[Ord. No. 18.116 §§1 —
6, 1-6-1997]
A. Official System Established. The City of California does
establish an official system for the numbering of houses, lots and
annexed territory.
B. Assignment Of Numbers. The City shall appoint an employee
or official to be responsible for the City's obligations with respect
to the assignment of street numbers to houses, buildings or vacant
lots in the City. Street numbers shall be assigned whenever it is
deemed by the City that it would be in the public interest to do so.
C. Display Of Numbers. The owner or occupant of each house
or building in the City shall be required to place in a conspicuous
location, visible from the street, numbers which shall conform to
the number assigned thereto. Such numbers shall be sufficient size
to be legible from the street, with a three (3) inch minimum, and
shall be located on the building within view of the main entrance.
The assigned street numbers may also be displayed in additional locations
at the discretion of the property owner. The assigned numbers shall
be visible and preferably in color contrast to the house or building
to which they are attached. In areas where the house or building is
located more than one hundred (100) feet from the centerline of the
street, the assigned number may be displayed in the yard visible when
viewing the main entrance.
D. Official Number Prerequisite To Construction. No construction
for any house or building requiring a street number in the City shall
commence until the applicant therefor has obtained from the City an
official street number for such house or building.
E. Use Of Unofficial Number Prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for any owner or occupant of any house, building or vacant lot to
which an official number has been assigned by the City to use any
other number for such house, building or vacant lot.
F. Enforcement.
1. Each owner of a house, building or vacant lot currently within the
City corporate limits shall comply with the terms of this Section
within twelve (12) months from and after January 6, 1997. Any new
housing or buildings constructed, area annexed, or construction commenced
after January 6, 1997 shall comply with the terms of this Section
prior to the commencement of construction.
2. Each violation of any term of this Section shall be punishable by
a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period
up to ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 2004-029 §§1 —
3, 10-13-2003]
A. After
October 13, 2003, no street, park, easement, water line, sewer line,
facility nor any other type of land, land use or infrastructure shall
be considered to have been dedicated to public use nor considered
to be public property unless accepted by the City of California Board
of Aldermen by ordinance.
B. Nothing
in this Section shall be construed as determining whether land or
infrastructure which is alleged to have been dedicated to the City
of California prior to October 13, 2003, has in fact been accepted
by the City of California.
C. After
October 13, 2003, no dedication for public use shall be considered
for acceptance unless all of the following conditions are fully complied
with:
1. Prior to beginning construction, the owner of the property notifies
the City of California in writing of his or her intent to begin construction
and his or her intent to dedicate certain property to the City of
California upon completion.
2. All designs for the property comply with existing City of California
standards, including but not limited to, design standards adopted
elsewhere in the ordinances of the City of California. In the event
standards do not exist, City shall have the right to develop same.
3. All construction must be supervised as provided elsewhere in this
Code.
4. Prior to or contemporaneous with the acceptance of the property,
the City of California Board of Aldermen must find that the proposed
property will be useful to the City of California.
5. Prior to consideration of acceptance of property, owner shall provide
the City of California with "as built" plans of every improvement
to be dedicated.
6. The developer shall be held responsible for any and all defective
workmanship for a period of five (5) years from the date of the acceptance
of the improvements described herein.
[Ord. No. 18.113 §§1 —
3, 2-2-1987; Ord. No.
500.120 §§1 — 2, 6-2-2014]
A. This Section shall pertain only to swimming pools operated and maintained
by private residents and intended for the use of the owner and invited
guests.
B. Any person owning or operating a permanently constructed swimming
pool or swimming pools shall provide and maintain a fence or wall
not less than five (5) feet in height, having no openings or holes
larger than six (6) inches in any dimension except for doors and gates,
which fence shall completely surround the pool or the property upon
which it is located. All doors and gates shall be fastened and locked
at any and all times that the pool is not in use or unattended.
C. This Section shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the
responsibility or liability of any party owning, controlling or installing
a swimming pool; nor does the City assume any liability by reason
of this Section.