronmontolly sonsltlvo aroos, Sho polntod out tho curronl oppllcoblllly to dovolopmonls
subjoctto slormwator monogomont.
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Oakos oskod II moro sloll will bo noodod for onrorcomon!. Franklin rospondod thai thoro
should not bo a nood for addlUonal slall bocauso of Iho Ooslgn Standards, but sho notod
thai tho oxcavallon and grading roqulromonts might roqulro addlllonal slal/, Sho slalod
that tho Grading and Excovallon Ordlnanco was wrllton to put most 01 tho cost on tho
dovolopors through tho roqulromonts of onglnoorod grading. In rosponso to a quos lion
from Oakos, Franklin statod that II a portion 01 a subdivision Is not bolng dovolopod,
thoso standards would not apply to thaI aroa, Oakos oxprossod concorn Ihal tho
rogulallons would add costs 10 housing In Iowa City, ospoclolly as II Impacts tho cosl of
ontry.lovol housing, Franklin oncouragod Oakos to dlrocl his concorns and commonls
to tho City Council,
Public discussion was closod at 8:24 p.m.
Rold movod to rocommond approval 01 an amondment 10 Socllon X . Ooslgn
Standards lor Public Works. Erosion and Sodlmonlallon Conlrol. Coop or soconded.
olorks askod It Socllon X would only apply 10 onvlronmonlally sonsll/vo aroas, Franklin
rospondod thalli would also apply to tho Ooodplaln and as II curronlly appllos 10 Ihoso
dovolopmonts roqulrod 10 provtdo slormwalor managomont, Sho notod that tho
amondmontlncroasos tho appllcoblllty to Includo onvlronmontally sonsltlvo aroas, Olorks
slalod that sho bollovos thoro Is a cost rolalod 10 ropalrlng damago whon thoso guldollnos
aro not lollowod. Sho nolod that sho bollovos tho ordlnanco would bo cost.olloctlvo In
tho long,torm bocauso 01 this,
Clark oxprossod concorn Ihattho amondmonl has mado Socllon X 100 oxlromo whon It
bog Ins 10 rocommond tho typo 01 sood and lortlllzor omounls 10 bo usod by dovolopors,
Tho mollon carrlod 3.1 (Clark vOllng In tho negallve).
Olorks announcod thollho Commission's Juno 25, t990, moollng has boon cancolod, Rold and
Olorks.slalod that they would nol bo oblo 10 allond tho Commission's July 6, 1990, moollng.
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Mlnutos submlllod by Mary Jo Noll,
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To:
From: Karin Franklin, Sonlor PI n or
Ro: Amondmonl 01 Chaplor 32. Sub Ivlslon Rogulallons . Grading
AlIachod Is Iho rovlsod Chaplor 70 ollho Uniform Building Codo . 'Excavallon and Grading,'
Languago has boon addod 01 tho ond of Iho ordlnanco clarifying who Is rosponslblo for
compllanco and providing for ontorcomonl undor nulsanco law and as an onvlronmonlal
Introcllon, Olhor Issuos addrossod, thai woro ralsod 8tth!) jQ!nl public hearing In May, ara:
1, tho paramolors on slopo In tho appllcnbllily socllon;
2, tho dol/nlllon of goologle taclors;
3, roflnomont of tho dol/nlllons of onglnoorod and rogulnr grading:
4. a roqulromonllo show tho lloos 10 bo rolnlnod on tho silo;
5, clarlfieallon of Iho Inlorosl on oscrow; and
6, IImllnllons on Iho compacllon roqulromonl.
this ordlnanco Is also bolng sonllo tho Board of Appoals Ihrough tholr slalt. Tho Commission's
rocommondallon will bo forwnrdod 10 Iho City Council concurronlly with Iho Board's
rocommondallon.
Suggostod languago tor Incorporallng Chaplor 70 by referonco Inlo Iho SubdivIsion Rogulnllons
Is provldod bolow, Soellon 6'17(23) Is Iho Iowa City Building Codo and Is Iho IIkoly plnco whoro
Ihoso now provisions' will bo nddod; this socllon numbor may chango prior 10 tho Council's
doclslon 1/ nocossary, Soellon 32.27(e) Is Iho roqulromonls for submission 01 a prollmlnary
subdivision plnl. Tho proposod languago roqulros submission 01 tho grading plan with
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prollmlnary pial appllcallons, according 10 tho applicability provisions 01 Soellon 7003 01 tho
ollachod Excavallon and Grading Ordlnanco,
Socllon 32.27(c), A grading plan pursuanllo Soellon 0'17(23), Iowa City Building COdo,
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CUT Is tho portion of land surlaco or aroa from which oarth malorlal has boon romovod or
will bo romovod by oxcavallon,
EARTH MATERIAL Is any rock, nalural soli or fill andlor any comblnallon thorool,
ENGINEERED GRADING Is grading or 5,000 cubic yards or moro, and roqulros tho sorvlcos
of a cMI onglnoor to proparo and cortlly a grading plan, and to Ins poet and cortily tho work
complotod conforms wllh tho plan, I
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EROSION Is tho woarlng away ollh&il1OUn<Huflace as a rosull 01 tho movomont of wind,
wator, Ico or any comblnallon Ihorool.
EXCAVATION Is Iho mochanlcal romoval of oarth malor!!!!.
FILL Is 0 dopOSIl of oarth malorlal placod by mochanlcal, man,mado or olhor artificIal moons,
all./~/fIA
GEOLOGIC FACTORS mGan&-O~~ ~Orlalnlng to rocks 01 rock lormallons as Ihay might
olfoct tho stablllly of slopos,
GRADE Is Iho vortlcal olovallon 01 tho ground surlaco,
Existing Grado Is tho grade prior to grading,
Rough Grado Is tho slago at whIch tho grado approxlmaloly conforms to tho approvod plan,
Flnlshod Grado Is tho final grado or tho SilO which conforms to tho approvod plan,
GRADING Is any oxcavatlng or filling or a combination thoroof, and Includos compaction,
OWNER Is any porson, onllty, buslnoss, firm, corporation, organlzallon, assocfatlon, parlnor.
ship, vonluro or any comblnallon thorool, and any agont, fiduciary or roprosonlallvo thoroor, who
owns or purporls to own land or roal proporty localod within Iowa City,
PERSON shall Includa Individual porsons, usor, oporalor, rosponslblo party, onllty, buslnoss,
firm, corpora lion, assoclallon, partnorshlp, vonluro, or any comblnallon thorool. and any agont,
roprosontallvo or fiduciary Ihorool.
PROPERTY Is land and roal prop?rty, whothor public or prlvato, and Includos any and all
Intorosts In roal proporty whothor logal, oqUlloblo, or any combination thoroo!.
