A. Work Area Traffic Control Plan. When the proposed work, emergency or scheduled, causes an impact to existing traffic operations, the applicant shall submit a "Work Area Traffic Control Plan" for review by the city engineer. (Note: Per the recommendation of the city engineer, additional plans may be required.)
B. For emergency purposes, the city will allow work to proceed while the "Work Area Traffic Control Plan" is being reviewed. If the plan is found insufficient, a "Stop Work Notice" will be issued and in effect until such time that an acceptable plan is submitted.
C. It shall be the duty of every person undertaking any encroachment, to place and maintain barriers and warning devices necessary for safety of the general public and to comply with the provisions of the conditions of the encroachment permit.
D. For excavations over five feet in depth, blasting operations, and tunneling work, the permittee shall, when required by law, obtain a permit from the California Division of Industrial Safety and/or any other permit required by state or federal safety regulations.
E. Barriers, signs, lights, etc., shall conform to the requirements of the Manual of Warning Signs, Lights, and Devices for Use in Performance of Work Upon Highways, issued by the state of California Department of Transportation, and to any additional requirements specified by the administrative authority.
F. Permittee shall take appropriate measures to assure that during the performance of construction work on streets, traffic conditions as near normal as practicable shall be maintained at all times so as to minimize inconvenience to the occupants of the adjoining property and to the general public. Permittee shall conform to the requirements of the standard construction specifications.
G. When traffic conditions permit, the administrative authority may by written approval, permit the closing of streets and alleys to all traffic for a period of time prescribed by him or her. The written approval of the administrative authority may require that the permittee provide approved detours and give notification to various public agencies and to the general public. In such cases, the written approval shall not be valid until notice is given.
(Ord. 264 § 1 (part), 2002)