Red Bluff Municipal Code § 19.1 Director of Public Works to Serve as Street Superintendent

The Director of Public Works shall also hold the position and title of Street Superintendent.

(`61 Code, § 19.1) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

The grades of all streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters shall be in accordance with plans and profiles as prepared by F. H. Reynolds and Company, 1945, and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

(`61 Code, § 19.2) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

(`61 Code, § 19.3) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

(A) All curbs, gutters and sidewalks shall be constructed of concrete and in accordance with the specifications and standards on file with the City Clerk.

(B) The standards may, by resolution of the City Council, be altered or added to.

(`61 Code, § 19.4) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

Sidewalks, curbs and gutters and the area between shall be maintained in good repair and clean.

(`61 Code, § 19.5) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

(A) (1) Any owner, agent or occupant of any lot, block or parcel of land in the city, who shall permit any sidewalk adjacent to the lot or block or parcel of land to get or remain out of repair so as to render the same dangerous or unsafe or inconvenient to walk upon or who shall leave the sidewalk by day or night in the dangerous, unsafe or inconvenient condition, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, and the same hereby is declared to be a public nuisance.

(2) Whenever the City Council, by order or resolution duly passed and entered upon its minutes shall determine that a nuisance exists or is maintained or permitted, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to serve a copy of the order or resolution upon the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land mentioned therein, or in case the owner cannot be found, or is a nonresident, then upon the agent or occupant thereof, together with a notice in writing directing the owner to abate the nuisance and to lay, construct, replace or repair a sidewalk adjacent to the lot, block or parcel of land, in conformity to the order or resolution and notice and the requirements of this article, within 30 days from the service.

(B) (1) Should the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land designated in the order, resolution or notice fail, neglect or refuse to abate the nuisance and to lay, construct, replace or repair the sidewalk as designated in the order or resolution or notice, and in conformity to the requirements of this article, within 30 days from the service, the director of public works is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to abate the nuisance and to lay, construct, replace or repair the sidewalk in the manner hereinbefore provided.

(2) The necessary expense thereof shall be a charge against the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land, and the same may be paid by the city and may be collected by an action on behalf and in the name of the city against the owner of the lot, block or parcel of land, as debts of like amount are by law collectible and shall be a lien upon the lot, block or parcel of land.

(`61 Code, § 19.6) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, break or remove any curbing, sidewalk, driveway or street, or any portion thereof on any public street, without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Works.

(`61 Code, § 19.8) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960; Am. Ord. 600, passed 3-28-1978)

It shall be unlawful for any person to install or cause to be installed any curbing, sidewalk or driveway on any public street or street right-of-way or other public property without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Works.

(`61 Code, § 19.9) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)

It shall be unlawful for any person to paint, design, color, paste or otherwise apply to any street, sidewalk, curb or driveway in the public street right of way or other public property any advertising material, names, numbers, slogans or designs without first obtaining a permit from the City Council, except that property owner may paint or stencil house numbers on the face of curbs in numerals not over four inches in height or three inches in width.

(`61 Code, § 19.10) (Ord. 382, passed 5-17-1960)