Chapter 15.44
BUILDING MATERIALS AND DEBRIS ON STREETS
Sections:
15.44.010 Permit – Required.
15.44.020 Permit – Application.
15.44.030 Permit – Fee.
15.44.040 Permit – Conditions.
15.44.050 Permit – Display.
15.44.060 Permit – Term.
15.44.070 Permit – Revocation.
15.44.080 Materials removal and surface restoration.
15.44.090 Illumination of building material.
15.44.100 Restriction.
15.44.110 Mixing plaster on street.
15.44.120 Material from excavations or buildings.
15.44.130 Violation – Penalty.
15.44.010 Permit – Required.
No person shall deposit or maintain in or upon any street, any building material of any kind, and debris from any building or building excavation, or any other kind of material or equipment used or intended for use in connection with any building or other work upon adjacent private property without first making and filing a written application with the city engineer and receiving a permit from the city engineer to do so. (Ord. 169 § 1, 1957)
15.44.020 Permit – Application.
The application for the permit shall contain:
A. The name, residence and business address of the applicant;
B. The name, location and area of street for which a permit is desired. (Ord. 169 § 2, 1957)
15.44.030 Permit – Fee.
At the time of filing written application as provided in this chapter, the applicant shall pay a fee of five dollars to cover the cost of inspection and other estimated incidental expenses of processing such application. (Ord. 169 § 3, 1957)
15.44.040 Permit – Conditions.
Every permit granted under this chapter shall be granted upon the condition that the person to whom the permit was granted shall conform in every respect to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 169 § 4, 1957)
15.44.050 Permit – Display.
No person shall fail to keep the permit granted for maintaining building material or debris at all times at the place where such work is being done, nor fail, upon demand therefor, to exhibit such permit to any public officer. (Ord. 169 § 10, 1957)
15.44.060 Permit – Term.
Every permit granted by the city engineer under this chapter shall become and be void within sixty days from the date issued. The city engineer may extend the time of the permit for a period not to exceed sixty days. (Ord. 169 § 12, 1957)
15.44.070 Permit – Revocation.
The city engineer may revoke any permit granted under this chapter for the violation of any section of this chapter. (Ord. 169 § 5, 1957)
15.44.080 Materials removal and surface restoration.
No person shall fail to remove any building material of any kind whatsoever, or any debris deposited or maintained on any street, within five days after the completion of the construction, alteration, repair or demolition of any building in front of which such material or debris is deposited or maintained, nor fail to leave the street in as good condition as the street was prior to the depositing of such material or debris therein. (Ord. 169 § 6, 1957)
15.44.090 Illumination of building material.
No person shall maintain any building material of any kind whatsoever or any debris on any street, without placing a red light at each end of each pile of such material or debris during the whole of each night from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise. (Ord. 169 § 7, 1957)
15.44.100 Restriction.
No person shall deposit or maintain any building material of any kind whatsoever, or any debris from any building or excavation, in or upon any street:
A. Within twenty-five feet of any fire hydrant;
B. In any manner as to prevent the passage of any vehicle;
C. In any manner as to obstruct the gutter space of the street;
D. Except upon the same side of the street and immediately in front of the building in actual course of construction, alteration, repair or demolition. (Ord. 169 § 8, 1957)
15.44.110 Mixing plaster on street.
No person shall mix, make, place or pile any mortar, plaster or lime, or any similar substance or mixture, upon any surface of any paved street, or cause the same to remain at any place in such a manner that the same will fall or leak upon the surface of any street. (Ord. 169 § 9, 1957)
15.44.120 Material from excavations or buildings.
No person shall store or keep upon any street any material or debris taken from any excavation or building, or fail to remove the same from day to day as it is produced, or to wet any dry debris or rubbish, so as to prevent the same from being blown by the wind, whether in the course of removal from any building or excavation, or on any street. (Ord. 169 § 11, 1957)
15.44.130 Violation – Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except that notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any violation constituting a misdemeanor under this chapter may, in the discretion of the enforcing authority, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction. (Ord. 627 § 29, 2001: Ord. 495 § 16, 1989: Ord, 169 § 14, 1957)