San Mateo County Municipal Code Ch. 2.50 Department of Public Works

(a) The duties and responsibilities of the County Engineer set forth in state law and in this chapter shall be performed by the Director of Public Works or the Director's duly qualified representative. All references in state law and this code to "County Engineer" shall pertain to the Director of Public Works or the Director's duly qualified representative. The Director of Public Works or the Director's duly qualified representative shall be ex officio Surveyor and Road Commissioner. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Director of Public Works to manage capital projects of the County as assigned by the County Manager.

(b) The Director of Public Works may exercise discretionary approval of plans, designs, and any design amendments or addenda for public improvement projects that fall below the cost threshold set forth in Section 2.55.030(c) as may be amended. The Director of Public Works shall sign the plans and designs.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06; Ord. 4327, 09/12/06)

(Ord. No. 04902, § 2, 2-11-2025)

The Director of Public Works shall be ex-officio engineer of any and all sewer maintenance, water maintenance, drainage, street lighting, flood control or sanitation districts or service areas formed to provide heretofore described services, for which the Board of Supervisors is the governing body.

For those entities for which the Director serves as ex-officio engineer, the Director shall collect all revenues, pay all bills and generally administer the affairs and coordinate the administration. To accomplish said purpose, the Director is hereby given the authority pursuant to orders of the Board of Supervisors to transfer equipment, machinery, furnishings or supplies from one district to another. Subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the Director may create and abolish positions in any of the districts under the Director's supervision, or use County Public Works employees to perform the duties required therein and charge the respective districts therefore on a prorata basis.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

Any Town, City, Sanitary District, Sewer Maintenance District, Water Maintenance District, Public Service Company, Private Corporation or Individual, or any other district, person, corporation not herein specified, before installing pipes, conduits, culverts, cables, catch basins, or any other form of construction, temporary or otherwise, in the County maintained streets or roads in the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County, shall first obtain a permit, with specifications from the Director of Public Works.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

All County public works contracts involving an expenditure of less than $100,000 shall contain a provision that the contractor will provide equal opportunity in employment, including its hiring, training and promotion for all qualified persons.

In County public works contracts involving an expenditure of $100,000 or more, the criteria to determine the acceptability of bids shall include the following:

(a) Certification of Compliance with Laws Prohibiting Discrimination. Each bidder shall submit a certification that it is in compliance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Requirement of Executive Order 11246, title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the California Fair Employment Practices Act and any other federal or state laws relating to equal employment opportunity and the provisions of this chapter and the Board established guidelines implementing them. The bidder shall also certify that it will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, ancestry, gender, age (over 40), national origin, medical condition (cancer), physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, marital status, or political affiliation. This pertains to the areas of recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, transfer, compensation and termination.

(b) Certification of Intent to Develop and Implement an Equal Employment Program. Each bidder shall submit a certification that it will develop, implement and maintain, during the course of the work concerned, an equal employment program in employment conducted without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, gender, age (over 40), national origin, medical condition (cancer), physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, marital status, or political affiliation. With this certification he shall submit any and all information which may be required by the County in connection with this program.

(c) Compliance by Subcontractors. The provisions of this chapter apply to any subcontractor engaged by the successful bidder, and each successful bidder shall notify its subcontractors of the obligations under the provisions of this chapter, and shall be responsible for their compliance.

(d) Guidelines Defining Equal Employment. Guidelines shall be adopted by the Board of Supervisors identifying and defining the nature and scope of an equal employment program. Such guidelines will be made available to all parties desiring to bid on County construction projects and will, by reference, be incorporated in all requests for bids on construction projects. The Board of Supervisors will periodically review these guidelines to determine if any alteration is necessary to improve the operation of the County's equal employment program.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

(a) Every public works contract shall provide that a contractor who, within the time specified in the contract, does not submit an equal employment plan and make the certifications required in this chapter shall be in breach of the contract.

