El Centro Municipal Code Div. 1 [generally]

The map of El Centro, No. 953, filed at the request of El Centro Land Company, July 5, 1905, in Liber 20, San Diego County Records, being Map No. 23, at page 19 of Maps, Imperial County Records, is adopted as the official map of that portion of the city thereby described.

(Ord. No. 59, § 1; Code 1962, § 1-14)

All streets, avenues and alleys shown on the map mentioned in section 23-1 and thereby dedicated to the public use as streets, avenues and alleys are accepted on behalf of the public and for the city.

(Ord. No. 59, § 2; Code 1962, § 1-15)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct the free passage or use of any portion of the roadway, street or alley or any sidewalk without a permit from the director of public works; provided, that not exceeding half of the width of any sidewalk may be obstructed not exceeding two (2) hours in any one day for the receipt and delivery of goods. Upon approval by the city council, the director of public works may also permit a nonprofit organization to utilize up to one-half the width of the sidewalk on a daily basis, provided that any such permit shall not be issued for longer than one year, and may be renewed only upon approval of the city council.

(b) Any permit issued pursuant to this section may be suspended or revoked by the director of public works for any of the following reasons:

(1) There is a public need for the right-of-way.

(2) Conduct by the permittee in violation of the terms of the permit or the conduct of the permitted activity in such manner as to create a public nuisance or constitute a danger to the public health, safety, welfare or morals.

Revocation or suspension under subsection (2) above may be appealed by the permittee to the city council by filing written notice of appeal with the city clerk not more than ten (10) days after the suspension or revocation by the director of public works.

(Ord. No. 44, § 1(7); Code 1962, § 26-1; Ord. No. 92-8, § 1, 6-3-92)

Cross reference— Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, Ch. 16.

It shall be unlawful for any person to burn anything upon any street or alley in the city without first obtaining a permit so to do from the director of public works. A violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. No. 44, § 1(6); Code 1962, § 26-2)

Cross reference— Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, Ch. 16.

It shall be unlawful for any person to place upon any streets or sidewalks in the city any dead animal, trash, glass, tacks, filthy or decayed matter or offensive liquids or anything likely to injure or damage the property or person of another. A violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. No. 44, § 1(5); Ord. No. 65B, § 21; Code 1962, § 26-3)

No person shall permit or cause to be permitted water to flow or accumulate upon property, sidewalks, gutters or streets adjacent to his property whether from coolers, water connections, water towers, devices or otherwise, nor shall wash or cause to be washed in the streets, sidewalks, alleys or other adjacent property used by the public, an automobile or other vehicle or object. All water wasted from coolers, water towers or other receptacles or devices in the city shall be disposed of so that the same shall flow through the city sewers; provided, however, that, such waste water may be used in water lawns and other domestic purposes so long as the same shall not accumulate, stand or pass over sidewalks, gutters or streets. A violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. No. 620, § 1; Code 1962, § 26-5)

It shall be unlawful for any person to run or allow to be run any irrigation water which is under his control or used by him in any street or alley within the city, except in regular ditches or pipes authorized or permitted by the council, or to allow the waste water or the excess of the water used in irrigating land under his control to drain or run into or upon any street or alley of the city. A violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. No. 44, § 1(20); Code 1962, § 26-6)

(a) Any receptacle in the form of a tower or tank, containing water or other liquid, or any other device or structure operated or maintained upon any building or premises within the city, except that part of the city designated and known as industrial zones, and so constructed, placed, operated or maintained as to permit a spray, mist or particles of liquid therefrom to be precipitated on or about the streets, sidewalks or public ways of the city is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

(b) Any person constructing, operating or maintaining a receptacle, device or structure as described in the first paragraph of this section shall be guilty of an infraction. Each additional week's operation or maintenance of such receptacle, device or structure shall be deemed a separate offense. Penalties shall be cumulative and the public nuisance as defined in the first paragraph of this section may be abated or may constitute the subject of any other proceeding which may now or hereafter be provided by law.

(Ord. No. 380, § 1(2); Code 1962, § 26-7)

(a) Permission shall not be granted by the council to any person to erect, on or along any street or alley, any poles for any telegraph, telephone or power line or for any other purpose except subject to the condition that the applicant for such permission, his or its successors or assigns, shall at his own expense remove such poles or such pole to a different location in event the same interferes with future street improvement or with the construction of any arcade authorized by the council.

(b) Application for such permission shall be in writing and shall contain a stipulation by the applicant therefor that, in consideration of the granting of such permission, such applicant agrees to cause such poles or any such pole to be removed on demand of the council in the contingency provided for in paragraph (a) of this section.

(Ord. No. 303, § 1(2); Code 1962, § 26-8)