Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 25 Public Works Functions

The Sutter County Public Works Department is hereby merged with the Sutter County Development Services Department which is hereby created.

The Sutter County Development Services Department shall furnish and perform the following public works services and duties:

(a) Design, construct, and maintain County roads and streets throughout the unincorporated area of the County and on occasion, as required, provide necessary engineering services related thereto, and otherwise perform the duties of Road Commissioner as defined by law.

(b) Acquire property for highway and other County purposes.

(c) Furnish engineering, design, and mapping services to all County agencies having Public Works functions and as ordered by the Board of Supervisors and County Administrative Officer.

(d) Supervise and administer those special districts under the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors having Public Works functions.

(e) Supervise and administer County Service Areas within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors having Public Works functions.

(f) Control, inspect, and define standards for subdivision development.

(g) Perform accounting and other clerical duties necessary to the Sutter County Development Services Department.

(h) Perform any and all other services of a public works nature that may be ordered by the Board of Supervisors or County Administrative Officer.

(a) Pursuant to Streets and Highways code section 942.6, the Board of Supervisors hereby delegates the powers contained in section 942.5 regarding closing or restricting the use of County highways to the County Road Commissioner.

(b) Pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code Sections 970.5 and 971, the County Road Commissioner is hereby designated the County officer in charge of naming highways.

(c) Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 941 subdivision (d), the County Road Commissioner is hereby designated as the County officer to accept on behalf of the Board, roads or portions thereof into the County road system.

(d) Pursuant to California Government Code Section 25350.60, the Director and Assistant Director of the Development Services Department, and the County Surveyor is hereby each designated as an officer or agent to approve, on behalf of the County of Sutter, the acquisition of any interest in or easement upon real property to the County of for public purposes within the monetary limits as set forth below:

(e) The above-designated Agents and Officers are also authorized to execute Right-of-Way Contracts relating to said Deeds, Easements, or Interests in the monetary amounts specified, and to execute such other documents and take such other actions as are necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this Ordinance, subject to County Counsel and Risk Management concurrence. The authority granted by this Ordinance pursuant to Section 25350.60 shall expire five years from its effective date.

(Ord. No. 1743, § 1, 2-24-2026)

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter which is reasonably separable from the remaining portion of this Chapter is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Chapter, it being herein expressly declared that this Chapter and each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof would have been adopted irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, clauses or phrases by declared invalid or unconstitutional.

([318, 684, 896, 1129, 1196, 1454] Ord. 1585, Sec. 1, May 28, 2013)