Azusa Municipal Code Art. II Construction

This article shall apply only to permits for the laying, constructing, reconstructing or repairing of curbs, sidewalks, gutters, driveways, highway surfaces, retaining walls, storm drains, sanitary sewers, culverts or other appurtenant structures within the right-of-way. This article shall also apply to permits for the constructing, reconstructing, or repairing by any private person of any highway light or highway lighting system in any highway or in any privately owned thoroughfare which is open to public travel. No person shall engage in any such work without having first obtained a permit therefor.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.010)

(a) An applicant for a permit, pursuant to this article, shall submit an application on a form issued by the city and shall state the following:

(1) The location, dimensions, purpose, extent, plans, materials and nature of the work:

(2) The materials to be used; and

(3) Such other information as the city engineer may require.

(b) If, in the opinion of the city engineer, the work proposed to be done requires the making of plans or the setting of stakes or both, the city engineer may require the application to be accompanied by the necessary plans, which plans shall be prepared by a competent engineer.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.020)

(a) An applicant for a permit to construct any work described in section 64-41 shall pay an application fee and make a deposit for an engineering or inspection fee in such amounts as the city council may set by resolution.

(b) The engineering and inspection costs provided for in this section shall be presumed to be the actual costs. A refund shall not be made to any applicant unless the inspection or engineering fee was erroneously collected, in which case the entire amount may be returned or, if the contemplated construction was not constructed by the permittee, the applicant may apply for a refund of the unused fees, less an administrative fee set by resolution of the council and the actual costs to the city of the required engineering and inspections. If such costs and fee are less than the deposit, the difference shall be refunded to the person making the deposit in the same manner as provided by law for the repayment of trust moneys. If the costs, plus the issuance fee, exceed the deposit, the permittee shall pay the excess to the city. If he does not so pay within 15 days, the city may recover such sum in any court of competent jurisdiction. Until such amount is paid, further permits shall not be issued.

(c) When a permit has been revoked by the city engineer, the permittee may obtain a refund of any unused deposit made. No part of any issuance fee may be refunded.

(d) If so required by the city engineer, the permittee shall make proper arrangements for and bear the cost of relocating any structure, public utility, tree or shrub where such relocation is made necessary by the proposed work for which a permit is issued. The city engineer may elect to himself do the necessary relocation. In that case the permittee shall deposit with the city engineer a sum of money estimated by him to be sufficient to pay the cost thereof. After such relocation, a refund shall be paid to or a deficiency shall be paid by the permittee.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.030)

If the applicant for a permit required under this article complies with all provisions of this article and with all applicable provisions of this Code, the city engineer may issue to the applicant a written permit to perform the work set forth in the application.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.040)

Every permittee under this article shall commence the proposed work within 60 days after the granting of the permit and thereafter prosecute the work in a diligent and workmanlike manner to completion.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.050)

Unless in his opinion a good and sufficient reason exists for the delay, the city engineer may revoke a permit issued under this article unless work thereunder is commenced within 60 days of the date of issuance or is not diligently prosecuted once begun.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.060)

The city engineer may refuse to issue permits under this article or may revoke any outstanding permits issued or any portion thereof where the work has not been started, when the work authorized by the permits or such portions thereof is included in the proposed work to be done by any existing assessment district or by any proposed assessment district concerning the formation of which the debt limit report required by law has been filed.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.070)

A permittee under this article shall perform all work in accordance with the plans, if plans are made, and specifications referred to in the permit and to the satisfaction of the city engineer.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.080)

Not less than 24 hours before the commencement of any work covered by this article, the permittee shall apply to the city engineer for an inspector therefor. In such application he shall specify the day and hour when and the location at which the work will be commenced.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.090)

A permittee under this article shall place and maintain at the work such warning devices as are necessary to warn vehicular traffic and pedestrians of the work under construction. The nature and placement of the warning devices shall meet or exceed the requirements for the type of work as set forth in the latest edition of Work Area Traffic Control Handbook (WATCH), published by the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association. On state highways, warning devices shall be in accordance with the Caltrans Traffic Manual.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.100)

Whenever any permittee under this article has completed any work for which a permit has been granted, he shall so notify the city engineer.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.110)

If the city engineer ascertains that work has been completed according to the requirements of the permit issued therefor under this article and of all of the provisions of this article, he shall issue, if requested to do so by the permittee, a certificate of acceptance which shall contain a statement of the location, nature and extent of the work performed under the permit.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.120)

No person shall perform any work covered by this article in an amount greater than or in any way different from or contrary to the terms of any permit issued therefor.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.130)

A permittee under this article shall remove all material and debris as soon as possible and in all cases within three days of completion of the work.

(Code 1971, § 12.40.140)