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No person shall erect, maintain or operate any rope, wire or cable over or across any street for the purpose of pumping oil from oil wells in a manner contrary to the following provisions:
(a) The clearance between any such rope, wire or cable and the surface of the street over or across which the same is maintained or operated shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet;
(b) Each such rope, wire or cable used for pumping shall be supported across such street by means of hanging ropes, wires or cables attached to a suspension cable and placed not more than eighteen (18) feet apart;
(c) Such suspension cable shall be so placed and maintained that the same will be and remain at all times above the pumping cable supported by such suspension cable;
(d) Such suspension cable shall be supported by poles, standards or columns erected on each side of the street across which such cable is maintained;
(e) No pole, standard or column, and no brace for the same, shall be placed or maintained within any street;
(f) Each such rope, wire or cable shall be supported in such other manner as the Board shall deem necessary for public safety.
Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of Sections 62.74 to 62.77, inclusive, and any permit for the erection, maintenance or operation of any rope, wire or cable granted prior to the adoption of this Code shall be deemed and construed to be a revocable license and the same may be revoked at any time by the Board.
(Amended by Ord. No. 146,877, Eff. 2/22/75.)
(a) It is unlawful for any person to drain water or other liquids or permit water or other liquids to be drained, from lands or premises under such person’s management or control onto any public street by any means which results in damage to the public street, or causes interference with or damage or hazard to public travel.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to keep, store or distribute water or other liquids for any purpose so as to permit such water or other liquids to overflow onto, to saturate by seepage, or to obstruct any public street, to the damage of the public street or cause interference with, or damage or hazard to public travel.
EXCEPTION: After receiving a permit from the Board, a person may discharge water onto a public street when it is necessary to do so in order to conduct the initial test of fire fighting apparatus following completion of its installation in a building.
Before accepting any application for such a permit for filing, the Board shall collect an application fee which shall not be refundable. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the Board. A separate application and permit shall be required for each street location where water is to be discharged. The fee herein shall be determined and adopted in the same manner as provided in Section 12.37 I.1. of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for establishing fees. (Amended by Ord. No. 165,675, Eff. 5/11/90.)
Discharge of water pursuant to a permit issued under this exception shall be performed under the supervision of an inspector appointed by the Board. The Board shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations governing the discharge of water onto the street for the protection of the adjoining buildings and properties, roadway surface, utility installations, storm drains and sewer facilities, and the general public.
For the purposes of Sections 62.84 to 62.93 inclusive, “Public Utility” shall mean and include the Department of Water and Power of this City, the Department of General Services, Department of Transportation, and any person owning, operating or maintaining overhead light, power, trolley, telephone, telegraph, signal or other wires, street railway tracks or underground structures necessary for public service. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79, Oper. 7/1/79.)
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