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, r , ORDINANCE NO. 3498 AN ORDINANCE relating to residential and commercial driveway approaches and curb cuts; regulating size, location, number and construction of same; providing for variances; providing for re- placement of driveway approaches; providing for issuance of permits and fixing fees; providing a penalty for the violation of this ordinance and repealing Ordinance No. 2610 and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this ordinance the following definitions shall apply: (a) Driveway. A driveway is an area on private property where automobiles and other vehicles are operated or allowed to stand. (b) Driveway Approach. Driveway approach is an area,con- struction or improvement between the roadway of a public street and private property intended to provide access for vehicles from the roadway of a public street to a definite area of the private property, such as a parking area, a driveway or a door at least seven feet (7' ) wide intended and used for the ingress and egress of vehicles. The component parts of the drive- way approach are termed the apron, the end slopes or the curb return and sidewalk section. (e) Apron. The apron is that portion of the driveway approach extending from the gutter flow line to the sidewalk section and lying between the end slopes of the driveway approach. (d) End Slopes. The end slopes are those portions of the driveway approach which provide a transition from the normal curb and sidewalk elevations to the grade of the apron, either by means of a sloping surface or by means of a curb return, together with the area be- tween the projected tangents of the curb return. (e) Sidewalk Section. The sidewalk section is that por- tion of the driveway approach lying between the back edge of the sidewalk and the apron, plus the end slopes measured at the front edge of the side- walk. (f) Curb Return. The curb return is the curved portion of a street curb at street intersections, or the curved portion of a curb in the end slopes of a driveway approach. Section 2: PEP IT REQUIRED. No person, firm or corpora- tion shall remove, alter or construct any curb, sidewalk, driveway approach, gutter, pavement or other improvement in any public street, alley or other property owned by or dedicated to or used by the City and over which it has jurisdiction to regulate the matters covered hereby, without first obtaining a permit from the City Engineer, and no permit shall be granted until the applicant shall file with the City Engineer for his approval a copy of a drawing showing the location and size of all such proposed improvements to serve the property affected.