(b) If, after an award is made, the contractor is found by the County or by a Federal or State agency empowered to make such findings to be in substantial or material violation of the Fair Employment Practices Act of the State of California, the Equal Employment Opportunity Requirement of Executive Order 11246, title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or of the provisions of this chapter or of the Board-established guidelines implementing them, he may be found to be in material breach of contract, and the County shall have the power to cancel the contract in whole or in part, or alternatively, to deduct for each working day during which the contractor is found to have been in such non-compliance, two percent (2%) of the total amount payable to the contractor.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

In the event that the equal employment requirements of this chapter are found to work an undue hardship upon a low bidder, said bidder shall submit evidence of such hardship to the Board of Supervisors and shall petition the Board for a waiver of these requirements. This waiver shall only be granted by the Board of Supervisors and shall become an integral part of the contract.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

(a) The Director of Public Works shall be responsible for, supervise, control and direct the operations of County-owned airports and related facilities.

(b) To insure the safe and efficient operation of County Airports, the Director or the Director's designee is authorized to enact, publish and enforce policies, rules and regulations concerning all aspects of the operation and use County-owned airports and related facilities.

(c) Failure to comply with any part of said policies, rules and regulations shall be grounds for the suspension or termination of any rights or privileges by individuals or groups to enter upon or use the Airport facilities.

(d) The Director or Director's designee may suspend or terminate any agreement, permit, license or other arrangement for noncompliance with the policies, rules and regulations authorized by this chapter.

(e) The Director shall provide for all necessary operations including but not limited to planning, construction, repair, concessions and agreements, establishment and collection of all charges and fees, and formulation of rules and regulations, agreements and contracts with State and Federal aviation agencies and similar functions.

(f) The Director shall employ in accordance with the Civil Service Rules and Regulations such employees as are necessary to properly operate each of said facilities.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

The County shall collect the following fees for checking Records of Surveys:

(a) Single Sheet Survey - Which shall include the review of the original submittal and the review of one (1) re-submittal:

(b) Multi Sheet Survey - Which shall include the review of the original submittal and review of one (1) re-submittal:

(c) Additional Reviews - The County shall collect an additional $100.00 per sheet for every additional re-review after the initial re-review of a record of survey.

(d) No work on reviewing or re-reviewing a record of survey will be done until after the required fees have been collected.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

(Ord. No. 04460, § 1, 2-10-2009; Ord. No. 04862, § 1, 2-22-2022)

(a) No Flight School Operator operating a flight school on the premises of any airport-owned by the County of San Mateo shall admit any prospective student, or allow any prospective student to commence flight training at such airport, until the prospective student has completed an application and received clearance from the San Mateo County Sheriff as provided in this section.

(b) Prior to enrolling a prospective student in flight school, or allowing any prospective student to commence training, such prospective student shall be required by the Flight School Operator to fully complete an application in a form provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff. Such application form shall be executed by the prospective student under penalty of perjury. The information to be included in the application will include, but not be limited to:

1. Full name of the applicant, and any aliases used by the applicant during the prior five (5) year period;

2. Date of birth;

3. Place of birth;

4. Country of citizenship;

5. If a naturalized citizen of the United States, the date and location where such citizenship was conferred;

6. Social Security number;

7. Current residence address and period of residence;

8. Residence addresses for prior five (5) years and period of residence at such address;

9. Name and address of current employer and period of employment;

10. Names and addresses of former employers for past five (5) years, and periods of employment;

11. Current driver's license number and state and date of issuance;

12. For all prior licenses, the license number and state and date of issuance;

13. The number and place of issuance of any certifications to operate aircraft held by applicant within the last five (5) years;

14. The name and address and periods of attendance for any flight schools previously attended by the applicant;

15. The certificate or license numbers of any FAA certificates held by applicant at any time up to the present;

16. A statement shall be included in the application that the failure to provide complete and/or truthful information in the application, or to execute the application under penalty of perjury, shall result in the rejection of the application.

(c) Upon receipt of a completed and fully executed application, the Flight School Operator shall forward the application to the San Mateo County Sheriff. The Sheriff shall review the information contained in the application, and conduct an investigation to determine the truthfulness of such information.

