Plumas County Municipal Code Art. 3 Nonvehicular Use of Public Ways

For the purposes of this article, "encroachment" shall mean and include any tower, pole, poleline, pipe, pipeline, fence, billboard, stand, building, or excavation, or any other structure or object of any kind or character not specifically 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.

(§ 33102, P.C.O.C.)

(a) Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any encroachment or do any of the acts set forth in subsection (b) of this section without first having obtained a written permit therefor from the Road Commissioner.

(b) Issuance. The Road Commissioner is hereby authorized to issue written permits authorizing the permittee to do any of the following acts:

(1) Openings and excavations. To make an opening or excavation for any purpose in any County highway;

(2) Encroachments. To place, change, or renew an encroachment;

(3) Advertising. To 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 provisions of this article shall be a public nuisance and may be removed immediately. The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit the posting of any notice in any manner required by law or by order of any court of the State; and

(4) Removal of trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers. To plant, remove, cut, cut down, injure, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant, or flower growing within any County highway.

(c) Conditions. Any act done under the authority of a written permit issued pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be done in accordance with the provisions of this section and the terms and conditions specified in such permit.

(d) Highway protection. Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall require the permittee to pay the entire expense of replacing the highway in as good condition as before and may provide such other conditions as the Board may require for the protection of such highway.

(e) Blanket permits. 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 the ordinary maintenance of its facilities located or installed in County highways, but such permit may be revoked at the discretion of the Road Commissioner if the permittee fails to comply with the provisions of this article and of such permit.

(f) Bonds and cash deposits. Each permittee shall be required to furnish a bond or cash deposit sufficient to defray the cost of repairing such highway, and the amount thereof shall be specified in such permit.

(§ 33103, P.C.O.C.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or do any damage to any culvert, bridge, public road, trail, or highway of the County and to fail to repair the same within twenty-four (24) hours after such damage has occurred.

(§ 33100, P.C.O.C.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to drive upon any public bridge more than twenty-five (25) head of livestock at any one time or to drive any such livestock on any such bridge faster than a walk.

(§ 33101, P.C.O.C.)

Editor's note— Section 2, Ord. 10-1077, adopted November 9, 2010, deleted § 4-3.305, which pertained to off-road vehicles: restrictions and derived from § 1, Ord. 74-76, eff. October 31, 1974.

Editor's note— Section 2, Ord. 10-1077, adopted November 9, 2010, deleted § 4-3.306, which pertained to motor vehicles: restrictions and derived from § 1, Ord. 80-335, eff. February 1, 1980, as amended by § 1, Ord. 80-380, eff. July 10, 1980.