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01/28/2013 check fee and the inspection fee and may have unused amounts returned or may be required to pay additional amounts as necessary to recover all reasonably related costs including the costs of outside consultants, incurred by the City to perform plan check and inspections services for the application and permit. ARTICLE III CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS Sec. 29.27. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall mean as follows: ABANDONED DRIVEWAY: Any driveway for which there appears to be no immediate reasonable use as such or where the use or conditions of the abutting property have been so changed that the driveway is no longer needed. DRIVEWAY: Any approach to or from a street over and upon an adjacent gutter, curb, parking strip or sidewalk permitting vehicular traffic into the abutting property. Sec. 29.28. Permit Required. A. No person shall construct or reconstruct any driveway or driveway approach in any public right-of-way without first securing an encroachment permit therefor pursuant to this chapter. B. All driveway approaches in any public right-of-way shall be constructed in accordance with City of Redwood City Engineering Standards, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 and in a manner and of materials approved by the City Engineer. C. All driveway approaches, whether on an improved or an unimproved street, shall be constructed to the established grade for that street at the property line. D. In the event no grade has been established for the street on which the driveway or driveway approach is to be constructed, such driveway or driveway approach shall be constructed to a grade at the property line to be established, approved and grade staked by the City Engineer. After grading has been completed and paving forms, if any are to be used, are in place, the person installing the driveway approach in such street shall call for an inspection by the City Engineer. The driveway approach shall not be constructed until the City Engineer gives written approval. The City Engineer shall set grade stakes to assist the person installing a driveway approach in any case where the City Engineer deems such action necessary. Sec. 29.29. Nonresidential Driveway Approaches. The provisions of this section shall govern the locations and dimensions of driveway approaches to all real property situated in all zoning districts other than residentially zoned districts. No driveway approach shall be of greater width than sixty percent (60%) of the actual lot frontage on any one street or more than ATTY/ORD.377/AMENDING CHAPTER 29 STREETS,SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS ORD.#2390 REV:01-22-13 PT FORMERLY MUFF#305 Page 20 of 28