HomeMy WebLinkAbout2277ORDINANCE NO. 2277
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ARCADIA
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 7308 TO
CHAPTER 3 OF ARTICLE VII PERTAINING TO STREET
EXCAVATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 7308 is hereby added to Article VII, Chapter 3 of the
Arcadia Municipal Code to read as follows:
"7308. MORATORIUM FOR NEWLY RENOVATED STREETS.
(a) No permit shall be issued for excavation in newly paved or repaved
streets for five (5) years after completion of street paving, as shown by the filing of a
Notice of Completion. Applicants shall determine alternate methods of making
necessary installations or repairs to avoid excavating in newly paved streets.
(b) Exceptions to the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) Emergency that endangers life or property;
(2) Repair or modification to prevent interruption of essential utility
service;
legislation;
(3) Relocation work that is mandated by City, State or Federal
(4) Service for buildings where no other reasonable means of providing
service exists, as determined by the City Engineer or his /her designee;
(5) For potholing to verify utility depth or location;
(6) Trenchless excavations not requiring more than two significant
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surface incisions greater than industry bore pit standards; or
(7) Other situations deemed by the City Council to be in the best
interest of the general public.
(c) For any excavation permitted pursuant to subsection (b), all excavation
repairs shall be undertaken and completed in accordance with City of Arcadia trench
repair standards."
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and
shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Arcadia within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
Passed, approved and adopted this - 19th day of October , 2010.
Mayor of the City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2277 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of October, 2010 and that said Ordinance
was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Harbicht, Chandler, Kovacic, Segal and Amundson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia