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(Amended by Ord. No. 184,054, Eff. 3/6/16.)
An application for issuance of a permit pursuant to the provisions of Sections 62.136 or 62.143 to transport a large or heavy overload requires the Bureau of Engineering to review the proposed route and the load carrying capacity of any bridge or structure on the route to insure the safety of the applicant and the public. The Bureau of Engineering shall charge and collect the following fees for Bureau services provided pursuant to the provisions of this section:
(a) A fee of $72 for the review of each permit application for an overload heavier than 75 tons with nine or fewer axles and that does not exceed the Purple overload limits established by the California Department of Transportation for tandem axle capacity and axle spacing.
(b) An applicant for a permit for an overload heavier than 75 tons with nine axles or more and that exceeds the Purple overload limits established by the California Department of Transportation for tandem axle capacity shall pay actual Bureau of Engineering costs of providing its services and a deposit of such costs, and the actual costs and deposit shall be determined and collected pursuant to the provisions of Sections 61.14 and 61.15.
(c) A fee of $144 for the review of each application for an annual permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.143.
The Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall exercise jurisdiction and control over the planting, maintenance and care of trees, plants and shrubs in all streets of the City. (Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 183,474, Eff. 4/19/15.)
(a) Except as provided in Section 62.169, the Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall have charge of and direct and supervise the planting, removal, trimming, pruning, cutting and maintenance of trees, plants and shrubs in the streets of the City, and shall have charge of all work incidental to the above activities, and shall issue all permits for the replacement, removal, planting, cutting, pruning or trimming of trees, shrubs and plants in the streets of the City.
(b) The Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall determine the variety of trees, shrubs and plants that may be planted in, upon or along any street, or any portion thereof, and the distance apart at which such trees, shrubs or plants shall be planted.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
It shall be the duty of the Board, through its authorized officers and employees:
(a) Except as provided in Section 62.169 below, to set out or plant any and all shade trees and shrubbery on public streets or parkways, and to take general care and supervision of all trees, plants and shrubbery planted and growing in the streets of the City, and to encourage the planting, care and preservation of shade or ornamental trees and shrubbery in said streets as hereinafter set forth; (Amended by Ord. No. 183,474, Eff. 4/19/15.)
(b) To inspect all trees, shrubs and plants in all streets of the City which are open for travel, and, upon discovering that any such trees, shrubs or plants are infected or infested with scale, plant or animal life or growth or any insect detrimental to the growth, health or life of such trees, shrubs or plants, to remove, eradicate or destroy such condition. If any trees, shrubs or plants in any street are so infected or infested to such a degree that such condition cannot be removed, eradicated or destroyed by the usual means and efforts employed, such trees, shrubs or plants may be removed and destroyed if such removal and destruction is deemed appropriate by the Board;
(c) To inspect any and all trees, shrubs and plants which are in any street in said City, or which, standing on any private estate, overhang or project into any such street, to determine whether any of the same or any part thereof appears to be dead, liable to fall, dangerous or an obstruction to public travel on any such street.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall prepare and keep records, maps or plans, showing the kinds of trees which have been planted, from time to time, upon the streets of the City, under the Board’s supervision.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board, through its authorized officers or employees, shall prepare all reports required by law under any general laws of the State of California in connection with the planting or maintaining of trees on streets in the City, and said Board shall exercise the powers and duties that are now or that may hereafter be imposed by general laws of the State relating to tree planting, except such powers and duties as are placed on other officers, boards or employees by the Charter, and shall make recommendations to the Council from time to time as to what particular work should be ordered by the Council under the various tree planting acts of the State of California.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board, through its authorized officers or employees, shall have charge of enforcing and carrying out the rules and regulations prescribed under Section 56.08 of this Code.
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