No improvements or construction of any kind or nature shall be performed on public right-of-way in the city or county, without the proper permits and the express approval of the City Superintendent, City Engineer or County Engineer. All improvements or construction on public right-of-way must meet the standards of design and material quality approved by the city or county. In the city, all improvements constructed on city right-of-way must meet the standards and specifications for design and materials adopted by the city’s Board of Public Works and Safety. Any landowner, person, corporation or other legal entity that places, or causes to be placed, improvements on public right-of-way without proper permits and approvals, or does not construct the improvements in accordance with approved design standards and material quality shall be a violation of this chapter and will subject the landowner and/or offending party to the remedies and penalties provisions of Art. XII of this chapter. Any improvements constructed in violation of this chapter shall be completely removed from the public right-of-way and any disturbed areas restored to their original condition. The landowner and/or person causing the violation shall pay all cost of removal and restoration.
(Ord. 2001-1478, passed 11-19-2001)