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No person shall drive any wagon or any other vehicle over, along or across any cement or other improved sidewalk or curb, unless planking is laid thereon in such a manner as to protect such sidewalk or curb. No person shall remove any such planking, except the person by, or for whom it was laid, unless permission therefor is granted by the Board. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the driving of vehicles over sidewalks and curbs, at places where cement or asphalt crossings are constructed across such sidewalks or curbs.
No person shall operate upon, or permit to be on or operated upon the improved portion of any concrete, asphalt, rock and oil, or oiled street or public way in the City of Los Angeles any vehicle having thereon a tire or tires, on the periphery of which there is or are any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead or any other protuberance of metal or wood which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. This section shall not prohibit the use of tire chains of reasonable size to prevent skidding when upon wet or slippery surfaces, nor shall the restrictions of this section apply to such a vehicle when its operation on any street or road is necessary in the construction or repair thereof.
No person shall drive any animal upon or along any paved street, alley, or public way if such conduct might reasonably be expected to damage such public property or interfere with public convenience without having first obtained a special permit from the Board to do so. The Board shall establish from time to time such regulations regarding said special permits as it finds are necessary. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,719, Eff. 2/28/59.)
(Added by Ord. No. 122,905, Eff. 10/26/62.)
(a) No person shall paint, stencil or affix, or cause to be painted, stenciled or affixed, any house or street address number on any curb in or adjacent to any public street without first having obtained a permit so to do from the Board.
(b) No such permit shall be issued until the applicant therefor shall have complied with the following requirements:
1. Application shall be made on forms provided therefor by the Board and shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee. Said fee 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.)
2. The applicant shall file with the Board a policy of public liability insurance in which the City has been named as insured or co-insured with the permittee. The policy of insurance shall insure the City and its officers and employees against all claims arising out of or in connection with the issuance of the permit or the operation of the permittee or the permittee’s agents or contractors pursuant to the permit. The policy of insurance shall provide coverage as follows:
Bodily Injury $25,000 each person
$50,000 each accident
Property Damage $ 5,000 each accident
3. The applicant shall post and maintain with the Board a surety bond in the amount of $500. Such bond shall be executed to the satisfaction of the Board and shall be approved by the City Attorney as to form and legality. Such bond shall be payable to the City, shall be executed by a reliable surety company authorized to do business in California and satisfactory to the City, and shall guarantee compliance with the provisions of this section and all rules and regulations adopted by the Board pursuant thereto.
EXCEPTION: The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons painting, stenciling or affixing house or street address numbers upon curbs abutting their own property.
(c) No person shall fail to keep a copy of such permit upon their person and available for inspection at all times while performing such work and no person shall represent in any way to the owner or occupant of the premises in question or to anyone that the painting of such numbers upon curbs or elsewhere is required by any law, rule or regulation.
(d) Any house or street address numbers which are painted, stenciled or affixed to any curb pursuant to the provisions of this section shall consist of black numerals not less than 2-1/2 inches, nor more than 4 inches in height on a white background. First quality paint shall be used in all cases.
(e) All permits issued under the provisions of this section shall expire on the 31st day of December following the date on which the permit was issued.
(f) The Board may adopt such reasonable rules and regulations in furtherance of the provisions of this section as the Board shall determine are necessary, including but not limited to rules regarding the work to be performed and the method and manner of the solicitation for such work.
(g) The Board may revoke or suspend any permit issued under the provisions of this section upon the permittee’s violation of or failure to comply with the provisions of this section or the rules and regulations of the Board adopted hereunder or any other applicable law of this City or State. Any such action shall be done in accordance with the provisions of Section 22.02 of this Code.
(h) Neither the City of Los Angeles nor any Board, Commission, officer or employee thereof shall be liable or responsible for any work done by any permittee under the provisions of this section, or by any employee, agent or independent contractor of the City who paints over, obliterates or removes any house or street address number upon any curb in the course of establishing any official traffic control or street identification sign, or in the process of repair or replacement of curbs.
(Added by Ord. No. 160,459, Eff. 11/28/85.)
(a) Issuance of Permits. The Board of Public Works may issue a permit for vibroseis surveys on public streets when the Board determines that such activity will not interfere with the public’s use of said street and this section has been complied with.
No vibroseis survey shall be conducted on a public street without a current permit issued by the Board of Public Works as provided in this section.
(b) Application for Permit. Requests for vibroseis surveys shall be filed with the Board at least thirty (30) days prior to the date requested for commencing permit-authorized work. The Board, upon receipt of an application for permit, shall give notice of the receipt thereof to the City Council office for each Council district in which the applicant requests permission to conduct its survey.
(c) Permit Fee. The issuance of a permit shall be subject to payment of a permit fee plus a daily inspection fee assessable for each day the operation is in progress. The permit fee and daily inspection fee advance payment, based upon the applicant’s estimated number of days of operation, shall be paid at the time the application is filed. The fees 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.)
(d) Conditions for Granting Permits. The Board shall adopt written procedures and conditions relating to but not limited to, the requirements for liability insurance, citizen notification, restrictions on hours and days of operation, and other conditions set forth in the Bureau of Street Maintenance Report No. 1 adopted by the Board on September 24, 1984, a copy of which is a part of Council File No. 85-0532. (Amended by Ord. No. 160,496, Eff. 12/19/85.)
No permit shall issue unless the City Engineer has first determined and so notified the Board in writing, that the route of the vibroseis testing proposed in the application for permit does not contain potentially unsound clay or concrete sewer pipes, however, in the event the City Engineer cannot make such a determination, that office may recommend a prescribed alternate route through the area where such testing will not adversely affect such pipes, or, the Board may issue a permit on the condition that:
1. the permittee, prior to commencement of any such vibroseis work conduct a television inspection of any pipes in question and deliver the results of that inspection to the City Engineer;
2. the condition of the pipes so inspected by the permittee shall serve as a comparison basis for any similar television inspection by the City Engineer made after completion of the operation to ascertain whether the permittee’s operation has had any effect on the pipes; and
3. the permittee, prior to commencement of its operation, provides insurance as prescribed by the Board, and also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City from any adverse effects to any persons, to the pipes, or to any other private or public property.
If the City Engineer does not make the necessary route or alternate route determination or recommendations, or the applicant fails or refuses to agree to television testing of potentially unsound pipes and indemnification as provided hereinabove, no permit shall issue.
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