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Rocommondallons Includod In tho roport sholl bo Incorporalod In tho grading plans or
spoclncallons, un/oss tho building otflclal has wa/vad aIr or somo 01 tho rocommondallons or has
approvod rovlsod rocommondallons,
Ol Issuanco. Tho provisions 01 Socllon 303 aro appllcablo 10 grading pormlls, Tho
building olficlal may roqulro Ihaltho grading oporallons and proJocl dos/gns bo modlnod If doloys
occur which will Incur woathorilonoralod probloms not consldorod at tho limo tho pormlt was
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as sol lorth In tho Schodulo 01 Foos. Socllon 32.1.55 01 tho Iowa City Codo 01 Ordlnancos,
Soc. 7007. Rosorvod.
Soc. 7008. Assuranco 01 Porlormanco. AI such limo as tho grading pormills Issuod, tho
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building olficlaJ may roqulro cash oscrow~porformanco bonds or a lottor 01 crodllln ordor to
assuro that tho work Is complotod In accordanco wllh tho approvod pions ~nd spoclncallons, and
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lottors 01 crodll, whon roqulrod, shall bo In on amounl oqualto 110% 01 Iho grading proJocl, but
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escrOW! held.lo"o porlod.longar.than-$lx-monlha.8haIl8arnlnlara81-it.th~aIG-Of.6~.par-annum,
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whlchrlf-unoxpandad-bv-tha-CIty,.shall-ba.payablo.to.Ulo.orlgllUll.doposilor.upon.sallslactoly
compllanoo-ind.ralaasa.
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NOlIce II htrel1f given I/IaI . publIC tooarlng WII bt held l1f
\Ill Qy Count. allowl CIy.Iowt, II 7:30 p.rn. on 11M11Ih r#t
01 August, 1m, In /lit CouncI CI1ambol1 0I1ht CIvIc ClrlII.
on Iht 'olIowIng loms:
All CAdilllnCelO ItnOIld ChaplIf 33, Ullllltt, 10 ptOYtde
101 ptlvtle IGWI/Int lCCeu to Iht municipal aylltln
101 non.rnldel'lllal uses.
CopIe. 01 /lit plopostd OIdlnanc:' II' on Nt 101 public
'lamlr1ltlon tl /lit OffICe 0I1ht CIy ClIIk, CIvIc ClrlII. 410 E,
Wuhlngton Sl., IOwa Qy, Iowl poreona wishing to makelhol/
vlewe known 01 10 luggost changOI 101 CIy CouncI
cOlllld.ratlon bofOle tdopClon oIlhl. OIdlnanc:e &hould 'PPOII
IIIht holllng
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NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARJNO ON AN AMENDMENT TO
CHAPTER e, AAT1Cl.E . OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
IOWA CITY. tOWA, TO ADOPT APPENDIX CHAPTER 70
(EXCAVAnON AND GfWlING) OF TtiE IDee UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE. AS AMENDED.
NOlie. II /ltI1l1f gl<ien l/Itl . pub/lC hGlIing will bt held l1f
I/1t Ctf Countl 01 low. CIy, low.. 117;30 pm. on Iht 3111 dIy
01 Ju'i, 1m, Inlhe Courd CNmbtra Inlht CMc ClrltI.lowe
CIly, lOw.. It YltIlch helling Ihe Countl WlI ConsldllllgltnOnI.
'01 01 Igllnl1 odopIlon 01 Appendix Chlpltl 70 0I1ht IDee
UndOlm Building Coda, U ImIndod.
A copy ~ Hid COlli, ii imtndtd, II now on nleln lhe oIriCe
01 the CIy CltIk 01 low. CIIy, low.. IOIertm:nat1on l1f ptllOnl
Inleltslod lheltin.
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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDINO CHAPTER I, ARTIClE 2. TtiE
BUILDINO CODE. BY ADOPllNO APPENDIX CHAPTER 70
(EXCAVATION AND OIIADINO) OF TtiE 11188 UNIFORM
BUILDINO CODE, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR TtiE
PROTECTION OF AND SAFEOUARD OF HUMAN UFE.
PROPERlY AND TtiE PUBUO WElfARE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY TtiE CITY COUNCIL OF TtiE CITY OF
IOWA CITY, IOWA, THAT:
SECTION I. PURPOSE, ThG JUIlOII ~ INI Ordlnanct 1110
tdopC .ppendlx ChtpCII10 0I1ht 11188 UnlfOlm BlJ1dIng Coda.
as amondtd. 10 ptOYld. fOl /lit lIIegUlld ~ humin Iof.,
ptoptrty tnd lhI pubIlo wtrlle, tnd 10 ptOlod tnYIIonIIIGIllllti
Itns"~e lI'as l1f regulating orodlng on pr~I1' and pubIlo
property,
SECTION II, SodlOn 1,\7 ~I'" Codt~Ordlnancts ~/IIt Coly
~ low. Coly, lowl, II 1ief'l1f 1I1lOndod: Soctlon 1,17.
Amondmtnll. Tho fOllOWing IOClIOnl ~ I/lO IIlM Ed"1On ~ lhI
UnlfOlm Building Codo (\JBC) II' amonded 10 rlld as 10lI0wI:
(22) D.1ot1OnlII amondod 10 read 1I10II0W1:
I. All Appendix ChGpCtrl, bCOpC 70 as Insarttd In ..
IIll~Oty In numboI23.
(23) UDO Appendix ChapCOI 70 II amGndoel to reoel II
IOlIOwI:
UNIFORM BUILDINO CODE
Chlpttl70. EXCAVAnON AND GRADING
S.c. 7001, Purpolt. ThG pulPOS' oIlh1s ChapCtlllto
ptOlod tnd lIIogulld hUIl1II1 iii.. ptoperty and Iht publIC
WOWII., tnd to ptOltCt .nvllonmantllti ..ns"~. II'U l1f
rogulallng gredlng on ptlvDle and publlo ptoperty,
S.c. 7llO2. Scope, ThIs ChGpCOI lOll forth rut.. and
regulations 10 COIlI,oI excavl1lon, grldlng and .lI1hwork
CMSlructlon, including lUll and embanklllGnt.; tsllbllshollht
admlnlst/l1lve procoelure 101 Issuance ~ permJI.; and ptOYldae
101 approval 01 plans and lpoclllctllons, and inspection 01
91 ad'.ng
S.c. 7003. P.rmh. Required. No pellOl\ owner 01
rosponslbla patty .hall do afrf grading In II'rf 1I0as described
below wnhOut lIrlt having obtained a grading perm. !,om Iht
building oIIIclal:
I. Property on whICh '''' natural t.rraln '.ole hortlontallu
v.rtlCal .lOpe ~ Ihln horllontal to on. vortlcal, 01
1l000per, and having e vortlCal holght excoedlng nInt '001
wnhln e horilontal dl.tanco 0127 loet; 01
2. FlOOd hazlld 1I0as lubloct 10 ChaplO/ II, MlClo II,
'FlOOdplaln Managomont', 0/ I". Iowa CIly Codo 01
Oldlnanco.; 01
3. Wotland.1I doflned In tno Codo ~ FoeIO/aI RogulDllon1
(33 CFR 326.3) and regulatoel l1f Iho U.S. Arrrrt COIps 01
Englnoore; 01
4, Property travO/aod l1f e dralnagowly II .hown In bluo on
Ihe U.S. Goologlcal SUNIy quadranglo mapl, 1083, II
updaloel.
