Chino Hills Municipal Code Ch. 12.04 Streets and Sidewalks Generally

A. This title relates to activities in public streets, sidewalks, and rights-of-way and shall govern the making of applications for and the granting and control of permits for construction activities, excavations, trenches, openings, fills, backfills, obstructions, encroachments, and for the laying, constructing, reconstructing, or repairing of curbs, sidewalks, gutters, driveways, highway surfaces, retaining walls, storm drains, culverts, or other appurtenant structures in highway right-of-way.

B. The provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction activities permitted by this title, unless the provision or the context provides otherwise.

(Ord. 137 § 2 (part), 2000)

A. The City Engineer has the responsibility and the authority to enforce the ordinance codified in this chapter.

B. A person shall not prevent or obstruct the City Engineer in making any inspection, inquiry, investigation, test or any other act authorized by this title.

(Ord. 137 § 2 (part), 2000)

Whenever reference is made to any portion of this title or any other ordinance or statute, such reference applies to all amendments and additions now or hereafter made.

(Ord. 137 § 2 (part), 2000)

Definitions as used in this title have the following meanings:

"Authorized representative" means a person duly authorized by the City Engineer to represent the City of Chino Hills on behalf of the City Engineer.

"Building" and/or "structure," in addition to the meanings ordinarily ascribed to them, includes any machine, implement, device, article of manufacture, tree, derrick, stage or other setting, lumber, sash or door, structural steel, dynamo, transformer, generator, press, industrial tooling, agitator, object, or thing having a width of more then eight feet, other than any implement of husbandry or any special mobile equipment, as defined in the California Vehicle Code having a width of ten (10) feet or less. The term also includes a vehicle or load exceeding the maximum permitted by the California Vehicle Code.

"City" means the City of Chino Hills.

"City Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City of Chino Hills or authorized representative.

"County" means San Bernardino County, State of California.

"Encroachment" means and includes any tower, pole, pole line, pipe, pipeline, fence, billboard, stand, or building, or any structure or object of any kind or character not particularly mentioned in this title, which is placed in, under, on, along, across, through, or over any portion of highway right-of-way.

"Highway" means any public right-of-way, public roadway, public street, public way, or public place in the City, owned or maintained by the City, or dedicated to the public for the purpose of travel and accepted by the City for the purpose of such travel.

"Permit" means an agreement between the City and the permittee that describes the terms and conditions under which the permittee is authorized to enter the highway right-of-way to perform work, maintenance, construction activity, or other permitted act that has been reviewed and approved by the City Engineer.

"Permittee" means any person to whom a permit is issued pursuant to this title.

"Section" means a section of this title unless some other ordinance or statute is specifically mentioned.

"Width" means that dimension measured at right angles to the anterior-posterior axis of the conveyance upon which the building or structure or portion of such building or structure is, or is to be, loaded or moved, or to the median line of the highway over which the building or structure is being, or is to be moved.

(Ord. 137 § 2 (part), 2000)