Ordinance - 1123f
ORDINANCE NO. 1123
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTIONS 7200, 7219, 7221,
7237, 7239, 7241 AND 7242 OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO EXCAVATIONS IN PUBLIC
STREETS.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 7200 of the
West Covina Municipal Code is amended to read:
"For the purpose of this Chapter the following words
and phrases are defined, and shall be construed as hereinafter
set out, unless it shall be apparent from the context that they
have a different meaning. Whenever in this Chapter reference
is made to 'Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction',
it shall mean the latest edition thereof which has been adopted
by the City Council and is on file in the office of the City
Clerk. The definitions contained in the 'Standard Specifi-
cations for Public Works Construction' which are not in con-
flict with the definitions in this Section shall also apply
to the words and phrases used in this Chapter.1°
SECTION 2. Subparagraphs (q) and (r) of Section 7200 of
said code are amended to read, respectively, as follows:
"(q) SAND EQUIVALENT VALUE shall be determined in
accordance with Section 211-3 of said 'Standard Specifications
for Public Works Construction'.
• (r) RELATIVE COMPACTION shall be determined in accord-
ance with Section 211-2 of said 'Standard Specifications for
Public Works Construction'."
SECTION 3. Subparagraph (c) of Section 7219 of said code
is amended to read:
"(c) The cost to the City of resurfacing the street, alley,
sidewalk or other public place, calculated on the following
basis:
ASPHALT PAVEMENT
Select system streets - 70,d per square feet with a $20.00
minimum; all other streets - 50¢ per square foot with a
$20.00 minimum.
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
All streets - $2.00 per square foot with a $20.00 minimum.
SIDEWALKS
All sidewalks - 60� per square foot."
" SECTION 4. Section 7221 of said code is amended to read:
7221. DEPOSITS.
Any person intending to make any excavation in any street,
alley or other public place, shall make and maintain with the
City Clerk a deposit of One Thousand Dollars which shall permit
the issuance of permits up to five thousand square feet per
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month, and a deposit of twenty cents per square foot for all
excavations in excess of five thousand square feet per month;
or a deposit equal to twice the total amount of all fees and
estimated costs of resurfacing as set forth in Sections 7219,
7220 and 7241 for each permit up to three permits per month."
SECTION 5. The first paragraph of Section 7237 of said
code is amended to read:
"All excavations made within existing or future public
rights of way shall be backfilled in such a manner as to con-
form with Section 306-1 of the 'Standard Specifications for
Public Works Construction'."
SECTION 6. Section 7239 of said code is amended to read:
"7239. RESURFACING REQUIREMENTS.
The City shall resurface all portions of the street, alley,
sidewalk or other paved public place damaged, destroyed or
removed by any permittee in connection with his excavation,
construction or other operations. At the time application is
made for a permit for any street excavation by a public agency
or a public utility or by a contractor for a public agency or
public utility, the City Engineer may authorize the permittee
to resurface all portions of any street, alley, sidewalk or
other paved public place damaged, destroyed or removed by the
permittee in connection with his excavation, construction or
other operations. All such resurfacing work shall be done in
accordance with the 'Standard Specifications for Public Works
Construction'."
SECTION 7. Section 7241 of said code is amended to read:
117241. CITY MAY RESURFACE EXCAVATIONS.
After the backfilling of an excavation, if the permittee
fails or refuses to resurface that portion of the surface of
the pavement damaged by him in accordance with the requirements
of his permit or of Section 7239, the City may do such resur-
facing. The cost of such resurfacing shall be charged against
the permittee, except in,those instances where the permittee's
excavation is within an area of pavement to be immediately
reconstructed by the City, and the resurfacing of the excavation
is an integral part of the general. City improvement. All costs
for resurfacing shall,be computed in accordance with Section 7219."
SECTION 8. Section 7242 of said code is amended to read:
"7242. MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TO MEET STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS.
All material used in any work done under the provisions
of this Chapter shall be new, first class material and shall
conform to, and the manner of construction shall meet all of
the requirements prescribed by this Chapter or by the 'Standard
Specifications for Public Works Construction'. The City
Engineer may order tests of any material at the expense of the
permittee, to determine whether said materials meet said
Standard Specifications."
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required
by law.
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Passed and approved this 13 day of April , 1970.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1123
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
of the City Council on the y.?fir=d day of march_ ,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopTe-T and passe at
meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of April
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Nichols, Chappell, Gleckman
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: Lloyd
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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