S.c. 7004, HllIrd., Whonovor tho building oIfiClaI
dOIO/mlnos that afrf IXlsllng oxcavallOn, ombankmont, 01 nil on
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ptopel1y, 01 acIv.rs''f tlfOClI lilt HIlly, use OIltalldAy 01 .
publIC wly 01 drlinolg. ChIMtI, lilt ptOjlfl1'f OWn., 01 I/1t
responsibl. pany 101 lilt .nlClod ptOflftft IIld, tlfll rlCtlpl 01
nollC.1n wr.ing Irom lilt building 0IIiC~ 10' tontCllVe talOn
10 r.palI 0I"1mIna1. .uch e.Ctvtllon, 'ill 0I1IIlbatWntIll1O as
10 .Umlna1. lilt harlld 01 dtngorous Cond41ona. Said rtplJJ1
01 cOlroctl\'e tctIons IhaIlIn III rOlpoetl be In tompIItnce WIll
IhG roqulrelllGl'IlS ~ II1Is COd., tnd ilia. be IIIls1aclOll'f com.
p/OIOd WUhIn Iht IJmt period lpocIiod In Iht nollCe. FWelo
10. COIrlCll\'e actions IhaIl be doolllGd . PUblic oIIt1l11, tnd
IhaIl be IUbjoct 10 IhG rtmOdlo. lot OIA In eppIic.lb/t 1111. tnd
IocIlItw fOl abal.mll'Il 01 nulSancos.
S.c. 7001. D.nnhlonl. FOI purposos 0I1hi1 cI\apllllht
de'iI1lllons USled hOloln IhIlI be tonIlruod as .poclfltd In IhiI
.octlon. Torms nol dollnod IhaIl have IhGlIIGantngl CUStomatllf
assigned IhGm In WObSl.fl Now CoIIoglote Dictionary.
APPROVAL IhaIl mun Ihal, In Iht OpInIon 0I1/1t building
oIIiClaJ, II1t 1lI0Sl0!ed WClk 01 tompIi!iil work COlllOlms 10 INI
chapeor.
AS-ORADED II Iht .1l.1'Il 01 lurlaco tondftlons on
cemp/ol/on 01 gliding.
BEDROCK II In.plac. IOfICl rock.
BENCH II a rOIalI\'.'f Iovelllop "CIVlled Into eanh maI.nal
on whICh fin II 10 be plaCed.
BORROW Is eaM mstOllallCqulred It om an on.llIa lOc.lIion
101 use In gliding e IUe.
CIVIL ENGINEER II e ploresslonal.nglnoor roglslOrOd In Iht
SI.,o oIlowllO ptlCtlCe In Iht IIold 01 cl\'ll engineorlng.
CIVIL ENGINEERING Is 1h.lppllcaliOn 0I1h. knowlOdg. or
lilt forco. 01 naturo, ptlnclplo. 01 mochanlct and Iho ptopenies
01 mllOlla1s 10 Iho OVIIUIIIon, doslgn tnd construction 01 civil
WOIk. tor tho benoflcll/ usos 01 humankind.
COMPACnON IIthG donslflcatiOn or a nlll1f mochaniCll
moans.
CUT II Ihe ponion 01 land lurllce 01 aru Irom which .anh
matOlIal has beon removed 01 win be r.moved by "i:aVlllon.
EARTH MATERIAL II any rock, nllurl/lOIl OI'iII 1IldI0I1Ily
comblnallon theroor.
ENOINEERED GRADING II grldlng 015.000 CUbic VlIllJ 01
I1lOIO, and requlrollhG 10Nlcol or e Civil engineer 10 pt.paro
and cenlly e grading plan. and 10 Inspoet and conlly Ihe work
complll1Od conlorms wUh Ihe pi.."
EROSION Is Iho welling tIIay 01 tho grOUnd Mace as a
rOM or Iha movomont 01 wind, wllor, 1C0 01 any combinatIOn
thOloor.
EXCAVATION Is Ihe mOChanlcl/ romovl/ 01 oanh 1l1Il0nal.
FILL Is e doposu 01 oanh malOlla1 plaCed l1f mochanJcal,
man'mado 01 othor anlflclal moans.
GEOLOOIC FACTORS moans 01 01 penl/nlng 10 rockl or
rock lormatlons as Ihey mlg~t Onoct tho liability or IIOpes
GRADE Is Iho vonlcal OIOVatlon or Iho ground lurlace.
Exlltlng Grad. Is the grado prior 10 grading.
Rough Grad. Is Iho lIago at which tho grado appro.lmtlO'f
conlorms 10 Iho applOVOd plan.
Flnll~.d Gr.d,'s tho nnal grado oIlho Ifto which conlOlm.
10 Iho approved plan.
ORADING Is al'l'f e.cIVal/ng 01 filling or a combination
Ihoroor, and Includes compaction.
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OWNER It any perlOll, tI'Illy, buslnell, linn, COIpo1e11O/\
orglNlellon, USOCItlIon, PI/l1lfIIhJp, Vtl'llUlO (X '"f
comllIrWlOn l/IIreol, tnd any tgtI1l, lIcluclart 01 rtptOlll1l.~O
l/IIreol. lII10 owns 01 pulpotll 10 own I4nd 01 r,,' ptopeny
lOctlod wlhln lOw. cay.
PERSON Ihd lnCUle IndMdutJ pt/IOI\t, utll, opGrllOl.
r..ponsilllt pany, tI'Illly, buIlntII, linn, COIpo1tllon,
UIOCIIIJon, pt/1ntIIhIp. VtI1fUl., 01 any combIntllOn Ihtrool,
tnd any ~0Ill, rept.IOIll.~ orllclucl4ly l/ltIeoI.
PROPERTY Is I4nd tnd r.al propony, wheUlOI publiC 01
pt~ele, tnd Include. any IIlCl III lnI.rtSlI In rOal ptoptr1y
whelhtr legal, equhbl., 01 any comblnatlOnll1ttool.
PUBUC WAY lIIGans any ar.. dadlCalod 10 Iht publIC,
lnWfing bIA nOllilnllod 10 1tt00l rlghl.of.wly, IidOWan.I, .n",.,
tnd U1~ly eOSlIllGI'Il'.
