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(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 182,237, Eff. 9/28/12.)
(a) Permit Application Fee. In addition to the fees identified in Subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Bureau of Engineering shall charge and collect a fee of $273 for each application for issuance of a Class “A” permit. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,054, Eff. 3/6/16.)
(b) Inspection Fees. In addition to the fees imposed in Subsections (a) and (c) of this Section, the Bureau of Engineering shall charge and collect from an applicant for issuance of a Class “A” permit all of the following fees, where applicable:
1. Curb. A fee of $3.70 per linear foot for all types of curbs, including but not limited to depressed curbs across driveways, but not including the gutter portion of an integral curb and gutter.
2. Concrete Paving, Gutter, Sidewalk, Driveway. A fee of $0.85 per square foot for all types of concrete paving, gutters, sidewalks, access ramps and driveways.
3. Asphalt Resurfacing. A fee of $3.30 per square foot for all types of asphalt surfacing, including but not limited to roadways, alleys and driveways.
4. Area Drain. A fee of $15.95 for each area drain.
5. Tree Well. A fee of $15.95 for each tree well.
6. Pipe. A fee of $5.50 for each pipe.
(c) Additional Authorized Charges. In addition to the fees imposed in Subsection (b) of this Section, where the Bureau of Engineering determines that a project requires the Bureau of Engineering to obtain more inspections than are funded by the fee imposed, the Bureau shall charge and collect Special Inspection Charges pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.05(a)(1)(cc). The provisions of Section 61.14 and 61.15 shall also apply to fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section.
(d) Testing Fees. In addition to the fees imposed in Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, the Bureau of Engineering shall charge and collect from an applicant for issuance of a Class “A” permit all of the following fees, where applicable:
1. Fills. A fee of $300 for each maximum density test conducted, one test required for each location; a fee of $115 for each relative compaction test conducted, one test required for each three foot layer of fill 50 feet long.
2. Concrete. A fee of $100 for each concrete cylinder with a minimum of two cylinders required for each 28 day test. The Bureau of Engineering may require testing of additional cylinders at a fee of $100 each when the Bureau of Engineering or the Bureau of Contract Administration determines that additional testing is necessary.
(e) Application of Fee Provisions.
1. Except for applications subject to provisions of Subdivision 2. or 3. of this Subsection, the provisions of this section apply to all Class “A” permit applications, including, but not limited to, applications to engage in permitted work within a public easement. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,179, Eff. 5/5/16.)
2. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an application for issuance of a Class “A” permit to repair damage caused by forces beyond the property owner’s control, including but not limited to damage caused by a subsidence, pavement failure, earthquake, or trees located in a public right-of-way, although the applicable fees and charges shall be imposed for all other work authorized by the same permit which is not required to be performed because of such conditions. For this Subdivision to apply, an applicant must state on the application what work is exempt from the fees imposed by this Section, and the cause of the underlying damage.
3. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an application by a property owner for issuance of a Class “A” permit to repair or reconstruct sidewalk adjoining the property owner’s property. (Added by Ord. No. 184,179, Eff. 5/5/16.)
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 182,237, Eff. 9/28/12.)
(a) Fee Amount. The fee charged by the Bureau of Engineering to process a Class “B” permit application shall be the actual cost of services provided by the City for issuance and oversight of the permit and permitted project, except for costs that may be incurred by a Proprietary Department subject to the provisions of Article VI of the Los Angeles City Charter, and except for the Street Damage Restoration Fee and the Slurry Seal Damage Restoration Fee.
The determination of the amount of actual City costs shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.05 (a)(2), and the determination shall include but not be limited to the following costs:
1. Design, plan checking, surveying and all engineering costs and fees;
2. Inspection;
3. Testing of materials;
4. Furnishing of streetlight energy;
5. Furnishing and installing street name signs, street trees, traffic warning or regulatory signs; and
6. Sandblasting obsolete pavement markings.
Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Subsection, the City reserves the right to impose additional fees and charges for services provided or costs incurred that were not included in the basis of the determination of the City’s actual costs.
(b) Deposit and Fee Collection Procedures. Before the Bureau of Engineering may issue a Class “B” permit subject to the provisions of this Section, the applicant must deposit with the Bureau an amount that the Bureau estimates will be owed pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection. The procedures contained at Section 62.05
(a)(2) shall apply to the collection of fees owed and deposit required pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
(Amended by Ord. No. 113,689, Eff. 7/4/59.)
(a) Plans – When Required. Upon the issuance of a Class “B” permit, special plans shall be prepared therefor and thereafter approved by the City Engineer, if in the opinion of the City Engineer such plans are necessary.
(b) Class “B” Permits – Bond Required.
