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Title 12 — Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places›Division I — Street Permit Work›Chapter 12.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Pico Rivera Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions

Pico Rivera Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Pico Rivera

Cite as: Pico Rivera Municipal Code Article I · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 12.04.010. Title for citation.

Division I of Title 12 of this code shall be known as and may be cited as the "Street Permit Ordinance."

(Prior code § 7101.01)

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§ 12.04.020. Applicability of provisions.

Every person, except as otherwise provided in this Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40 of this title, is required to obtain a permit from the city engineer before he:

A. Moves or causes to be moved over, along or across any street any load or vehicle;

B. Makes or causes to be made any excavation or encroachment in any street;

C. Places, changes or renews an encroachment;

D. Places, constructs or repairs any curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway, pavement, base course, retaining wall, storm drain, culvert or other work of similar nature in, over, along, across or through any street;

E. Constructs, reconstructs or repairs any streetlight or street-lighting system in any street or in any privately owned thoroughfare which is open to public travel. This subsection E does not apply if any agreement with the city exists for the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of such installation;

F. Constructs, reconstructs, repairs or maintains any overhead structure or other appurtenant facility;

G. Places or leaves any impediment to travel upon any street.

(Prior code § 7101.02)

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§ 12.04.030. Delegation of powers.

Whenever a power is granted to or a duty is imposed upon a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to law or ordinance, by the officer.

(Prior code § 7101.04)

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§ 12.04.040. Validity of provisions.

If any provision of this Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40, and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

(Prior code § 7101.03)

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