Note: For charter provisions as to authority of city to
improve streams and channels and provide for the protection of the
city from overflow and stormwaters, see Charter, Art. III, § 1,
subsection 7.
No person shall remove any sand, gravel or material of any kind
from any wash or watercourse in the city on which there has been installed
any flood control work, except as provided in this chapter.
(Prior code § 22-1)
A.
Any
person desiring to remove sand, gravel or other material from any
of the washes or watercourses referred to in this chapter shall make
application to the director of public works of the city for a permit
to remove such sand, gravel or other material from such watercourses
or washes in which application shall be stated the approximate location
from which such sand or gravel or other material is to be removed
and the manner in which it is to be removed, and the period of time
during which the applicant wishes to remove the same, not exceeding
six months, and the approximate amount of sand, gravel and other material
to be removed.
B.
Upon the filing of the application referred to in subsection A of this section, the director of public works of the city shall investigate and determine whether or not the removal of sand, gravel or other material from the place mentioned in the application would be detrimental to or liable to injuriously affect the flood control work installed along the wash from which application is made to remove sand or gravel, or other material.
(Prior code § 22-2)
If the director of public works shall find that removal of sand
or gravel or other material from the wash at the place and in the
manner and amount applied for will endanger or is liable to endanger
or injuriously affect the flood control work along the channel of
such wash at such place or elsewhere in the city, the director of
public works shall deny the permit applied for; otherwise, if the
director of public works shall find after investigation that the removing
of such material will not be liable to endanger or injuriously affect
the flood control work along such wash, the director of public works
shall grant the same.
(Prior code § 22-3)
All persons applying for and receiving a permit as provided for in Section 8.24.020 shall pay to the director of public works for the use and benefit of the city, fees as follows:
A.
For
each vehicle, wagon or truck used in removing sand and material of
a capacity not to exceed two cubic yards, the sum of two dollars for
each vehicle, wagon or truck;
B.
For
each vehicle, wagon or truck used in removing sand and material of
a capacity exceeding two cubic yards, the sum of three dollars for
each vehicle, wagon or truck.
(Prior code § 22-4)
Every person obtaining a permit as provided for in this chapter
must obtain a number from the director of public works for each vehicle
used in connection therewith and shall keep a tin, sheet iron or metal
placard bearing such number in a conspicuous place upon such vehicle,
and the number shall not be changed without the consent of the director
of public works. There shall also be set forth on such placard the
date of expiration of the permit for which such number was issued.
(Prior code § 22-5)
In no event shall any excavation regulated by this chapter be
made to a greater depth than five feet below the official grade of
the channel of any such washes or within fifteen feet of any protection
work along the sides of the channel thereof; unless a special authorization
so to do is given by the council. All excavations for the removal
of sand from such washes shall at all times be under the supervision
of the director of public works.
(Prior code § 22-6)
No person shall place or deposit along or adjacent to, or within
a distance of fifty feet of any of the protection work referred to
in this chapter, any rubbish, shavings, brush or waste matter, or
other material, without first obtaining from the director of public
works of the city a permit so to do, which permit shall be denied
if it appears that such deposit would injure or endanger any such
flood protection work.
(Prior code § 22-7)
No person shall start, cause or permit to be started or maintained
within a distance of fifty feet of any of the protection work referred
to in this chapter, any fire outside of a building, without first
obtaining a permit in writing from the fire marshal; provided, that
no such permit shall be issued if, upon investigation, it is found
that such fire would in any way endanger such protection work; provided
further, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the
burning of the ordinary rubbish and waste matter which will accumulate
at a private residence within the period of one month.
(Prior code § 22-8)
No person shall place or deposit within the channel of any wash
or watercourse referred to in this chapter any rubbish, brush or waste
matter whatsoever, or remove, mutilate, cut through or destroy or
in any way disturb any of the protection work or trees along the banks
of any washes, streams or watercourses in the city.
(Prior code § 22-9)