REGULAR GRADING II grtding involving It" Ihan 5,000
cubic yard. whICh dot. nOl roqulte Iht loMe" 01 0 cJvl
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RESPONSIBL! PARTY moans any ut.r. pollessor,
oporelOl, ptrm.l1ot, 01 person who opGrel." posSO"o"
occuplOI, mwgo. 01 owns rtll ptopGr1y IOcllod wlhln lowl
C#y. Responsibl. pany IhaI also Include 1111 person
r.spOI\IIble 'orlSSurlng compllanco wih IhiI Cllapl.r r nOllce
01 vIolellOn 01 noncompllanco hGs boon Issued 10 IhaI person
l1f Iht building oIfICJal.
SIT! II any IoC 01 parc.1 0I14nd, 01 CO/lIlguous combinatIOn
Ihoreol undor Iho same ownorl/llp, whoro grading IS pe~ormed
01 permlltod.
SLOP! II en Inclined ground lUfIaceIhGinclinatIOn ~ which
II 'lptOSled U I rllJo 01 hOI1lOlllal diSlance 10 vonlcal
disttnCl.
SOIL II naturalf( occurring luperllclaJ dop0s4. ovorlaylng
bid rock,
STEEP SLOP! II ptopGr1y on which IhG nalural 1.lIlln II II
e llope oIl1vH hOI~OIllal 10 one vonlcal, OIlIooper,
TERRAC! Is e r'lallvolf Iovolll.p constructed In lhe lace 01
e graded IIopo IU~lce '01 dralnagl end malnt.nanco purposts.
S.c. 700e. Grldlng P.rm" R.qulr.m'n11.
(I) P.rmnl R'qulr'd. AI prll'/ldod In Section 7003 oIlhb
COd., no person lhaII do tny gliding whhOUl flral obtaining e
gliding permol 'rem Iho building oIIIclaJ. A ..parll' permh lhan
be required lor tlcn Ihl, and mIy coyor both IlCIVlllOns end
fillS.
(b) Appllnllon Th. provisions 01 Soc. 302(1) 110
appriClbI. 10 gliding, tnd lI1an stele en oSllmalo oIlho cubic
yardl oIell\h mallllallo be grldod.
(c) Pllnl Ind Gplclllcellonl. Each appllcallon '01 e
gliding pormol, wholhor rogullr gliding 01 onglnoored gliding,
lhan be eccompanlod l1f two "'I 01 plans and lpocWiClllon..
Supponlng dell conslSling ole loll.roport and gtOlogy roport
IhGn be lubmlltod whon roqulrod l1f Ih, building otIIcllJ. WIlon
Inglnoorod grldlng IS IIqulrod PUl1uant 10 lubsoctlon (d)
belOw, Ih. pllns end lpocfflClllon. Ihlll be prOpOlod and
'IgrlOd l1f a clvU 'nolnOlr,
(d) Grldlng D"lgnlllon. All gliding 015,000 cubic YOlds
0I1TlOI. lhan be pelfOfmod In accordoneo whh Iho IpprOVod
gIlding plan ptoparod by I civil onglnOlr, andlholl be dOSlg,
nated IS 'onglnoorod gliding.' Gliding involving loss Ihan
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I/1t pet,"",N. "'11l1/1t Ipprovll 0Il/lf llUld'lIlg omclll. CIIOOI..
10 llavel/1t grldlllg perlOlmod II 'englntllod gtlding' 0I1/1t
bulIcling omclll fequil.. 'englnttrod OIlding' P\N1U1/'lIO SIC.
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(e) Inlolm.lIon on Plln. Ind Bpeclllclllonl. PItnI thIll
be drewn 10 ICIII upon lI.bIt reprOducllllt modIt. tnd thIll be
0I1~ datI'( 10 Indblel/lf natlle tnd el1l/'il 01 /lit m
ptoposod Tnt plans IhIIIl10 Ihow, In dlllI,lhtl /lit gtoding
tc1~It. WII CO/lIOIm 10 Iht ptOYlllonl 0I1hi1 COde tnd II
reltvll'lllaws. OIdinInc.1, rults tnd ItgUItliOnl ThG h IheGI
01 elCll Ifl 01 plans thIll give /lit IOcttJon 01 /lit pIOpOIod
groding wen. Iht nama tnd Iddrlll 0I1ht person l1f wIlom
lIIey WOft pr.parod, tnd Iht nama tnd oddllll 0I1ho ptopony
0WntI 01 011/10 "sponslble ptr1y IOIlht ptoptny.
Tnt plans IhaJ Includa Iht 'oIlowklg WOflnallOn:
1. Oonorll vtcinay 0I1ht ptoposed de.
2 Namn iilil me".. 01 edjllCtI1 ptopony 0WIltIS
3 Proptl1y lmIt. tnd ICCUlII. lopogr.p/IIc map ~ 1/10
existing t.rr'in wAh CO/lIOIK 1nI0fV1l. 01 nve 10ft OIItU
tnd del..ls 011111 drllnaga.
4. Umlllng dilllGnslonI, .levlliOnl 01 fil1lln COlllM 10 be
lCI1Iovod l1f Iht gl.ding. tnd ptopotod drllntg.
chaMlll tnd relalod construction.
5. OtIt:1td plans 01 II lUl1aco tnd lubllNllea drai1ag.
dovlcll including Wlnl, cribbing, dama tnd Ol""
ptOloctlv. dovlclllO be ContllUC1od WIll, 01 II pat1 01,
IhG ptopoaod grldlng work, lagot"., will e map IhowIng
Iht dralnagtllll. tnd lI1e estlmtlod runoIf '01 . &.y'lI
r.Mn and I lOO'y'lI IOMn ',oqutnty OIOIm 01 /lit 1101
..rvod l1f II1'f dlllns 10 be InIflllod.
8. Location 0I111'f buildings OIllructu/OI on lI1e ptopol1y
whG" Iho ptopotod grldlng Is 10 be pGf!OImod,lagOl".,
wlh II1'f building. 01 .tructUIO. on ptopony Idjacel1l10
I/1t ptOPOSod grading 10 IhG .ltol'll Iht bulldlngl 01
IlructU/lll1e wIllIn Ilftlln '001 oIlht propotod grading.
In addnlon, IOcaIIon 01 II1'f ptopol1y which mIy be
lubstanrlalti tnd matlrlalf( 1Il000od by lI1e proposed
Qladlng ~ al:o bo notod tnd IIlowil on IhG pIw.
7, Exlsllng llOlIlhaI ore 10 be rotllnod purlulllllO SIC.
1011.1.
SpttlllclllonS IhGlI cOI1llln 1nI00mallon COVlllng construction
and matorIaJ roqulrement..
(~ Engln.tI.d ar.dlng R.qul"m,nll. FOI onglnoered
gradmg, . lhall be Ihe ralponslblllly oIlha civil tnglneer 10
design Iha gIlding plan USing IOUnd enginoorlng ptOC11c1l ond
to InCOIporlle aJlrecommendatlonl "0m Iho lOlls and OOOlogy
rapot1.lnIo Ihe grodlng pion. The civil onglnoOl Ihall olso be
rllponslblO IOIlho ptolOSSIonal inspoetlon during Iho glOding
ptOtO" and "nal approvoJ oIlha grading when comp/ltOd.
