South Pasadena Municipal Code § 31.27 Article does not grant franchise or privilege

Nothing in this article contained and no fact, circumstance or inference arising therefrom shall be deemed or considered to grant any franchise or privilege in, over or under any public street in the city. (Ord. No. 413, § 24.)

On a paved, constructed, or reconstructed street, the pavement surface shall not be cut or opened for a period of five years after completion or from the recordation of a notice of completion. On a slurry sealed street, the pavement surface shall not be cut or opened for a period of two years.

The city engineer may grant exemptions to the moratorium for emergencies which endanger life or property or interrupt essential utility service, for work that is mandated by city, state or federal legislation, for where no other reasonable means of providing service exists to a building, or for other situations deemed by the city engineer to be in the best interest of the city. When granting exceptions to this regulation, the city engineer may impose conditions determined appropriate to insure the rapid and complete restoration of the street and street paving. Repaving may include street grinding, base and sub-base repairs, restoration of pavement markings, and other related work as determined by the city engineer, and may include up to full-width street paving of the roadway.

Any person who is required to repave a street shall obtain a street improvement permit and shall be responsible for the full cost of plan preparation, plan review, construction inspection, material testing, bonding, and all other expenses related to the work.

Repaving will include a minimum width of five feet on all four sides of the trench limit or to the edge of the gutter, and grinding the pavement to a minimum depth of one and one-half inches with one and one-half inches of cap paving. For concrete streets, repaving shall be from joint to joint of Portland cement concrete pavement.

Pavement improvements shall be completed within ninety days of the completion of the work or project that required the pavement cut. If the city engineer determines that restoration of the street is not appropriate at a particular time for reasons relating to weather or other short term factors, the city engineer may order a postponement until proper conditions allow for restoration work. (Ord. No. 2289, § 1, 2015.)