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No person to whom a permit has been granted under the provisions of Section 62.105 to 62.116, inclusive, shall perform any of the work mentioned in Section 62.105 in an amount or quantity greater than that specified in the permit, except that upon approval by the City Engineer, additional work may be done under the provisions of this permit in an amount not greater than ten per cent (10%) of the amount specified in the permit. Any bond posted in connection with the original permit shall be deemed to cover any such additional work as may be approved pursuant to this section, within the limit mentioned herein.
No person performing any work under the provisions of Sections 62.105 to 62.116, inclusive, shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove all material and debris within three (3) days after the completion of the work. Where new work is covered with earth, the terms of the specifications of this City governing such work shall control.
(a) Sections 62.105 to 62.116, inclusive, shall not be construed to apply to the performance of any of the classes of work therein mentioned under contracts made by property owners and duly authorized by ordinance, or under contracts made by the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of this City or the general laws of the State of California, providing for the improvement of streets in municipalities.
(b) Sections 62.105 to 62.116, inclusive, shall not be construed to apply to the construction, reconstruction, or re- pair of any curb or sidewalk by any department of this City or other governmental agency which elects to perform such work using its own departmental forces where in the opinion of the City Engineer surveys, plans or inspection are not required. This exception shall not apply to the performance of any such work by the contractor engaged to perform the same by any such department or governmental agency.
Any person who desires to have the Department of Public Works perform any special service or any grading, construct any pavement, or other surfacing, or curb, sidewalk, gutter or any other public works in any street, alley or other public way either by the letting of a contract therefor or by using labor employed by the City and materials purchased by the City, and who desires to pay to the City the cost or any portion of the cost of such work, may apply to the Board of Public Works therefor. The Board of Public Works is hereby empowered, at its discretion, to arrange for the performance of said work and to accept deposits of such amounts as shall be determined by the Board to be necessary to pay the costs of the said work or portion thereof, and the amount of incidental expenses incurred by the City, or portion thereof, in connection with the performance of said work. Said amounts shall be deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of appropriate funds under the jurisdiction of the Board, for which a proper receipt shall be rendered to the depositor.
Upon the completion of the work, any unused portion of the money deposited shall be refunded to the depositor.
(Amended by Ord. No. 187,722, Eff. 1/19/23.)
(a) Revocable Permits. Where the City Engineer finds that a building, structure, or improvement maintained or proposed to be constructed within a public street will not interfere with the maintenance or use of the street, and is not intended for use by the public, the Bureau of Engineering (Bureau) may issue one or more permits for the maintenance or proposed construction of such building, structure, or improvement, or for an excavation in connection with such maintenance or construction. The Bureau shall charge and collect a fee to conduct an investigation to determine whether to issue a permit pursuant to the provisions of this section, and shall charge a fee of $556 if no field investigation is required (Tier 1 fee), and shall charge a fee of $1,854 if a field investigation is required (Tier 2 fee).
For Revocable Permit applications submitted under this subsection where the Bureau anticipates the staff time to process the permit application is three hours or less and for which no field investigation is required, the Bureau shall charge only the hourly Special Engineering Fee at the rate set forth in Section 61.14 of this Code in lieu of the Tier 1 fee. In such case, an applicant for a Revocable Permit must pay, before the Bureau provides any services, a deposit corresponding to the time the Bureau estimates will be needed to process the Revocable Permit application. If, before completion of the processing of the Revocable Permit application, the Bureau determines that additional time is needed to process the application, the Bureau may require the applicant to pay an additional deposit corresponding to the time the Bureau estimates will be needed to complete the processing of the application, up to a maximum of three hours total.
If an applicant paid the Special Engineering Fee and the Bureau determines that more than three hours of Bureau staff time is necessary to process and determine whether to issue the Revocable Permit, the Tier 1 fee shall apply, and the Bureau shall charge and collect from the applicant the Tier 1 fee, including a credit for any Special Engineering Fees already paid.
If an applicant paid a Tier 1 fee and the Bureau of Engineering determines that it will be required to conduct a field investigation, the Bureau shall charge and collect from the applicant a fee of $1,298, in addition to the $556 already paid. If the Bureau is required to prepare a report of its investigation for consideration by the Board, the applicant shall not owe a Tier 1 or Tier 2 fee, and instead the Bureau shall charge and collect its actual costs (Tier 3 fee) and a deposit of such costs as determined and collected pursuant to the provisions of Section 61.15 of this Code.
(b) Revocable Permits – Roadway Dining Areas. In addition to the fees required in Subsection (a), an application for a Revocable Permit for the purpose of establishing a Roadway Dining Area shall be subject to the following Department of Transportation fees.