Thll IOsponslblllly Includel, but nOed not bo limned 10,
Inspoetlon Ond approvoJ 1110 Iho elllbllShmonl oIl1no, grado
ond dralnago oIlho grading 1101. Tho civil onglnoer Is Iho
COOIdlnotlng ooelll botwoon any IOSponSiblo pany doing Iho
aC1uaJ orlding wM end Iho building oIf'lClaJ. Funhor, IhG civil
onolnoOl Ihln be IOlponsiblo 101 Ihe proparallon 01 revised
plan., ond Iho lubml"lOn 01 on updolOd groding pion upon
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complOlIOn ~ IIlI WOfk. FiIIIIt, /lit cNI.nglnHr I/IaIIWIIlI
e Itllemtlll 01 compliance P\llUII'IlIO SIC 101&(').
SOiIt tnd gIOIOgy rtpOtlll/lal bt requ/lod u 'pee/1Id
bolOw In .ubl<<tlonl (h) tnd (I). 0Img grtding. IIlI cNI
englnHr t/IID .ullmIlI nlClUIIy r.poIll, tonIpICtion "".
tnd 10111 tnd glOlOgf rtCOlMllndlllOnllO Iht bIMIdif'Ig Clll'iC1Il
ThG cMl englnW.lnspoetion tnd tppIOVIl conclming /lit
odaquecy tnd ptlpattllOn 01 ground '01 /lit ptopotod I1Id1ng
optItllOnl t/IID ~, IlIA nood not bt lmaod 10. IIlI
Idaqu4cy ~ Iht glound 10 rlCOi'II fill; lostlng 101 raqulrod
compaction; lIabl1ily ~ II finIsIlllopo.; /lit dtllgfl ~ boJ1rtsl
'lilt. v.hIr. raqulrod; Iht lI'bIIily ~ CIA 1Iopo. wlh rtspoct 10
goologlCaJ mantl.; tnd Iht nood 101 .ubdrMi 01 Cl/1tI
oroundwllOl dralnag. dtvICll
ThG bulldilg oIIiClaI t/IID rtvlGw Iht gIlding ptojoct . /lit
villOuS IIOOOS oIlh. WOIk In ordOlIO nlO/lllOl compliance v.Ah
/lit 1ppt0Y0d pIanl
Ig) R.gul.r Olldlng R.qulr.m.nt.. ThG building Clll'iClaI
iiiiy fiquiii mjiitlicli1 itd fOIling by In .ppIOI'Od ItsllIlO
Ig.ncy 0I1trf ptopolOd OIlpplOVOd orllling opoItlion. Ant
.uch raqutrod Inspoetion 01 lOlling t/IID bt CIIIIod 0lA . Iht
buildilg oIf'iClar. dlrOdion.
Whon lIle building oIIiClaI his CIUS.'O bonO'l.,hIl gtologlC
"ctOll may bo InvOo'IOd In Iht ptoposOd OIrogutar grilling
ectitnlGs, Iht grilling oporllion v.~ bo raqullod 10 ConIOIm 10
'engi/loefOd grading' raquilomonlS IS dofinOd In lhII chIjItOl,
(h) Soli. R.pon. TIla lOllS "poll raqulrod l1f Subsoction
Ie) IhalIlnclude dale rOOllding tho nalur., ditlrilllAlon tnd
"rength 01 Ollltlng 1OiI.; ConcJuslOnlend rocommandatlOnl lor
grading pracOdUlO.; tnd design crnorla '01 COIroctJve IIIGISUles
including bunro" Ms. . noodOd.
Rocommandltlonl 1nc1ud0d In tho ropoll t/IID bo
1nc00polllOd In Iht gradilg pIw OI.peclllcltlons, unI01S Iht
building o/lIclal has wllvOd II 0I1OIllI 0I1ht rocommandatlon.
01 has IpplOVOd rl'lbOd roccmmondallons.
(I) O.ology R.pon. ThG geology rOpollraqulrod l1f
SubsoctJon lc) wI Includo In adaqult. d.lC~pllon ~ I/1t
goolog'f oIlhe .n., end conclusions end rocommandatlonl
rOOlldlng Iht OnOd ~ goologlC condnlons on Iht ptopolod
dCloJopmonl
Reccmmondltlonl Includtd In Iht repoll t/IID be
1nc00polltOd In IhI gliding p1w OI.peclllcltlonl, unIml/lG
blinding o/lIclal /lGs wlitOd all 01 tomo oIlho recomm.ndatlonl
01 hIS IpprovOd rIVlsOd roccmmendallons.
lD IlIuenc.. The ptovlslons 01 SOdIon :10311. Ippllcablo
10 grading pormn.. Th. bulldilg o/lIclal may roqulr. I/IlIllhe
grading opollllOns ond ptojOd designs bo mod~od . delayS
occur which wlI Incur v.Ollhor,gonOlllOd probloms not
consldored Illho limo Ihe pormn wos Issu.d.
(Ill fm, All foos 'or and/OI assacl.IOd wnh OICh raqulrOd
pormn ahlll bo paid to tho CIIy 1.101 lOI1h In 1Il0 SchOdul. 01
Foes, SOdJon 32.1.$5 oIlhelow. CIIy Codo 01 Ordinances
S.c, 7007, RUlN.d,
S.c, 7008, Auulenc. 0' p.rform.nc.. AllUCh IIIIIG IS
Iho gliding pormA II Issu.d, Iho building otIIclal may raqulro
cash escrow, portormanco bonds ore 10"01 01 crOdA In order 10
assura Ihlt lho work Is complotOd In accord.ne. with Ihe
approvod pllnS and lpocillCallon., and 10 mUlo In hlllldOUS
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Concl~1OnI arl Ilimlnalod Said cuh ncrOWl. perlOlmanc.
bond. 011011"1 01 clod" wllln rlqUlrod. IhalIllt In tI1 trnOUIll
lQuIlIO 110% 0I1/lt gloding ptOjOCl, blA In no ....DIllIlllJJ IIlI
roquilod trnOUIll exctod S 10.000 01 /lit cuh lQulvlltlll.
h 1I1h1 lillii'll ~ 111II1IC11On lh.ll cuh elCJow, porlOlmance
bonda 011011"1 01 Clodlll1ll nOlllt dotmOd N . lubltalAlOn
101 perlOlmtnCe 0I11l1 work, blA lh.ll IUCh InslIUmeIlll Ihd
IItnd 1Ol1~ as IICUIIly 10 eSlure compllance wlh /lit grading
rlQu~.mel'll' htllill. Cash ewOWl hGld 101 e perIOd Iongll
IIlIn tIx moIllllllhd urn lIll.rolt tl /lit rill 015'110 PtlIIVlUl1\
whICh, I unexpenclod l1f Iht CIy, IhaIl bo payablt 10 IIlI
OIlglnal d.poslOl upon lIIisl.C1ory compllancl tnd rll.OSt,
SIC. 7000, Cutl.
