Lancaster Municipal Code Ch. 12.16 Highway Permit Ordinance

A. Except as hereinafter provided, that certain highway permit ordinance known and designated as the Los Angeles County Highway Permit Ordinance No. 3597, as amended from time to time, shall by this reference be and become the highway permit ordinance of the city, providing regulations for the use of city streets and highways.

B. Three (3) copies of the county highway permit ordinance have been deposited in the office of the city clerk of the city and shall be at all times maintained by the clerk for use and examination by the public.

(Prior code § 7-1.1)

(Ord. No. 1041, § 1, 3-27-2018)

Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in said Los Angeles County highway permit ordinance, each such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in the section as follows:

"Board of supervisors" means the city council of the City of Lancaster.

"Commissioner" means the street superintendent of the City of Lancaster.

"County" or "county of Los Angeles" means the City of Lancaster.

"Engineer," "county engineer," or "city engineer" means the city engineer of the City of Lancaster.

(Prior code § 7-1.2)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which such violation continues and shall be punishable therefor as herein provided.

(Prior code § 7-1.3)

Ordinance No. 3597 is amended as follows:

A. Section 308 is amended to read as follows:

Section 308. The City Engineer shall, if funds are available, provide the necessary engineering, design, and specifications for street improvements when requested by a Person required to or desiring to install street improvements in front of their property. Each Person shall pay to the City the cost of preparing the plans, specifications, and related incidental expenses. The cost to each Person shall be based on the prorated basis determined by dividing the frontage of the Person's property by the total frontage of both sides of the street shown on the plans.

B. Delete Section 1201 to Section 1210.

(Prior code § 7-1.4)

Section 706 of Ordinance No. 9349 is amended to read as follows:

Section 706. The width of an individual driveway shall be considered as being the net width thereof, exclusive of side slopes and returns, measured along the line of the curb or centerline of the highway. The width of an individual driveway shall be not less than twelve (12) feet and shall not exceed in width:

(a) Twenty-seven (27) feet if the driveway serves only residences or apartments;

(b) Twenty-seven (27) feet for lots or parcels of land less than one-hundred feet wide;

(c) Thirty-six (36) feet or twenty (20) percent of the front frontage of the lot or parcel of land, whichever is greater, but not to exceed sixty (60) feet, when the driveway serves other than residences or apartments on a lot or parcel of land not less than one-hundred (100) feet wide.

(Ord. 785 § 1, 2000)