Chapter 11.50
UNDERGROUND UTILITY MAPS
Sections:
11.50.050 Map – New map not required.
11.50.060 Electronic media in lieu of maps.
11.50.010 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the ascribed meanings:
A. “Director” means the director of public works of the city of Covina or designee thereof.
B. “Highway” means any public highway, public street, public way or public place in the city, either owned by the city or dedicated to the public for the purpose of public travel. The term includes all or any part of the entire width of right-of-way, and above and below the same, whether or not such entire area is actually used for highway purposes.
C. “Person” includes any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, any district, any city, any county, and all departments and bureaus thereof. (Ord. 10-1987 § 19, 2010.)
11.50.020 Map – Required.
It shall be the duty of every person when such person owns, uses, controls or has an interest in any pipes, pipelines, conduits, ducts, tunnels or conveyor systems under or beneath the surface of any public highway, which pipes, pipelines, conduits, ducts, tunnels or conveyor systems shall be used or provided for the purpose of supplying or conveying gas, oil, petroleum products, hydrocarbons, ammonia, water, steam, heat, sewerage, discharge of wastes, electricity, or communication circuits in, to or from the city, or to or from any person situated within the city, or for any other similar purposes, to file in the office of the director a map or a set of maps, each drawn to scale of not more than 200 feet to one inch, which map or maps shall show the exact location, size and description of the pipes, pipelines, conduits, ducts, tunnels, or conveyor systems, together with all mains, laterals, services and service pipes, valves, pressure regulators, traps, vents, manholes, handholes, transformer chambers or other appliances, installed beneath the surface of the highways in the city, belonging to, used by or under the control of such person or in which such person has an interest, together with the date of installation of such improvement, as hereinabove set forth, if such date of installation is known. (Ord. 10-1987 § 19, 2010.)
11.50.030 Map – Filing time.
Each map or set of maps required by CMC 11.50.020 shall be kept current and corrected maps shall be filed with the director by the end of February of each calendar year. The corrected map or set of maps shall include all installations or changes made during the previous calendar year, to and including the last day of each such calendar year. (Ord. 10-1987 § 19, 2010.)
11.50.040 Map – Affidavit.
Each map or set of maps required by CMC 11.50.020 and 11.50.030 shall be accompanied by an affidavit endorsed thereon, subscribed and sworn to by such person, member of such firm, or president or secretary of such corporation or person authorized by them, to the effect that such map or set of maps correctly exhibits the details required by this chapter to be shown thereon. (Ord. 10-1987 § 19, 2010.)
11.50.050 Map – New map not required.
In the event that any person has filed a map or set of maps in compliance with CMC 11.50.020 and finds at the last day of any calendar year subsequent thereto that no changes have occurred during such calendar year, such person shall not be required to file a new map or set of maps as set forth in CMC 11.50.030, but it shall be sufficient if such person, member of such firm or president or secretary of such corporation, or person authorized by them, on or before the last day of February thereafter, shall file an affidavit with the office of the director a statement confirming that the maps on file are complete and correct as filed. (Ord. 10-1987 § 19, 2010.)
11.50.060 Electronic media in lieu of maps.
In lieu of maps required by this chapter, persons may file electronic media containing the same information required to be shown on the maps. Each electronic file shall be in a format acceptable to the director and shall include an identifying date for filing purposes. (Ord. 10-1987 § 19, 2010.)