(1) (Amended by Ord. No. 135,199, Eff. 9/15/67.) No class “B” permit shall be issued unless the applicant shall first file with the City Engineer a good and sufficient bond, approved by the Board or its duly authorized representative. The bond shall be in an amount equal to the cost of the proposed work as estimated by the City Engineer. The bond shall contain a condition requiring the faithful performance and completion of the work for which the permit is issued, in accordance with the permit and the plans and specifications prepared therefor, as well as a condition requiring the performance of any work required to be performed pursuant to the provisions of Section 61.02 of this Code. The bond also shall require the payment of all costs referred to in Section 62.110 which may be incurred or expanded by the City in causing such required work to be done. Said bond shall also guarantee payment to the City of all engineering inspection and administrative costs and fees incurred by the city as a result of issuance of the Class “B” permit. The bond shall be either a cash bond or a bond executed by a company authorized to act as surety in this State.
EXCEPTION: No such bond shall be required for the issuance of a Class “B” permit for design or checking only, or where the requirement has been waived pursuant to the authority of Section 62.105(b).
(2) Where any sewage works which include the installation of machinery or equipment to be operated by the City, are to be constructed, no Class “B” permit shall be issued therefor unless the applicant, in addition to the above mentioned bond, shall first file with the City Engineer a good and sufficient performance bond, approved by the Board, or its duly authorized representative. The bond shall be in an amount equal to one-half of the cost of the purchase and installation of such machinery or equipment, as estimated by the City Engineer, and shall be conditioned upon the repair, adjustment or replacement of any defective equipment or parts thereof, the correction of any faulty installation, upon the payment of all necessary costs and expenses which may be incurred or expended by the City, other than ordinary maintenance and operation expenses, to obtain satisfactory performance thereof during a period of one year from the date of acceptance of such sewage works by the Board. The bond shall be either a cash bond or a bond executed by a company authorized to act as surety in this State. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,719, Eff. 2/28/59.)
(c) Cash Bond – Reimbursement to Be Made Therefrom.
(1) Whenever the applicant elects to post a cash bond, the Board is hereby empowered, in the event of any default on the part of the permittee in the performance of any work or improvement for which the permit was granted or in the payment of any charges due the City arising out of the issuance of such permit, to deduct therefrom on behalf of the City an amount sufficient to reimburse and to indemnify the City for any and all damages sustained by the City by reason of faulty or defective work, or by reason of carelessness or negligence of the permittee, or by reason of any failure on the part of the permittee faithfully and properly to perform and complete the work in accordance with the plans and specifications. In the event of any such default on the part of the permittee, the Board may, at its option, cause all the required work to be done and may expend therefor the whole amount of such cash bond or any part thereof. (Amended by Ord. No. 92,478, Eff. 12/21/47).
(2) Whenever the applicant elects to post a cash bond under (b)(2) above, the Board is hereby empowered in the event that adjustment or replacement of any defective equipment or parts from the date of completion and acceptance by the Board of said work, and for a period of one year thereafter, to deduct from the cash bond deposited the amount or amounts of money necessary to correct any faulty installation, replacement of defective equipment or parts, and payment or payments for all necessary costs and expenses which may be incurred by the City other than ordinary maintenance and operation expense, to obtain satisfactory performance thereof during said period of one year from the date of completion and acceptance of such sewage works by the Board. (Amended by Ord. No. 92,478, Eff. 12/21/47).
(d) Surety Bond – Collection and Enforcement.
(1) (Amended by Ord. No. 135,199, Eff. 9/15/67.) Whenever a surety bond has been filed in compliance with this section, the Board is hereby empowered, in the event of any default on the part of the principal, to enforce collection, under such bond of all sums due and unpaid to the City as charges arising out of the issuance of the permit, and for any and all damages sustained by the City by reason of faulty or defective work, or by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the permittee in the performance of the work, or by reason of any failure on the part of the permittee to faithfully and properly to perform, in accordance with the permit and the plans and specifications, the work or improvement for which the permit was issued, or by reason of any failure on the part of the permittee to faithfully and properly perform any work required to be performed pursuant to the provisions of Section 61.02. In the event of any such default on the part of the permittee, the Board may, at its option, cause all the required work to be done and surety upon the bond shall be firmly bound for the payment of all necessary costs thereof.
(2) Whenever a surety bond has been filed in the compliance with (b)(2) of this section, the Board is hereby empowered in the event that adjustment or replacement of any defective equipment or parts from the date of completion and acceptance by the Board of said work, and for a period of one year thereafter, to enforce collection under such bond, of all sums necessary to correct any faulty installations, replacement of defective equipment or parts, and payment or payments for all necessary costs and expenses which may be incurred by the City, other than ordinary maintenance and operation expense, to obtain satisfactory performance thereof during said period of one year from the date of completion and acceptance of such sewage works by the Board. (Amended by Ord. No. 92,478, Eff. 12/21/47.)