(d) Within three (3) working days of receipt of a completed application, the Sheriff shall advise the Flight School Operator, by telephone, that (1) the applicant's identity has been verified, (2) the information in the application has been found to be untruthful as to the applicant's identity, or (3) that additional time is needed to conduct the investigation. If the applicant's identity has been verified or any information provided in the application has been found to be untruthful as to the applicant's identity, the Sheriff shall confirm that determination in writing. In the event that the Sheriff determines that the applicant has been untruthful with respect to any information as to the applicant's identity provided in the application, or advises that additional time is necessary to conduct the investigation, the Flight School Operator shall not admit the applicant to flight training.

(e) Within forty-five (45) days of the receipt by the Sheriff of a completed application, the Sheriff shall notify the Flight School Operator in writing of the results of the investigation. In the event that the Sheriff determines that the applicant has been untruthful with respect to any information as to the applicant's identity provided in the application, the Flight School Operator shall not admit the applicant to flight training.

(f) If the Flight School Operator is not advised by the Sheriff of the results of the investigation within forty-five (45) days of the date of receipt of the application by the Sheriff, the Flight School Operator may provisionally admit the applicant to flight school. If the Flight School Operator is subsequently advised by the Sheriff that the applicant has been untruthful with respect to any information as to the applicant's identity provided in the application, the Flight School Operator shall immediately terminate the applicant's admission to the flight school.

(g) Flight School Operator shall require that all students enrolled in flight school as of the effective date of this section complete the application described in subsection (b) of this section within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this section and shall submit any such applications to the Sheriff. Currently enrolled students may continue to take flight training pending an investigation by the Sheriff. If the Flight School Operator is advised by the Sheriff, that the student has been untruthful with respect to any information as to the applicant's identity provided in the application, the Flight School Operator shall immediately terminate the student's admission to the flight school.

(h) Failure to comply with these provisions may result in the termination of the Flight School Operator's concession agreement as provided in this chapter.

(i) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

1. "Flight School Operator" means and includes any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, club, or other entity which provides flight training for monetary or other consideration, on the premises of an airport owned by the County of San Mateo, whether or not the headquarters or primary place of business of the flight school is located on airport premises.

2. "Flight training" means and includes any flight instruction, based on the premises of an airport owned by the County of San Mateo, and undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a pilot's certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. "Flight training" shall not include biennial flight review or additional training for persons already holding a valid pilot's certification, other than a student pilot's certification, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. "Flight training" shall not include "demonstration flights," consisting of a single flight undertaken by a prospective student to determine whether the prospective student has an interest in undertaking flight training.

3. "Prospective student," "student," or "applicant" shall not include any person holding a valid pilot's certificate as defined in regulations issued by the Federal Aviation Administration at the time of commencing any flight training activities on the premises of any airport owned by the County of San Mateo, except that "prospective student," "student," or "applicant" shall include any person holding only a student pilot's certificate as defined by such regulations.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

(a) Survey Monument Preservation Fund Established - Pursuant to California Government Code § 27584 a Survey Monument Preservation Fund is hereby established to pay for the necessary expenses incurred or authorized by the County Surveyor in any retracement or remonument survey of major historical land division lines upon which later surveys are based, such as, but not limited to, government section lines, ranch lines, grant lines, ranch section lines, acreage subdivision lot lines, and subdivision boundary lines within San Mateo County.

(b) Collection of Fees - For the limited purpose of financing the Survey Monument Preservation Fund, there is hereby imposed a user fee of ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be charged and collected by the County Recorder, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the filing or recording of any grant deed conveying a fee interest in real property in San Mateo County.

(c) Exemptions - Grants deeds conveying entire lots created by recorded tract maps shall be exempt from the user fee. A user fee shall not be imposed on the State, any county, city, district or other political subdivision, whenever such entity is the grantee of the conveyance of a fee interest in real property.

(d) Forwarding of fees - The County Recorder shall forward all fees collected each month to the County Treasurer for deposit in the County Survey Monument Preservation Fund to be used only for the purposes set forth in Section (a).

(Ord. No. 04893, § 1, 9-10-2024)