(1) Application Review Fee – Existing Roadway Dining Area. An applicant requesting a Revocable Permit for a Roadway Dining Area who already received a temporary use authorization for Roadway dining under the L.A. Al Fresco Program during the 2020-2022 COVID-19 pandemic and “Safer at Home” declarations shall be charged a Department of Transportation Application Review Fee of $1,200.
(2) Application Review Fee – New Roadway Dining Area. An applicant requesting a Revocable Permit for a Roadway Dining Area who did not receive a temporary use authorization for Roadway dining under the L.A. Al Fresco Program during the 2020-2022 COVID-19 pandemic and “Safer at Home” declarations shall be charged a Department of Transportation Application Review Fee of $1,500.
No person owning or operating a steam, electric, interurban or street railroad shall pave that portion of any street used by the tracks thereof which such person is required by law to pave and keep in repair, or construct the tracks or the roadbed of such tracks in any other manner than as prescribed in Section 62.120 to 62.128 inclusive.
Whenever the Council shall order any street, upon or across which there are any steam, electric, interurban or street railroad tracks, to be paved with asphalt, vitrified brick, stone block or other permanent pavement, any person having such tracks thereon, shall construct the roadbed of such tracks in the following manner:
All ties upon which rails are laid shall be firmly embedded in hydraulic cement concrete, or if the said person shall so elect, in ballast composed of broken stone or screened gravel, grouted as hereinafter provided. In case hydraulic cement concrete is used, it shall be composed, by volume, of not less than one (1) part Portland cement to three (3) parts sand and six (6) parts of broken stone or screened gravel. The concrete shall extend at least six (6) inches below the bottom of the ties with the top of the ties, but said concrete below the bottom of the pavement base need not extend more than three (3) inches beyond the ends of the ties. In case ballast is used it shall be composed of hard durable stone or of screened gravel, free from dust and dirt, of such sizes and so graded as to permit of thorough grouting. The ballast shall be at least six (6) inches thick below the bottom of the ties; and the space between and around the ties shall be filled in with ballast, level with the top of the ties; but said ballast need not extend more than three (3) inches beyond the end of the ties. The entire thickness of the ballast shall be thoroughly grouted with hydraulic cement mortar composed by volume of not less than one (1) part Portland cement, to three (3) parts sand; provided, however, that in case of any street ordered to be paved with asphalt, the Board may, at its discretion, grant such person special permission to use ballast without grouting, up to the level of the bottom of the base of such asphalt pavement; except, that in case such permission is granted, hydraulic or Portland cement concrete of the character herein provided, shall be laid between the ties and beneath the rails extending not less than one (1) foot on each side of each rail and not less than four (4) inches in thickness beneath the rails.
Whenever the Council shall order the street upon or across which there are any steam, electric, interurban or street railroad tracks, to be paved or otherwise improved, any person having such tracks thereon, or across the same, shall pave or otherwise improve that portion of such street required by law to be paved and kept in repair, by any person having steam, electric, interurban or street railroad tracks thereon, in the following manner:
The portion of the street between the rails, and for two (2) feet on each side thereof and between the tracks, if there be more than one, shall be paved or otherwise improved in a similar manner in all respects; except as hereinafter provided, to the work so ordered to be performed upon the contiguous portion of the street, under the same specifications and superintendence, with the same kinds of material and to the like satisfaction and acceptance; provided, that upon all streets which may be hereafter paved with asphalt, that portion of the street for a space of not less than six and one-half (6 1/2) inches on the gauge side and not less than three and three-quarter (3 3/4) inches on the outer side of each rail of such tracks and contiguous thereto, shall be paved with stone blocks; all of said blocks to be laid evenly and uniformly on edge in cement mortar upon a concrete foundation and grouted with hydraulic or Portland cement mortar, composed by volume, of one (1) part of cement to one (1) part sand. Special types of blocks or special methods of constructing the pavement along the rails, may be used with the written consent of the Board. Upon all streets which may be hereafter improved or re-improved with asphalt or similar pavement, the specifications for which require a binder course, such binder course need not be constructed between the rails, within two (2) feet of the rails, or between the tracks, if there be more than one track.
The entire roadbed construction and paving, except as herein otherwise provided shall be in accordance with the plans and cross sections for railroad track construction, on file in the office of the City Engineer, which plans and cross sections are numbered 26.261 and 26.262 and are designated “Plans and Cross Sections for Street Railroad Track Construction in the City of Los Angeles,” and are hereby adopted as and for the plans and cross sections therefor.
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