CHAPTER 96: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Section
General Provisions
   96.001   Definitions
   96.002   Placing of signs, merchandise, and the like, in parkways prohibited; exceptions
   96.003   Issuance of temporary permit; restrictions
   96.004   Contracts and permits for the placement of benches
   96.005   Appeals
   96.006   Simulated official signs prohibited
   96.007   Removal of illegal encroachments
   96.008   Obstruction of use of sidewalk prohibited
Excavations
Part 1. General Provisions
   96.020   Applicability
   96.021   Purpose of permit issuance fees
   96.022   Authority of Director of Public Works; additional requirements; enforcement
   96.023   Interference with inspectors prohibited
   96.024   Certain groups exempt from payment of fees
   96.025   Permits to be subject to use of highway by public
   96.026   Commencement of work without permit during emergency
   96.027   Repair or completion of unauthorized work by city
   96.028   Additional repairs after completion of excavation work
   96.029   Refusal to pay charges
   96.030   Calculation of costs
   96.031   Maps of underground utilities to be on file with city
Part 2. Permits
   96.040   Required
   96.041   Application
   96.042   Material to accompany application
   96.043   Changes in application by Director of Public Works
   96.044   Fee
   96.045   Commencement of work without obtaining permit
   96.046   Revocation
Part 3. Deposits
   96.055   Special deposit required; exception
   96.056   General deposit
   96.057   Bond may be substituted for deposit
   96.058   General deposit or undertaking to be in lieu of special deposit
   96.059   Increase in required amount of deposit or undertaking
   96.060   Payment of costs; deduction from deposit
   96.061   Direct billing
   96.062   Waiver of deposit and bond
   96.063   Insufficient deposit
   96.064   Refunds
Part 4. Requirements and Standards
   96.075   Obstruction of traffic; closing of streets
   96.076   Annoyance to the public through dust, noise, and the like
   96.077   Interference with fire hydrants, fire escapes, water gates, and the like
   96.078   Street and sidewalk crossings
   96.079   Interference with utilities
   96.080   Injury to adjoining property; entering private property
   96.081   Protection for buildings, walls, and the like
   96.082   Excavations in parkways
   96.083   Obstruction of gutters; water, silt or other runoff
   96.084   Moving of monuments, bench marks, and the like
   96.085   Barriers and warning devices; placement of warning signs
   96.086   Methods for breaking pavement
   96.087   Trench and tunnel construction
   96.088   Disposal of excavated material
   96.089   Backfilling
   96.090   Patching surface generally
   96.091   Patching of pavement and resurfacing
   96.092   Failure of permittee to resurface
   96.093   Abandonment of substructures
   96.094   Cleanup procedures
Construction Requirements
   96.105   Applicability and coverage
   96.106   Permit required
   96.107   Application
   96.108   Issuance fee
   96.109   Inspection fee
   96.110   Submittal of plans; additional fee
   96.111   Fee for grades and plans available from Director of Public Works
   96.112   Application for inspection
   96.113   Standards and specifications
   96.114   Interference with traffic; closing of streets
   96.115   Interference with fire hydrants, fire escapes, water gates, and the like
   96.116   Moving of utilities
   96.117   Removal or disturbance of monuments, bench marks, and the like
   96.118   Warning devices
   96.119   Driveways between points of curvature on curbs
   96.120   Paved driveways and driveway approaches required; exceptions
   96.121   Completion of work; certificate of acceptance
Street Trees
   96.130   Short title
   96.131   Definition
   96.132   Powers and duties of Director of Public Works regarding street trees
   96.133   Permit required to cut, prune and trim trees, shrubs or plants
   96.134   Request for cutting, trimming and pruning by person maintaining overhead wires, pipes, and the like
   96.135   Interference with Director
   96.136   Placing deleterious matter on or near trees, shrubs or plants
   96.137   Attaching wires, signs, and the like, to trees, plants or shrubs; planting vegetation around trees
   96.138   Protection of trees during erection, repairs, and the like, of buildings
   96.139   Permit to trim, prune or remove trees, shrubs, or plants during erection, repairs, and the like, of buildings
   96.140   Authority of Director to inspect; action taken when trees, shrubs or plants found to constitute hazard
News Racks
   96.170   Findings
   96.171   Definitions
   96.172   Permit required
   96.173   Fees
   96.174   Application
   96.175   Renewal
   96.176   Display of permit
   96.177   Placement on highway prohibited
   96.178   Prohibited in certain areas
   96.179   Public view from highway
   96.180   Dangerous or hazardous conditions
   96.181   Additional remedies
Statutory reference:
   Authority of city to prescribe the requirements for maintenance of streets, see Cal. Sts. and High. Code § 1921
   Authority of city relative to construction, etc., of streets, sidewalks, etc., see Cal. Gov't Code § 40401