(.) O.n.r.L Unlm Olhtrwlle reccmmenclod In Iht
IpptOVod .ngiflaoring, lOlI. tnclIOI gtOlogy r.poc1. CUI.wn
conlOlm 10 IhI ptovlslonl 0I111111OCl1On.
(b) Slope. Tho Ilope 01 CUI 1llf1.m 111II bo no lloopor
IIlIn IIl11e IOIlhI 1nI0nclod use, tnd wn bt no IIOOPtlIllln
U-oi /i1lO CilIlm licllzor.tallO ~ ~-;rt:t;l un:m Ih; ~ Of
rnpons)b1o party lurnlslla. 1 lOll. 01 a gtOlogy r.porI, 01 bolh,
Ilaling lhal trl Invnligallon ~ Iht Ih. rovoal.lI1al e CIA II e
lloopor liapo will nonothGloss bt lIablo and wil nOl Clllle I
harard 10 Ide 0110 ptopony.
(c) Drl1nlg. Ind Tlrrlclng, Drllnagl tnd IOfIlCing Ihd
bt ptovldod as roqukod l1f SoctlOn 7012.
S.c. 7010. filiI.
(I) O.ntllL Unlo.. Olho/Wise reccmmonclod In Iht
apptovod engineering, lOlI. tnclIOI gtology repoc1. rills Ihd
conform 10 Ihe ptovislon. 01 1hI.1IC11On.
(b) ,11I Locellon. Fm liapo.lhG. nOl bo conslRlC1od on
nalural liapo. lIoopor Ihtrl Ihroe I1OIlzontallo one v.nJcal,
.xcopt whOIl Iho civil .nglneer dOlermlnos Iht liapo 10 bo
lIabll,
(c) Pltp"llIon 01 around. The grooncllurlace Ihd bo
ptoparod 10 recolvo r~ l1f removing vtgOlallon. noncomplflng
rll, lopsoIl and Olhor unlUlabl. mator1al., and l1f acarllylng Ihe
lurlaco 10 ptovlde e bond wlh 1M new rrn, Whero 11opI' aro
1I00por lhan lIvel1Ollzontallo ono vonlcal and Ihe hGlght oIlhe
rrn lOcation Is grootor lhan IOn '001, Iht grooncl.urlacelhall bo
plepared by benching lnIo ma1811a1 which It doOmod ccmpoIlnI
IOIluch benching l1f . clvllenglnoor, The bench UnclorlhelOO
01 rill on a Ilopo lIoopor lhan lIvo I1OIllontallo onl vlnlcallhall
be alloul I.n leOl wlda. Tho area beyond Iho 100 01 rilllhGn
ehhor bo IIopod 101111001 overllOW, Ole pavod drain plovldod,
When MII.,O be placed over e CUI, lha bonch undor Iho 100 01
IilIlhan bo IlloasllOn loot wldo, Howovor, In luch IVonl, tho
CIA ahaII be OPploved l1f a civil onglnoor as a aulabl.
loonclollon 101 fin.
(d) Fill MII",.L VtgOlallvo malerlalSlhall nol bo pormlltod
In fill. oxcoptln Ihe lop one 1001 0111I1, Exceptes permhled l1f
Iho building oIlielal, no rock 01 .Imllar kroduclbl. maloMallhal1
be placod wnhln IWO 1001 01 the finlshod grode. Whore trl
oxco..lve amount oIlrroduclble melorlolle f(\llnd. ft mil bo
placed In Ihe fill In hOllzontalloyolI nOl e,clodll1!l !oollll6l ii,
Ihlckno.., Each Iayor lhall bo lovoled and .mOOIhod l1f
choking Iho ,urlace oIlho II/oduclblo mato/laI wnh 1011 01 fino
Iragmonll 01 rock,
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('1 Complcllon. All MI on uope. 01 e holllonllllO I
vaniCll 01 liMper IhaII bI ccmpaC10d 10 e mInirMl ~ 00
perCIlll 01 maximum donslly II cleItrmIntd l1f UBC. 8111ld11d
No. 70.1 0I1qUN110Ill ASN IItndard.. In'place dInIlIy 1/1II
bI dtlllmtned In eCCOldance wlh U.D.C. Sltndlld No. 1Q.2,
70-3, 70-4 01 70.& 01 equtl.I.1'Il ASN IItndlldl.
(~ 810pe, ThG IIopt ~ na lI.decOl1/lll bt no liMper Ihan
1111I. 10I1/1t Inl.ndod ute. FI aIopot I/Id bt no liMper Ihan
IhIM hOIlronllllo one VOi1iC1l unIo" lhe 0WntI 01 rHponsIbIt
pany 1urn/1Ilt. e tolls 01 I gOOlogy ItpOl1, 01 boIh. Illllng 1hal
IhI liIe hU bien Invest~alod tnd 1hal buod on IhtIr bIsl
1nI00matlon, knowlodg. tnd boUoI, till at e IlOpIIl00pol Ihan
Itv.. hOIIronlallO ono v.niCll will nonorhG'e" bt liable tnd
will nlil Cleat. e hazard 10 Id. 01 pIOptl1y.
(g) Cr'lnlge. Ttlr.clng. Cralnage tnd 10rrecJng 1/1II bo
ptovldod '0111I r~s. Arm NlOYe r~ llopoS tnd IIIltrraca
IUlfecll1/lll bo gradod and 1Inlshod, as loqukod l1f Soctlon
7012-
8.c. 70tl, S.lbICkl,
(Il a.ntllL CUI and I. llopo'lhaIl bo .ot back Irem iii.
boundarle. In eCCOIdance wlh Ihls 1000Jon. SlIback
dlmGnsIOnI IhaII bo hOIIronlal dislances IIIGIIUfod
pelpondleullllO Iht liIe boundary. Sotbeck dlmtnllona IhaII
bo II Ihown In Figure No. 70.1,
(b) Top 01 Cui Slop.. ThG lop 01 Cui llopo IhaII bo madl
no closor 10 e lIe boundllY Int lhan one Idlh 0I1ht v.niCll
he~~ 01 cut, wIIh e minimum 0I1w0 loot tnd e maximum 01 IOn
10It. ThG eotback may nood 10 bo Incrll30d tOlI/rf requlrod
InfIlC.plOl drallll.
