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f RJC :yc :1/12/59-7 ORDINANCE NO. 927 ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF ORDINANCE NO. 639, BEING THE SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, .BY CHANGING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 THEREOF TO PROVIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAYS TO ESTABLISHED GRADES, OR GRADES APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER, AND BY ADDING TO SAID ARTICLE A NEW SECTION, NUMBERED 10.1, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF VARIANCES AND EXCEPTIONS TO THE STRICT APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ARTICLE II THE COUNCIL OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : Section 1. Section 5, Article II, of Ordinance No. 639, entitled "An Ordinance Relating to and Regulating the Construction, Reconstruction and Repair of Walkways, Driveways, Curbs and Parking Strips on the Public Streets, Alleys and Ways in the City of Redwood City, " adopted March 6, 1950, as amended, and presently in effect, is hereby amended to read as follows : "SECTION 5. (a) Business and Industrial Driveways : The provisions of this section shall govern the location and dimensions of driveways on all real property situate in all zoning districts other than residential zoning districts. No driveway shall be of greater width than sixty per cent (60%) of the actual lot frontage on any one street, nor more than twenty-nine feet (29 ') in width between tops of ramps at the ends of driveways, whichever is the lesser. In case of more than one driveway in front of any property, total width of driveways shall not exceed the sixty per cent (60%) of frontage hereinbefore mentioned, and there shall be twenty-two feet (22') or a multiple thereof of standard curb, gutter, and sidewalk between such driveways. No driveway shall be situate closer than fifteen feet (15 ') from the terminus of the curb return at the nearest inter- secting street.