A. Permits; General: Terminal facility and/or terminal facility access route permits shall be required for all locations within incorporated portions of the city, which are so authorized to receive interstate trucks in conformance with this chapter.
B. Director Approval:
1. If the application for the designation of a terminal facility and/or terminal facility access route(s), and all accompanying plans, are in correct form prescribed by this chapter, and the matters shown thereon are sufficient, their correctness shall be certified in writing to the applicant, and on such accompanying plans.
2. The director shall post, or cause to be posted, notice of a proposed terminal facility access route at every decision point and shall also publish a notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation at least thirty (30) days prior to the issuance of a permit for a terminal facility access route necessary to provide an opportunity for an appellant to appeal the decision of the director to approve an application for a terminal facility and/or terminal access route in accordance with subsection 7-8-8B of this chapter.
3. The director shall not issue a permit until such time as terminal facility and/or terminal facility access signs have been posted in accordance with subsection 7-8-10A of this chapter.
4. If, after the required period of time specified in this subsection, an appeal, as provided for in subsection 7-8-8B of this chapter, has not been filed with the city clerk, the director shall cause a permit to be issued.
5. The director shall thereupon notify Caltrans, district 06 office of such approval.
C. Permit Denial:
1. Whenever necessary to ensure against undue damage to road foundations, surfaces or structures or to assure against damage to public or private property thereon, above or adjacent to any city highway, or whenever it appears that such operation or movement cannot be accomplished with safety or without serious inconvenience to the public or without violating the provisions of this chapter and the Vehicle Code, the director shall withhold the issuance of a permit, and within a period of time specified, shall in writing notify the applicant and Caltrans, district 06 office, of the decision and the reasons therefor.
2. The applicant may file a new application with the director, altered to conform to all the requirements of this chapter, along with a new fee as prescribed by section 7-8-5 of this chapter. (Ord. 681, 2-19-1985)