(c) Toe 01'11I Slope. ThOloo ~ lihlopo llId bo madl no
closor 10 Iht lIe boundary 1In0 lhan ono,ha!llhG hG~hl 01 the
llopo, Wlh a minimum 0I1wO loot and e maximum ~ 1w'11Iy
10It. WIleIt al1llllopo 1110 bo IOcalod nOAlIht liIe boundary
tnd thO adjacOIll 011'110 Pfoplrly II a1111Ui dovolopod, epoclal
ptocaUlIOnl may bt requllod .. In I/1t opinion 0I1ht building
0II1e1al, .uch ptecaUllOnlar. necaSSlly 10 PfolOClIht ICljolnlng
ptOPOIIV 'rem damage. Those procaUlIOnl may Include, 1M AI,
nlilllmllod 10, Ihe 'olIowIng:
1. AddllonallOlbacka.
2. PrOYllIon fOl 100aln/ng wanl 01 I'ough walll.
3. Mechanical 01 chomiClllIOalmonl oIlhe fin slopo eullaco
10 mInImlr. erolJon.
4. PrOYllIon.101 Ihe COl1l101 oIlulloce walors.
(ell MOdlflctllon 01 Slopa Loc.1I0n. Tho building oIflClaI
may apPfove alllnalo 100backl. The building oIIIClaI may also
requllt an Inmllgallon and rocommondallon l1f e cilU
tnglnoor, . In Iho oplnlon 01 Iho building oIIIClal, luch
Invosllgallon Is roasonably nocossary 10 domonsllale Iho
gliding hGs compllod wlh Ihe Inlont oIlhl. .000Jon.
S... 7011.1 TI.. Prot.ction. IndMduallloollhGl AlO 10 bo
rOlalnod IhGlI bo prOlOClod 'rem Injury during any grading wOlk
In Iho lonowlng mannor:
II A berrleado Ihall bo OIOClod along Iho drip lIno oIlhe
rllalnod 11001.
2) Oradlng equlpmont may not bo pl/kod OII101od wlhln
tho drip lIno 01 any auch retalnld Iree..
3) No loll or rubble shan bo added 10 or ramovod from
wlhln Iho drip Ilno 01 laid Ireel.
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rttllntd u..., nO! wlllln Iht dllp Int oIrttllnell U"..
Stc. 7012. Drlln.g. Ind Terrlclng.
(I) O.n.r.L UnlOII OU1trwlIIlndlctlod on /lit IWIOVod
glldlng plan, dllinlgt '1ClIa1t1 tnd IIIIICing WI corlOlm 10
lilt plOYtsJone 0I1hi111Ct1On 101 CIA 01 III aJopo.lltOptll/Ian
III hortrOlll1l1O one Vtl1lC11.
(b) T.rrec.. In OIdtllO conuOl Maca dlllnagt tnd
d.bfll. IlIItCOt tllelll .Il IHI In wIdIIl ahtJI be 8Sllblllhtd tl
IlCIC lllOfe I/Ian 30-1001 vtlllctllnl'l'IllI on III CIA 01 III aJopo..
Whtre 0Iti one IIIIICell rtqUflod, II/IaIl bo establW1ed tl
mldhtigtt FOI CIA 01 Iii aJopo. grelllll/lan GO '001 tnd up 10
120 loti In VtI1lC1llltlgtt one IlIrICe tllpptOXImll.~ mld,
IItIgI1lWl bo tw.~ 1001 In wIdIh. TIIIICt wldlhl tnd Ipleing
101 CUI tnd III aJopo. gretllll/lan 120 fOOl In hGigl1ll11d be
dolignod l1f Iht cJva englntGl tnd IpprOVod l1f Iht building
oIrlCl4l SufttllIt eccen I/IaIl be ptOYldod 10 pGIml ploptr
c1t1ning tnd maInItnanCe.
SwillS 01 dftcht. on lerrICo.1/IaIl hav.. minimum grldl.1'Il
oIl1v" porCll'll, tnd mull be SllbIIlzod wlh an tpptOYOd
"OIIOn.~tO ChaMII. Slid awllll 01 dlcht.1/IaIl1lSO havt e
minimum doplh tllht cloopost pOlnI 01 one 1001 and e minimum
wIdIh 01 1Iv. fOOlltlltu a cJva engineer can domonstrlfe .
amano, CI1annoIlllpptOptIll..
ThG capactt oIeawll. 01 d4C111/1a1l bo ldoqualelO COI'NIy
I/1t l00.YIII ItllMn Irtqutncy 1I00m rOllhl IriOulary 1I0l
(c) Subsurflce Drllnlg.. CIA tnd liIlllopos I/IaIl bo
ptOYldod wlh subeUllact drllnagt, whGre auch dralnagt II
rouonabli nocoSSll'f 10 achIove lIab1llly.
(d) DllpolIL AJ drllnago 'aclllt.lhal bo dosignod 10
wry wlftlllO Iht ntlll1t .pptOYOd dralneg. wly. ErOllon In
lilt 1111 01 dilCllargo lllal be ptO'lontOd l1f instilling non,
If OlIve down drllnl 01 Olher dO'llc11, as noOdod.
Building podSI/lall hive e drllnage gradlol'll oIlWO porcelli
from IhG building pad lowlld epptOVOd dralnago lacllllo"
union w.lvod l1f IhI building oIfIclal.
EXCEPnON: ThG grldiol'll 'rem Iht building pod mIy bo
ono porcOI'll f III oIlhG '0II0wIng condllOnl o.ls1l1voug~ IhG
pormll er..:
1. PtOpoiOd ra;, III no greatlr I/Ian Iln '001 In maximum
dlplh.
2. Proposed IInIsh CUll 01 nil Slopo 'ICOI havo e vonJcal
holghl no greller I/Ian Ion root
3. ExIs1Ing slope lacos which have a slopo 'ace sllopor
I/Ian IOn horlzonlllli 10 one vonlcll~ ohall have . vlnJcal
hGighl no groator l/Ian Iln loot
(.) Inttlc.plolDrlln.. Intllcop'OI drllns lhall bo InslllOd
along Iho lOp 01 011 CUI .Iopo. whlfo Ih. IilbUlary dralnogo has
boon ChannollzOd, and Ihore Is e potontlal '01 comlnuOd erosion.
S.c. 7013, Erollon ControL
(.) Slop... Tho 'ICOI 01 CUllnd rm Ilopollhall bo PlO'
porod end mallllllno<l In eccordlnto wlh Doslgn Standerdl for
Public WMI Improvomol1ll, SOClIon X .Erollon and SOdlmoma,
lion ContrOl.
(b) Oth.r D.vlc,,, Chock daml, Cribbing, r1P1lp 01 other
dO'lIcOI 01 mOlhod. IhGII be tmployOd whero reuonabli
noclSsary 10 conliOl erosion end provldo hlDly.
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a.c. 7014, Ortdlng In.pactlon.
(I) O.n.r.L AI grading optrtllOnllOl "Nell . ptlma It
roqulrod 1/1II be .ubjoct 10 InspoetlOn l1f /lit b\tilg ~(iII.
WIlen roqulrtd l1f Ihe building 0IlIc1ll, IpecilllnspoctlOn ~
grldlng optIlllOnl tnd .peclllltlllng 111II be pt!101mod In
ICCOIdIIlce wlh IhI ptOYlllonl ~ Stc1Jon 308.
