(a) Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to encroach, or to make or cause to be made any encroachment, or to do any encroachment work upon, over, under, or within any right-of-way in the City without first obtaining a permit from the City Engineer.
(b) Exceptions. An owner, lessee, or person in control of property under active agricultural use and immediately abutting the right-of-way may, without obtaining a permit, use the untraveled portion of the right-of-way abutting such property for the growing and maintenance of agricultural crops and the burning of weeds so long as such use does not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic or drainage of the right-of-way. Encroachments for which permits are not required shall be subject to removal under the procedure and penalties set forth in Sections 1481 through 1485 of Chapter 6 of Division 2 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State.
(§ 11050, T.O.O.C., as added by Ord. 50)