It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to lay, construct, reconstruct or repair in any street, alley, court or other public place in this city, or in, over, or through any property or right-of-way owned by this city, any curb, sidewalk, gutter, graded and oiled roadway, pavement, storm drain, culvert or retaining wall without first obtaining a permit in writing to do so from the city engineer as hereinafter provided.
(1953 Code § 7111; Ord. 13 § 1; as amended by Ord. 438, 1959)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to lay, construct, reconstruct or repair any curb, sidewalk, graded and oiled roadway, pavement, storm drain, culvert or retaining wall in any public street, alley, court or other public place in this city or in, over or through any property or right-of-way owned by the city, without first obtaining the lines and grades therefor from the city engineer.
(1953 Code 7112; Ord. 13 § 2; as amended by Ord. 438, 1959)
All work mentioned in Section 11.16.010 for which a permit shall have been issued as provided herein shall be performed in accordance with the specifications (or the specifications and plans, if plans are made) referred to in said permit and shall be performed to the satisfaction of the city engineer or his representative.
(Ord. 13 § 3; 1953 Code § 7113)
Any person, firm or corporation desiring a permit to perform any work mentioned in Section 11.16.010 shall file a written application therefor with the city engineer, which application shall state the location, nature and amount of the work to be performed, materials to be used and such other information as the city engineer may require.
(Ord. 13 § 4; 1953 Code § 7114)
Prior to the issuance of a permit, the applicant shall pay a fee for any work mentioned in Section 11.16.010. The fee shall be as set by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 13 § 4(part); 1953 Code § 7114.1; Ord. 1006 § 18, 1981)
For storm drains, stairways and other similar structures, the city engineer shall estimate the total cost of the work to be constructed; and said deposit required shall be based upon the estimated cost exclusive of the amount of said deposit according to the following schedule:
8% of the total cost up to $100,000.00
6% of the total cost over $100,000.00.
(1953 Code § 7114.11; Ord. 13 § 4; as amended by Ord. 438; March 4, 1959)
In case the permittee desires to employ a private engineer to do a portion of the work, the deposit shall be reduced as follows:
20% if the permittee does the preliminary surveying and designing;
25% if the permittee does staking out of the improvement;
45% if the permittee does both the preliminary surveying and designing and the staking out.
(Ord. 13 § 4; 1953 Code § 7114.13)
The amount so deposited as provided above shall be retained by the city; and, thereupon, the permit may be issued for said work by the city engineer; provided, however, that the minimum amount required to be deposited for a permit for any work shall be the sum of one dollar.
(Ord. 13 § 4; 1953 Code § 7114.14)
The applicant shall file with the city engineer a good and sufficient bond approved by the city engineer or his duly authorized representative and payable to the city of Laguna Beach in an amount equal to not less than twenty-five percent of the estimated cost of the proposed work and conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work for which permit is issued and the plans and specifications prepared therefor and referred to in said permit, and also upon the payment of all expenses incurred by the city in connection therewith.
(Ord. 13 § 4; 1953 Code § 7114.2)
Said bond shall be a cash bond or a bond executed by the permittee and a responsible surety company.
(Ord. 13 § 4; 1953 Code § 7114.22)
All permits shall expire sixty days from the date on which the construction work actually starts, unless a longer time is specified in the permit, in which case such permits shall expire at the end of the longer term specified therein.
The city engineer may, upon good cause being shown therefor by permittee, extend the time for the completion of said work.
(Ord. 13 § 4; 1953 Code §§ 7114.23 and 7114.24)
No person, firm or corporation shall commence any work mentioned in Section 11.16.010 for which a permit has been issued unless such person, firm or corporation has made application in writing to the city engineer for an inspector therefor, at least twenty-four hours before commencing said work, specifying in such application the day and hour when, and the location at which said work will be commenced.
(Ord. 13 § 5; 1953 Code § 7115)
After the city engineer has, by survey or inspection or both, found that the work has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the permit issued therefor, and all the provisions of this chapter, he shall issue, if so requested by the permittee, a certificate of acceptance which shall contain a statement of the location, nature and total of amount performed under said permit.
(Ord. 13 § 6; 1953 Code § 7116.1)
All unused permits issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be canceled six months after the date of their issuance, or sooner if requested by permittee, unless actual construction of the improvements authorized by said permit has been commenced prior to the expiration of said six months period.
(Ord. 13 § 7; 1953 Code § 7117)
Upon the cancellation of any permit as herein provided, the fee paid therefor, less any amount expended by the city in connection with the proposed improvement plus fifteen percent of said expended amount, shall be returned to said permittee if so requested by him within two months from the date of such cancellation of the permit and upon surrender of the permit.
(Ord. 13 § 7; 1953 Code § 7117.2)
No person, firm or corporation to whom a permit has been granted under the provisions of this chapter shall perform or cause to be performed, any of the work mentioned in Section 11.16.010 in a greater amount or quantity than that specified in the permit issued.
(Ord. 13 § 8; 1953 Code § 7118)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation performing or causing to be performed any work under the provisions of this chapter to fail, refuse or neglect to remove or cause to be removed all material and debris within three days after the completion of said work.
This provision shall not be construed to conflict with the use of material for protection of concrete or other new work, in which case the specification governing such work shall control.
(Ord. 13 § 9; 1953 Code §§ 7119 and 7119.1)