Chapter 13.08
PERMITS--APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE CONDITIONS
Sections:
13.08.030 Application—Liability Statement Required.
13.08.040 Application—Changes and Additions Authorized When.
13.08.050 Additional Requirements for Work Authorized when—Violations.
13.08.060 Relocation of Facilities or Plantings—Procedures and Costs.
13.08.070 Overhead Structures or Encroachments.
13.08.080 Application—Issuance Conditions.
13.08.100 Permits—Not Transferable.
13.08.110 Permits—Period of Validity to be Specified—Extension.
13.08.120 Permits—Denial or Revocation Conditions—Assessment District Work.
13.08.130 Permits—Removal from Location or Cancellation Conditions.
13.08.010 Application—Form.
Application for a permit shall be made in writing to the Director, on a form provided by the Director. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.030 Application—Liability Statement Required.
On each application the applicant or agent shall sign a statement that agreeing to preserve, defend and save harmless the City and each officer and employee from any liability or responsibility for any accident, loss or damage to persons or property happening or occurring as a result of activities pursuant to the permit. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.040 Application—Changes and Additions Authorized When.
The Director may make such changes or additions in any application for a permit as deemed necessary for the protection of the highways, for the prevention of undue interference with traffic, for the safety of persons using such highways, as to the route over which to move any over height, width, length or weight load; as to the location, depth, dimensions, character and number of excavations; as to encroachments made or placed; and as to other permits issued pursuant to this Division 1. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.050 Additional Requirements for Work Authorized when—Violations.
The Director may establish additional requirements for the work to be done under the permit, including equipment to be used, type of backfill, compaction, paving, traffic regulations, hours of work, flagmen, lights, inspection, and other similar requirements. The Director may also require whatever advance notice proper for requests for inspection. The Director may add these requirements and conditions to the permit, and they shall be an integral part thereof. If any of the requirements of the permit are violated, the Director may revoke the permit and require that a new permit be secured before further work is done. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.060 Relocation of Facilities or Plantings—Procedures and Costs.
The Director may require the permittee to make proper arrangements for and bear the cost of the relocation of any structure, publicly owned facility, tree or shrub where such relocation is made necessary by the proposed work for which a permit is issued. The Director may elect to do the necessary relocation at the permittee’s expense. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.070 Overhead Structures or Encroachments.
The Director may require that evidence be submitted with the application to satisfy the Director that the proposed overhead structure or encroachment will not create a hazard of any kind. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.080 Application—Issuance Conditions.
If the applicant complies with every applicable provision of this Division I and all applicable provisions of all other ordinances and statutes, the Director may issue to the applicant a written permit to perform the work set forth in the application. The Director may refuse to issue a permit if the Director finds that it is not in the best interest of the general public to do so. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.090 Blanket Permits.
Blanket permits, renewable annually, may be issued subject to the compliance with all applicable provisions of this Division 1. The Director may revoke any such blanket permit if the permittee fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Division 1. The issuance of a blanket permit does not relieve the permittee from making such reports of activity under the blanket permit as may be required by the Director and for paying for inspection, repairs and other costs incurred by the Director due to the permittee’s activity. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.100 Permits—Not Transferable.
Permits issued under the authority of this Division 1 are nontransferable. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.110 Permits—Period of Validity to be Specified—Extension.
Each permit shall specify the time the permit shall become null and void and the permit shall become null and void on the date so specified unless the Director extends the time. The Director may extend the time if the work for which the permit was issued was delayed because of inclement weather, labor strikes, or other causes not within the control of the permittee. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.120 Permits—Denial or Revocation Conditions—Assessment District Work.
The Director may refuse to issue permits or may revoke any outstanding permits, or any portion of a permit, when the work has not been started, when the work authorized by the permits, or any portion, is included in the proposed work to be done by any proposed assessment district for which proceedings have been instituted by the Council. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)
13.08.130 Permits—Removal from Location or Cancellation Conditions.
The Director, for cause, as provided in this Division 1, may cancel the privilege granted by the permit and may remove the permit from the job location. (Ord. 89-20, 8/8/89)