Ordinance Number 611DIB
ORDINANCE NO. 611
BONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTY RESTORATION
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 8-3.06 TO CHAPTER 3 "GRADING
CODE" OF TITLE 8 BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE - BONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTY
RESTORATION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment.
Section 8-3.06 entitled "Bonding Requirements for Property Restoration" is
hereby added to Chapter 3 "Grading Code" of Title 8 "Building Regulations" of the
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"8-3.06. Bonding Requirements for Property Restoration.
"The Building Official is authorized to require additional bonding as security to
ensure against adverse aesthetic impacts arising from uncompleted grading and/or
improvements from development projects which have not been completed. The purpose
of the bonding shall be to restore property to its original condition in the event that a
developer has initiated grading and/or the construction of improvements (such as
retaining walls, drainage improvements, parking lots, etc.), but has failed to complete
the development, or any part thereof, within prescribed time limits.
"This bonding requirement shall be imposed where the Building Official finds
that the proposed project site is highly prominent and visible to the community, or has
unique topographical features, or involves substantial grading of slope areas.
"The Building Official shall implement the requirements of this section by
requiring the execution of a surety agreement and appropriate bonding requiring the
developer to undertake the restorative grading work as a condition of the permit. The
Building Official is further authorized to execute all surety agreements for grading
activity on behalf of the City."
SECTION 2. Date of Application.
This ordinance shall apply to any development project for which grading
permits have not been issued on or after October 1, 1987.
passage.
SECTION 3. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its
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96 SECTION 4. City Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be published once as required by law and posted at the duly designated posting
places within the City of San Juan Capistrano within fifteen (15) days after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of November ,
1987.
ANTHONY L. AND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 611 which was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City
of San Juan Capistrano, California, held on November 3 , 1987 , and adopted
at a meeting held on November 17 , 1987, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Schwartze, Friess, Buchheim,
Hausdorfer, and Mayor Bland
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
MARY AN ANOVER, CITY CLERK
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