Loads

All improvements shall be proportioned for the following loads and forces:

(1)

Dead load.

(2)

Live load or surcharge including ordinary impact, except where loading involves unusual impact requiring increased assumed loads. Live loads may consist of material, goods or equipment stored or operated alongside the bulkhead, or any structure adjoining the same, the foundations of which may exert pressure on the bulkhead, or sidewalks, highway or street traffic loads. A sidewalk live load shall be taken as 100 pounds per square foot of sidewalk area, and the highway or street traffic loads shall be in accordance with the Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Unless otherwise indicated by field conditions, the minimum highway or street traffic load shall consist of a two-axle truck of gross weight 20 tons, designated as class H-20 loading in such standard specifications.

(3)

Impact and dynamic effect of live load.

(Code 1967, § 27-30; Code 1980, § 29-50; Ord. No. 13315, § 2, 3-8-12)