Ordinance - 1490ORDINANCE NO. 1490
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 19-59 OF
ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE WEST COVINA
• MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING BACKFILLING OF EXCAVATIONS
WHEREAS; the City of West Covina has encountered a significant
increase in the amount of excavations in public streets due pri-
marily to the trend to have all utility lines underground and the
obsolescence of cesspools; and
WHEREAS, the quality of backfill is critical to the future
maintenance of city streets and the safety and comfort of the
traveling public; and
WHEREAS, there has been a recent increase in the extent of
backfilled excavations settling;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina
does ordain as follows:
1. Section 19-59 of Article III of Chapter 19 of the West
Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition of the
following subsections (c) and (d) to said section;
(c) Where excavations occur within the paved area
of an existing street, the backfill material
.in the upper 3 feet, measured from the pave-
ment surface, shall be densified to a rela-
tive compaction of 95 percent by jetting or
.by mechanical compaction methods.
(d) Where excavations -cross or partially cross
either perpendicularly or diagonally, the
paved traveled lane area of an existing
street, the backfill material within the
entire excavation shall be crushed rock,
aggregate base, sand, or other select granular
material approved by the City Engineer.
Where excavations are installed parallel to
the direction of the paved traveled lane of an
existing street, any portion of the excavation
located within the area of the traveled lane
upon which vehicular wheels normally travel,
shall be backfilled-entirely with crushed rock,
.aggregate base, sand, or other select granular
material approved by the City Engineer. The
City Engineer shall be the final determination
in the application of the requirements of this
subsection to any excavation.
2. 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 8th day of September ,
1980.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina )
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1490
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 25th day of August ,
1980 . _, That,. thereafter said otdi�nance-` wars duly adopted and passed
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the Sth day of
SpptPmber :=,1980, by the following vote of Council, to wit:
• AYES Coun iTmen': Tennant,
NOES... Councilmen.: None
ABSENT: Couiici lmen e Tice
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
Shearer, Chappell, Browne
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City, Clerk
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CERT IF IC AT ION
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California, do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.'/ym
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
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and circulated in the City of West Covina..
Da.ted 9�iCZ.�IJ
Janet Berry, Deputy ty Clerk
City of West Covina, California