(b) NOllllcltlon of Noncomplllnc., W, In /lit CO\nO 01
futilllng IhIIr rllponlibllllt. undll IhII ~II, /lit eM
enginOll 0I1he Itstlng lIJency ftnd.l/Itll/ll grldlng Wllft 18 nOl
baing dono In ccntOlll\l/'iCe wlh IhII CI1IIIlII 01 don nOl
ccntOfm 10 l/lI.pplOVod grldlng plw. /lit dilcrtpl/'Clllll1ll
be rlpol1od 10 Iht 0WntI ~ I/1t ptOflftft. W /lit dilCltpI/'CIII
CO/lIInue, I/1t CMI Englnlll 01 /lit listing .goncy II rUponsible
'01 repol1lng I4Id diIClOpanc".IO /lit building 0IlIc1ll.
(c) Trln.r.r 01 Rtlpon.'blllty lor ApprovIL . /lit eNi
tnglnt<< 0I1ht listing eoency 01 rKOld II CI1Ingod dllV'og Iht
COUIIe 0I1lPf grading work, I/1t Wllft 111II be 1I0pp0d urU /lit
!~p1g~ hY ll9!e!!Il!l !tt~ fe<-POf"~ IeIlI:o ~
tnd Iht work II wlhln Iht cempotonce 01 /lit IlIling egoncy
1IWJ/0I1ht eNi englnaor.
S.c. 7018. Compl.llon 01 Work.
(0) fln.1 R.pona. Upon comp/ItlOn ~ Iht rough gtldlng
work tnd tlllnal ccmplltlon 0111IO gt IdIng WOIk, Iht buolding
omclll.hallrequllllhl following rtpor1l, drl'o\'lng. tnd 'upplo<
1IIGI'Illlhtroto 10 be rilGd In Iht building OIfCla/'I omcl:
I. CenflCatlon Irem /lit eM!englnolll/ltllht grld''"ll work
WII ccmplotod In lubslantill ccmplance wlh Iht ftnaJ
applOVod gredlng plan. II updatod OIrMod.
2. An updllod 01 rtvllod grading plan ptOpllod by /lit eM!
onglnoOf.1howIng au rovl.1ons opplOVod l1f IhI building OIf'cJaI.
ThIs plan IhaIlIncIudo ground .lMIace elovalionl, IoC drllnogo
PInorns, and lOcatlOnl tnd elOVtllons 01 II lUlface and
lubslMlac. drllnage lacll.1lu InslonO<l.
(b) Nolnlc.llon 01 Compl.tlon. ThG OWntI, rlSponsiblt
party 01 parson requesting IhI parm.l1hal11ClCtt lIle building
omclal whon Iht grading operation II roldy fOlllnallnlpoetlon.
Final OpplOVIIIhaIl nOl be g~en ul'lll II roqulrod roporll have
boon .ubmlttod and IHllI au gredlng work hGs boon Complolod
In ICCOIdance wlh Iht IInaIIpprOVod grading P'W,1ncWng
InIldatlon 01 au drainage lacUl1u and IhGlI prOloct~o dovlcOI
and eU lIo1lonoCOl1llOl maasuru Upon granting nnaJ Ipplovll,
IhG building omclallhallaUll1ollzelhe rolouo 0I1t1i escrOWllO
Iho dOPOSIOl and Issue a conillcale 01 compllanc..
S.c. 7018. Enlorcom.nL In aU CISOI, tho ulJmalO
rOlponslbllity rOl ccmpllonCa wlh IhiI Challlor IhaIl rost wlh Iht
ownor ~ lhe flIopeny, nolwlhalandlng Ih. panlelpatlon ~ I/'Ii
Olhor IDSponslblo party. Atrf vIOlatIOn oIl1l11 Chaptor 01 NIlS
premulgalod Ihor01o Shan consllulo e nulsanco ondIOI on
onvlronmontal infraction undor both llalt tnd IOcIIlaw. In luch
OVOI'll, Iho City moy, at I. option, .Ioct 10 carry 0UI1t1i one 01
aU 01 Ihe rollowlng romodlo.: flIOSOCUl' envllonlllGntal
infractions undor Soctlon 1, Mlelo II oIlhelowa City Codl 01
Ordinanco.; dony 01 rovoko ony porm.l undor Ihll chaptlr;
abalo Ihe nulsancoln accOfdanco wlh SoctlOn 24 01 Anler. VI
oIlholowa City Codo 01 Ordlnancol; ondIOf abalt Iho nulsanco
undor IIl1tO 1lIw. CMptor 657, Iowa Codl ('009).
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5ECTiON in. REPEALER. ~ OIdlnanco. tnd pII\I 01
ordinances In conI1Iet wlll1lhO ptOYllIonl 0I1N1 Ordinance tie
hGr.l1f ropoalod.
SECTION~. SEVERABILITY. "1TIf Ioctlon, plOYIIIon 01 ptrt
ct Iht Ordinance .1Id bo Idjudgod 10 bo invalid 01
unconslllAlonaI, .uch adjudlctllon IIIalI nollltOd /lit validly 01
Iht Ordlnanco .. e wh% 01 ITIf Ioctlon, plOYIIIon 01 ptrt
Ihtrool nol 'djudgod invalid or lHlCOIlS1llAlOnIJ.
SECTION V. EFFECTlVE DATE. Thls Ordinance IIIalI bo In
otltc1 eIl.r .. IInaI passago, Ipprovll end publlctllon II
roquked by law.
PAssod tnd applOVod 1111I
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Ordfnlnce as read be adopted, and upon roll call there lIere:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
- - Ambr t sco
- - Courtney
- - Horolltlz
- - Kubby
- Larson
HcDonald
- - Novick
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First Consideration
Vote for passage:
Second Consideration
Vote for Passage:
Date publt shed
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Nonce OF PUBUC HEARlNO REOAAOINO TIlE
RA nFICA nON OF SAlE OF A PORtION OF VACATED ALLEY
LOCATED IN DLOCK 2S, EAST IOWA CIlY,
NOlleo II hot.by glvon IhIlI/1t ClIy oIlowe ClIy will hold e
pub/lo hGl/lng rogl/dlng IhG lIIe 01. poftlon 01 vlC4tod aIIVf
Iocatod In BlOck 20, EOSllowe ClIy. The CO/lIompIalod action
iiriI rilly i iGIi by qua elaim am illilod BijIlomblr It. 1002.
The pub/Io nol/Ing fOOl/ding Iht ratflclllon ~ aaIt oIlhla
parCGl will bo hGld on Tuoldly, AugUll7, 1m, at 7:30 p.m. In
IIlo CMo CoIlI.r eouncq Cl1arnbof1, 410 E, Washington SlrOOl,
Iowe ClIy, low.. IIIht rooulallowe ClIy CouncM mooting
MARIAN K. KAIlR. CITY CLERK
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