Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Art. 8 Public Safety

All encroachments shall be planned and executed in such a manner that they will not unreasonably interfere with the safe and convenient travel of the general public. Except as provided in Section 942.5 of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State, at no time shall a public highway be closed or the use thereof denied to the general public.

(§ 11300, T.O.O.C., as added by Ord. 50)

In the conduct of the encroachment work, the permittee shall provide and maintain such safety devices, including, but not limited to, lights, barricades, signs, and watchmen, as are necessary to protect the public. Any omission on the part of the City Engineer to specify in the permit what safety devices shall be provided by the permittee shall not excuse the permittee from complying with all laws and regulations relating to the protection of persons under the circumstances. If the City Engineer finds that suitable safeguards are not being provided, he may provide, maintain, and relocate such safety devices as are deemed necessary, or he may cancel the permit and restore the right-of-way in accordance with existing City standards, charging the permittee in accordance with the schedule of charges adopted by the Council.

A permittee making any excavation or leaving any obstruction which could be a hazard to persons using a right-of-way shall provide and maintain warning lights far enough away from the excavation or obstruction to give adequate warning to such persons, and at not more than fifty (50’) feet intervals along the excavation or obstruction, from one-half (1/2) hour before sunset of each day to one-half (1/2) hour after sunrise the next day, until the work is completed and the right-of-way is made safe for use.

All safety devices shall conform to the requirements of the sign manual issued by the Department of Public Works of the State so far as such manual is applicable.

(§ 11301, T.O.O.C., as added by Ord. 50)

When the location or position of an encroachment impairs visibility to vehicular traffic, the City Engineer may require that the encroachment be painted or equipped with reflectors or other aids to visibility prescribed or authorized by the Public Utilities Commission of the State, or the City Engineer may require the encroachment to be relocated at the sole expense of the permittee. No encroachment shall be maintained across any sidewalk area or shoulder of a public highway. No encroachment of any nature shall be permitted or maintained which impedes, obstructs, denies, or impairs the sight distance for safe pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

(§ 11302, T.O.O.C., as added by Ord. 50)