Lassen County Municipal Code Ch. 9.36 County Highway Encroachments

As used herein, "encroachment" includes any tower, pole, pole line, pipe, pipeline, fence, billboard, stand, driveway, building excavation or any structure or object of any kind or character not particularly mentioned in this section, which is placed in, under, or over any portion of the entire width of right-of-way of a county highway whether or not such portion is actually used for highway purposes.

(Ord. 368 § 1, 1964)

As used herein, "person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, district or organization.

(Ord. 368 § 2, 1964)

It is unlawful for any person to make any encroachment in, under, or over any county highway without first having obtained written permit therefor from the county road commissioner, and the road commissioner is authorized to issue written permits, as provided herein, authorizing the permittee to do any of the following acts:

(1) Make an opening or excavation for any purpose in any county highway;

(2) Place, change or renew any encroachment;

(3) Place or display in, under or over any county highway any kind of advertising sign or device. Any such sign or device placed contrary to the provisions hereof is a public nuisance and may be removed immediately. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the posting of any notice in the manner required by law or by the order of any court of this state; or

(4) Plant, remove, cut down, injure, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant or flower growing along such county highway.

(Ord. 368 § 3, 1964)

Any act done under the authority of a written permit, issued pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall be done in accordance with the provisions hereof, and the terms and conditions specified in the permit.

(Ord. 368 § 4, 1964)

Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions hereof shall provide that the permittee will pay the entire expense of replacing the highway in as good condition as before, and may provide such other conditions as the board of supervisors may require for the protection of the highway.

(Ord. 368 § 5, 1964)

A city, public corporation, political subdivision or special district, may, at the discretion of the road commissioner, be issued a blanket permit, renewable annually, for the installation of service connections and for ordinary maintenance of its facilities located or installed in county highways, but this permit may be revoked at the discretion of the road commissioner if the permittee fails to comply with the terms hereof and of such permit.

(Ord. 368 § 6, 1964)

Each permittee shall be required to furnish a bond or cash deposit sufficient to defray the cost of repairing the highway, the amount thereof to be specified in the permit.

(Ord. 368 § 7, 1964)