ARTICLE 13:
ENGINEERING INSPECTION

Sec. 635.	Duty of Director to Cause Engineering Inspection.
Sec. 636.	Improvement Without Inspection Prohibited.
Sec. 637.	Request For Inspection—Cost.
Sec. 638.	Duty of Director to Estimate Cost.
Sec. 639.	Deposit of Monthly Cost In Advance.
Sec. 640.	Money Deposited to Defray Specific Inspection.
Sec. 641.	Inspection to be Furnished When Cost Deposited.
Sec. 642.	Additional Deposit May Be Required.
Sec. 643.	Excess Deposit to be Credited.
Sec. 644.	Forms and Fiscal Procedure to be Prescribed by Controller.

 

SEC. 635. DUTY OF DIRECTOR TO CAUSE ENGINEERING INSPECTION.

   It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to cause engineering inspection to be made of:

   (a)   All work and improvements performed under the provisions of Article 6 and Article 9 of this Chapter;

   (b)   All garbage disposal pursuant to the provisions of Section 318 of Article 6, Chapter V, of the Municipal Code;

   (c)   All reclamation work within the City and County of San Francisco.

SEC. 636. IMPROVEMENT WITHOUT INSPECTION PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make, or cause or permit to be made, any improvement or work as referred to in Section 635 of this Article without first securing engineering inspection service from the Director of Public Works.

SEC. 637. REQUEST FOR INSPECTION-COST.

   Whenever any person, firm or corporation desires and intends to do any work to make any improvement as described in Section 635 of this Article, such person, firm or corporation before performing any such contemplated work, shall in writing request the Director of Public Works to make engineering inspection. The cost of such engineering inspection shall constitute a charge against and be paid for monthly in advance by the person, firm or corporation performing said work or making such improvements in the manner hereinafter provided.

SEC. 638. DUTY OF DIRECTOR TO ESTIMATE COST.

   Upon such written request being received it shall be the duty of said Director of Public Works to make an estimate of the cost of such engineering inspection, and notify the person making the request the estimated monthly cost thereof.

SEC. 639. DEPOSIT OF MONTHLY COST IN ADVANCE.

   Such person, firm or corporation must thereupon, and prior to the commencement or continuation of any work or performance as described in Section 635 of this Article, deposit monthly in advance the amount of money determined upon as the estimated monthly cost of such inspection with the Director of Public Works.

SEC. 640. MONEY DEPOSITED TO DEFRAY SPECIFIC INSPECTION.

   All moneys paid to the Director of Public Works under the provisions of this Article shall be deposited with the Treasurer to the credit of the appropriation for "Engineering Inspection," to be used exclusively to defray the cost of the specific engineering inspection for which it was tendered.