§ 16-4. Permit.

(a)

A permit issued by the city director of public works is required for any encroachment by any person except officers and employees of the city acting in the discharge of their official duties and except any person, firm or corporation acting pursuant to a contract with the city to perform specific work in the city streets and rights-of-way.

(b)

The director of public works shall prescribe and provide a form of application for use by the applicant which application shall show all information and details which the director may deem necessary to establish the exact location, nature, dimensions, duration and purpose of the proposed encroachment.

(c)

The director may require maps, sketches, diagrams or other exhibits sufficient to clearly describe the proposed encroachment and its relation to existing facilities and property lines.

(d)

The director may require that the permittee notify and/or obtain approval of adjacent or nearby property owners who may be affected by the proposed encroachment.

(e)

The permittee must abide by all local, state and federal laws and regulations which in any manner affect the permit and the city assumes no responsibility or liability for the failure of the permittee to abide by such laws or regulations.

(f)

The permittee shall provide, erect and maintain, at permittee's expense, all safety devices as required for the proposed encroachment and assumes full responsibility and liability for safety.

(g)

The permittee must perform his work in a manner which will least disturb the normal flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and will provide for normal traffic flows unless otherwise approved by the director of public works. Before approval for any significant change to normal traffic flows the permittee must notify all affected agencies including the city police, California Highway Patrol, fire and school departments.

(Ord. No. 350, § 2; Ord. No. 413, § 2.)