HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2782_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2782
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER
12.20 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO STREET
CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 12.20.010 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled"Definitions,"is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"12.20.010: DEFINITIONS:
Whenever the following terms are used in this chapter, they shall have the meanings
established by this section:
APPLICANT: Any owner or duly authorized agent of such owner, who has
submitted an application for a permit to excavate.
CITY: The City of Redlands.
DEPARTMENT: The Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department.
DEPOSIT: Any bond, cash deposit, or other security provided by the applicant.
DIRECTOR: The Director of the Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department or
his/her designee, including the construction inspector.
EXCAVATION: Any opening in the surface or subsurface of the public right of
way.
FACILITY OR FACILITIES: Any and all cables, cabinets, ducts, conduits,
converters,equipment, drains,handholds, manholes, pipes,pipelines, splice boxes,
surface location markers, tunnels, utilities, vaults, and other appurtenances or
tangible things owned, leased, operated, or licensed by an owner or person, that are
located or are proposed to be located in the public right of way.
OWNER: Any person, including any agency, department, or subdivision of the city,
who owns any facility or facilities that are or are proposed to be installed or
maintained in the public right of way.
PER-MIT OR PERMIT TO EXCAVATE: A permit to perform an excavation as it
has been approved or may be amended or renewed by the department.
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PERMITTEE: The applicant to whom a permit to excavate has been granted by the
department in accordance with this chapter.
PERSON: Any natural person, corporation, partnership, or any governmental
agency, including agency, department, or subdivision of the city, the state of
California, or United States of America.
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY: The area across, along, beneath, in, on,over,under,
upon and within the dedicated public alleys,boulevards, courts, lanes,places, roads,
sidewalks,streets, and ways within the city, as they now exist or hereafter will exist
and which are or will be under the permitting jurisdiction of the department of public
works.
PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISE: Granted by the city of Redlands or the state of
California is a contract granting special privileges to use the public right of way. It is
not intended that this chapter impose additional rules or regulations which are
inconsistent with the rights or obligations under the franchise or confer authority to
the city that conflicts with the state's public utilities code or the jurisdiction of the
California public utilities commission.
UTILITY: Any franchise owner whose facility or facilities in the public right of way
are used to provide gas, electricity, steam, water, sewer service, telecommunications,
video,or other services to customers regardless of whether such owner is deemed a
public utility by the California Public Utilities Commission."
Section 2. Section 12.20.020 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled"Conformance to
Approved Plans Required,"is hereby re-titled and amended to read as follows:
"12.20.020: CONFORMANCE WITH PLANS AND CITY SPECIFICATIONS:
Any permittee,before commencing any work in the streets or public rights of way of
the city pursuant to any permit issued in accordance with the provisions of Title 12
of this Code shall obtain a copy of, and comply with at all times while performing
such work,the City's General Permit Conditions and Trench Specifications as
adopted by resolution of the City Council. Further, if required by said permit, shall
secure the plans approved by the director showing the lines and grades for
performing said work, and shall conform to the same."
Section 3. Section 12.20.030 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled"Moratorium
Areas;No Permit Shall be Issued,"is hereby amended to read as follows:
"12.20.030: MORATORIUM AREAS;NO PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED:
Permission to excavate in newly renovated streets will not be granted for five(5)
years after completion of street renovation as determined by the city-Utilities shall
determine alternate methods of making necessary repairs to avoid excavating in
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newly constructed, paved or renovated streets. Exceptions to the above as mutually
agreed upon by the utilities and the director are as follows:
A. An emergency which endangers life or property;
B. Interruption of essential utility service;
C. Work that is mandated by city, state or federal legislation;
D. Service for buildings where no other reasonable means of providing service
exists;
E. Other situations deemed by the city council to be in the best interest of the
general public.
All permits which are issued under subsections A through E of this section shall be
in accordance with the standards, details and specifications established by and on file
in the office of the director."
Section 4. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it,or a summary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation within the City, and thereafter, this
ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
Pete Aguilar, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sam Irwin,City Cled
1, Sam Irwin, City Clerk of the City of Redlands,hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the I st day of May, 2012,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harrison, Bean, Foster, Gardner; Mayor Aguilar
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Sam Irwin, C'Ify Clcrk
City of Redlands
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