[Added by Ord. 75-13]
[Amended by Ord. 83-11]
Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the Highway Permit Ordinance of the County of Los Angeles, as adopted May 28, 1940, and thereafter amended from time to time, effective October 26, 1981, and as published by the County of Los Angeles in that document entitled, Highway Permit Ordinance, Division 1 of Title 16 LACC, Pages 16-2.3 through 16.65, and including Appendix thereto, but excluding Chapter 16.24 entitled "Newsracks", and excluding §16.24.010 - 16.240.160, pages 16-54 through 16-62, pertaining to Newsracks, all of which on the 9th day of August, 1983 were made a public record by the City of Lakewood by Resolution No. 83-95, is hereby adopted and made a part hereof as though fully set forth in this Chapter, with the amendments hereinafter set forth. The same shall hereafter constitute the Highway Permit Ordinance of the City of Lakewood, regulating street excavation and construction, highway encroachments and house moving, and requiring permits therefor, including the payment of fees. At least three copies of said Highway Permit Ordinance, October 26, 1981 edition, shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and shall be maintained by the City Clerk for use and examination by the public.
In the event of any conflict of ambiguity between any provisions contained in the Highway Permit Ordinance, and any amendment thereto or addition thereto contained in this Article, the amendment or additions thereto contained in this Article shall control.
In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between any provisions contained in the Highway Permit Ordinance and any provision of the Lakewood Municipal Code, the provisions of the Lakewood Municipal Code shall control.
Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in the Highway Permit Ordinance, such names or terms shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section as follows:
COUNTY ENGINEER
Shall mean the City Engineer.
COMMISSIONER or ROAD COMMISSIONER
Shall mean the Superintendent of Streets of the City of Lakewood.
CITY
Shall mean the City of Lakewood.
COUNTY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, or UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY, or UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY OF THE COUNTY
Shall mean the City of Lakewood, with the Exception that no provision of this Ordinance shall apply to territory outside the boundaries of the City of Lakewood.
COUNTY ORDINANCE
Or any reference to any County Ordinance other than the County Ordinance adopting the Highway Permit Ordinance, or any amendment thereto, incorporated herein by reference, shall mean any City Ordinance or other provision of the Lakewood Municipal Code on the subject matter as the County Ordinance referred to in the Highway Permit Ordinance. If there is no City Ordinance or Lakewood Municipal Code Section on said subject matter, no County Ordinance shall be incorporated herein other than those specifically enumerated.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Shall mean the City Council of the City of Lakewood.
The City Council reserves the right to establish issuance fees and charges for other costs in connection with the issuance of permits and work covered by the Highway Permit Ordinance. Unless, however, the City Council establishes such fees, the issuance fees, costs and charges established by the Board of Supervisors shall apply. In accepting security for any work authorized by a permit, the Superintendent of Streets is authorized to accept security in the form and fashion specified in the Highway Permit Ordinance subject to the provisions of Article III-E of Ordinance No. 4099 of the County of Los Angeles being the Administrative Code of the County of Los Angeles, and any other provision of said Highway Permit Ordinance. Funds and securities collected, however, shall be City funds and securities subject to transfer to the County of Los Angeles in consideration of services provided by the County of Los Angeles pursuant to any agreement between the County and City authorizing the same.
[Amended by Ord. 83-11]
Section 16.18.040 of the Highway Permit Ordinance of the County of Los Angeles, pertaining to underground pipelines - minimum depth of cover - is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.18.040 Underground pipelines - Minimum depth of cover. Except as provided in §16.18.041, the following minimum depths of cover below existing, finished or proposed gutter grade shall be required for all underground pipelines within the roadway area:
A. 
24 inches for service pipelines;
B. 
30 inches for all pipelines in local streets except pipelines designed to carry hazardous substances and service pipelines;
C. 
30 inches for electric and natural gas facilities in local streets;
D. 
36 inches for all pipelines in master plan highways except pipelines designed to carry hazardous substances and service pipelines;
E. 
42 inches in local streets and master plan highways for pipelines designed to carry hazardous substances such as, but not limited to, gasoline, fuel oil, butane, propane or chemicals;
F. 
42 inches for electric and natural gas facilities in master plan highways.
[Amended by Ord. 83-11]
Section 16.18.041 of the Highway Permit Ordinance of the County of Los Angeles, pertaining to Underground Cable TV and Telephone Conduits, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.18.041 Underground cable TV and telephone conduits in systems designed pursuant to special requirements of the Road Commissioner. A minimum cover of 18 inches below existing or proposed edge of gutter grade shall be permitted for cable TV and telephone conduits designed pursuant to special requirements of the Road Commissioner and to be placed in existing roadways as follows:
A. 
Mainline cable conduit in a 4- to 5- inch-wide trench located adjacent to the concrete gutter (3 feet from the edge of the curb (if no gutter exists).
B. 
Service cable conduits crossing the roadway from the mainline to serve users on the opposite side of local streets when installed by an acceptable boring method.
All sidewalks required to be constructed by the Municipal Code as well as by the Building Code, unless variance from the terms and provisions of this Chapter has been granted shall be constructed of concrete and in accordance with city standards and specifications and of four feet in width placed within six inches of the property line, except:
A. 
Sidewalks constructed in connection with occupancy groups A through H, excluding residential uses, but including motels and hotels, shall be installed in the entire area between the curb and six inches of the property line with the exception that the Building Official may designate open areas for planting.
B. 
A different location has been authorized by the Building Official because of the location of the property, the terrain or condition of the property or other similar reasons make it impractical or difficult to comply with the aforementioned provisions.