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ORDINANCE NO. 1653
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING
CHAPTER 3 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL
CODE BY MODIFYING VARIOUS STREET EXCAVATION FEES
CONTAINED THEREIN
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA HEREBY ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Chapter 3 of Article VII of the Arcadia
Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Sections 7300.1,
7301.1, 7301.2, 7301.3, and 7301.4 to read as follows:
7300.1. PERMIT FEE. Before any permit is issued:pur-
suant to this Chapter, the applicant shall pay to the ,City
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a permit fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) which is in addition
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to all other fees and deposits required by this Chapter.
7301.1. EXCAVATION FEES. Any person intending t~ make
an excavation for any purpose in any street, alley, parkway,
public easement or other public place shall deposit with the
City an inspection fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
7301.2. SURFACE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. Any person'intend-
ing to make an excavation in any street or alley shall de-
posit with the City a sum equal to Four Dollars ($4.00) per
square foot of surface of each such excavation to be made
in any street, alley or other public place which is paved
with concrete, or a sum equal to Three Dollars ($3.00). per
square foot of surface of each such excavation to be made
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in any street, alley or other public place which has been
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macadamized or paved with asphalt; provided, however, that
public utilities operating under the jurisdiction of the
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California,
city departments, and other governmental agencies, may be
relieved of making such a deposit by the Director of Public
Works.
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7301.3. PUBLIC UTILITIES. Public utility companies
may obtain an annual blanket permit at a cost of Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or they shall be required to
obtain an excavation permit for each street cut in accor-
dance with the above provisions. Inspection fees shall be
billed to the utility companies on actual cost basis at the
discretion of the Superintendent of Streets.
7301.4. SOIL TESTS. Any person making an excavation
for which a permit is required by this Chapter shall pay to
the City the sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each soil
density test deemed necessary by the Director of Public
Works and to be taken by City personnel.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of
the City of Arcadia hereby declares that it would have adopted this
ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more
sections, subsections', sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the pro-
secution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed
prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting
any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection
of any license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any
violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash
deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited
pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder
appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
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Section 4. The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Arcadia
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Arcadia
at its regular meet ing held on the 17th day of October 1978.
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 17th day of October
1978.
City Clerk
cadia
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting ~f the City Council of the City of Arcadia,
by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Margett, Pellegrino, Saelid and Parry.
NOES:
None
ABSENT: Councilman Gilb
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City Clerk of the
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