§ 10-92. Annual permit for public utilities.

Any special district (as defined by Government Code Section 16271 (d)) providing public utility services, or any person doing business as a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State, may obtain a permit from the Director, valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance, permitting the following:

a.

Trim, brace, or perform such other acts with respect to trees, except removal, growing upon the public highways within the unincorporated areas of the County, or which grow upon private property, to the extent that such trees encroach upon the public highways, as may be necessary to maintain the safe operation of its business.

b.

Conduct emergency repairs;

c.

Install an individual service line outside of pavement;

d.

Patch paving asphalt concrete pavement, as may be necessary to comply with the safety regulations of the Commission and as may be necessary to maintain the safe operation of its business.

e.

Annual permits shall not be issued for any activity which disturbs the surface or subsurface of any county highway, except solely to patch paving asphalt concrete pavement; nor for excavation, tree removal, root cutting, tree destruction, nor for any activity other than planting, pruning, or bracing trees, or patching paving asphalt concrete pavement. Activities other than planting, pruning, or bracing trees, or patching paving asphalt concrete pavement shall be permitted only pursuant to site specific permits which authorize a specific project or operation.

f.

The Director of the Department of Public Works may revoke any such annual permit if the permittee fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and/or Streets and Highways Code, Division 2, Chapter 5.5, Article 2, and/or the terms and conditions of any permit. When any such permit is revoked, such person is entitled to a permit only on furnishing a bond as provided in Streets and Highways Code Section 1467, or its successor, unless the revocation is reversed by the Board of Supervisors or a court of law.

(Ord. No. 3907, § 1, 3-1-2005; Ord. No. 4048, § 3, 8-14-12)