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No permit shall be required in advance of performing work of the persons, firms or agencies listed in Section 71.105 or of any public utility company subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California or of any distributor of public water supply for excavations required for service connections to existing pipelines or conduits maintained in highways or for excavations reasonably necessary for the location of trouble in such pipelines of conduits or the making of necessary repairs but not replacements thereto. In such event, however, a report of the excavation in such form as may be required by the Director shall be filed with the Director within five days after the excavation is made and all provisions of this division for the protection of the public and governing repairs to the highway shall apply to the same extent as where applications and permits are required. There shall be paid with each such report the same fees and deposits as would otherwise be required for a permit. In all other cases each applicant for an excavation permit shall file with the Director as a condition to the granting of the permit, such plats, maps and descriptions of the work to be done as may be reasonably required by the Director for the purpose of maintaining full and complete records of the structures within the highways, and for establishing responsibility for the protection of the public and repairing the property damaged. The advance exemption from obtaining a permit granted by this section shall not apply to the contractor of the persons, firms or agencies so exempted.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3032 (N.S.), effective 1-19-67; amended by Ord. No. 6453 (N.S.), effective 11-11-82)
Any person who is subject to the rules and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California shall not be required to obtain a permit to install, maintain, replace, repair or relocate any telephone or electric pole, anchor, or overhead lines; provided, however, that any person exempted by this section from obtaining a permit shall be deemed to be a "permittee" under a blanket permit while performing any work referred to in this section and shall comply with all regulations and requirements of this division imposed on a permittee or otherwise imposed on such person; and further provided, that no such person shall be deemed exempted by this section unless such person has on file with the Director a signed and unrevoked statement of the sort required by Section 71.103 and of the sort required by Section 71.304.
(Amended by Ord. No. 2437 (N.S.), effective 11-15-62; amended by Ord. No. 3032 (N.S.), effective 1-19-67; amended by Ord. No. 6453 (N.S.), effective 11-11-82)
Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from maintaining by virtue of any law, ordinance or permit, any pipe or conduit in any highway, or from making such excavation as may be necessary for the preservation of life or property when such necessity arises during such hours as the offices of the County are closed, if the person making such excavation obtains a permit therefor within one day after the offices of the Director are first opened subsequent to the making of such excavation.
(Amended by Ord. No. 6453 (N.S.), effective 11-11-82)
The amount of said deposit shall be prescribed by the Board of Supervisors.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3032 (N.S.), effective 1-19-67; amended by Ord. No. 3977 (N.S.), effective 11-16-72; amended by Ord. No. 6453 (N.S.), effective 11-11-82; amended by Ord. No. 7986 (N.S.), effective 11-7-91; amended by Ord. No. 9290 (N.S.), effective 2-11-01)
In lieu of making the special deposit required by Section 71.314 the applicant may make and maintain with the Director a general deposit in an amount estimated by the Director to be sufficient to pay for the cost of permit issuance fees and expected repairs occasioned by future excavations or obstructions, but not to exceed $1,000. The general deposit shall be held and used for the same purposes as said special deposit. While a general deposit is maintained in an amount sufficient to cover the amount of deposit required for the making of any excavation or obstruction sought to be made, the applicant need not make any special deposit.
(Amended by Ord. No. 6453 (N.S.), effective 11-11-82)
If, in the opinion of the Director, any special or general deposit is not sufficient for the proper protection of the public interest in the highways in which it is proposed to excavate or on which it is proposed to place obstructions, the Director may require an additional deposit in such amount as the Director determines will be sufficient to protect such public interest.
(Amended by Ord. No. 6453 (N.S.), effective 11-11-82)
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