(e) Termination of Bond.
(1) The term of each bond filed or posted pursuant to this section, shall begin upon the date of the filing or posting thereof and shall end upon the date of the completion, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, of all the improvements covered by the permit. The fact of such completion shall be evidenced by a statement thereof signed by the City Engineer, a copy of which shall be furnished to any surety upon request. In any case where a cash bond has been posted there shall be returned, on demand, to the permittee or to the permittee’s successors or assigns, upon or after the date of the issuance of said certificate, the amount of such cash bond less the amount, if any, expended by the Board to complete the work or otherwise taken or deducted by the Board to reimburse or to indemnify the City for any loss or damage incurred prior to the date of such acceptance as a result of any default covered by the cash bond. (Amended by Ord. No. 92,478, Eff. 12/21/47.)
(2) The term of each bond filed or posted pursuant to (b)(2) of this section shall begin upon the date of filing and posting thereof and shall end one year from the date of the completion and acceptance of such sewage work by the Board. Where a cash bond has been posted, there shall be returned, on demand, to the permittee or to the permittee’s successors or assigns, upon or after the lapse of one year from the date of the completion and acceptance by the Board of the sewage works, the amount of such cash bond less the amount, if any, expended by the Board for the adjustment or replacement of any defective equipment or parts, or to correct any faulty installations, or payments for all necessary costs and expenses which may be incurred by the City, other than ordinary maintenance and operation expense, to obtain satisfactory performance thereof during said period of one year from the date of completion and acceptance of such sewage works by the Board. (Amended by Ord. No. 92,478, Eff. 12/21/47.)
(f) Duplication of Security – Not Required. If the applicant has already on file with the City Engineer, and in full force and effect, a surety bond or a deposit posted pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Ordinance (Ordinance No. 79,310, approved March 1,1938) assuring the completion of the work for which the permit is requested, and adequate in amount to meet the requirements of this section, no other bond shall be required to be posted by the applicant in order to comply with this section.
(g) Class “B” Permits – Issuance Required: (Amended by Ord. No. 153,469, Eff. 6/1/80.) A Class “B” permit for any work for which such permit is required, shall not be issued until the applicant has filed with the City Engineer a protective liability policy of insurance in which the City has been named as insured or as co-insured with the permittee. The policy of insurance shall insure the City and its officers and employees, while acting within the scope of their duties, against all claims arising out of, or in connection with, the operations of the permittee or any contractor or subcontractor of the permittee pursuant to the permit. The policy of insurance shall provide coverage as follows:
Bodily Injury $250,000 each person
$500,000 each occurrence
$500,000 aggregate products and completed operations
Property Damage $100,000 each occurrence
$250,000 aggregate
A combined single limit policy with aggregate limits in the amount of $1 million will be considered equivalent to the required minimum limits.
No person shall commence any work mentioned in Section 62.105 of this Code for which a permit has been issued, unless such person has made application to the Board for an inspector therefor at least 24 hours before commencing said work, specifying in said application the location at which and the day and hour when said work will commence. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,719, Eff. 2/28/59.)
Whenever any permittee has completed any work under Class “B” permit, said permittee shall notify the City Engineer, or the City Engineer’s duly authorized representative, in writing. If the City Engineer has found, by survey or inspection, or both, that the work has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the permit issued therefor, and all the provisions of Sections 62.105 to 62.116, inclusive, the City Engineer shall issue upon request of the permittee, a certificate of acceptance which shall contain a statement of the location, nature and total amount of the work performed under the permit.
(a) All Class “A” and “B” permits issued under the provisions of Sections 62.105 to 62.116, inclusive, shall expire and be cancelled six (6) months after the date of their issue, unless sooner requested by the permittee and unless actual construction of the work authorized by the permit has been commenced prior to the expiration of the six (6) month period; all Class “A” and “B” permits shall expire and be cancelled sixty (60) days after the date on which actual construction of the work was commenced, unless a longer construction period is specified in the permit, in which case such permit shall expire at the end of the longer construction period specified therein. The Board may extend the time for the starting or the completion of the work, upon good and sufficient cause being shown therefor by the permittee, and such extension shall not be deemed to release any surety or any bond posted pursuant to Section 62.111.
(b) In the event any permittee shall not construct a portion of the work authorized by a Class “A” permit, such permit, upon the application of the permittee, may be cancelled as to the omitted work only.
(c) The permits issued for any work in streets designated by the Board as important traffic arteries shall contain a completion date specified by the City Engineer in the permit and the permittee shall complete the work within the time specified in said permit. (Added by Ord. No. 111,083, Eff. 5/10/58.)
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