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27.16.020 ACCESS TO PUBLIC STREET.

Except as otherwise provided for in this title, every building in a residential district shall be constructed upon a lot which abuts upon a public street as shown on a subdivision map accepted by the City and as recorded in the office of the recorder of San Mateo County, or as designated by a resolution pursuant to Section 17.04.010, unless a permanent easement of access to a public street was of record prior to the effective date of this title, or unless approved pursuant to proceedings authorized by this title.