Ordinance Number 352MOO
ORDINANCE NO. 352
TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE
NO. 295 PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: -
Ordinance No. 295 of the City of San Juan Capistrano is
hereby amended by adding Chapter 11, Articles 11-1, 11-2, and 11-3
which shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 11
TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES
Article 11-1. Permit for Temporary Street Closures
Any use of any portion of a public street or alley
which will result in the obstruction thereof to vehicular or
pedestrian traffic is prohibited. Accordingly, any person
desiring to cause the temporary closure of any public street
or alley for the purposes of conducting a street dance,
neighborhood party, commercial promotional activity or
special event, storage of construction materials, storage of
containers intended for removal of construction or demolition
debris, storage of construction equipment or for any other
purposes shall first obtain a permit from the Public Works
Director as hereinafter provided. The requirements of this
Article shall not be applicable to governmental agencies.
Article 11-2. Opening of Temporarily Closed Streets
Should any portion of a public street or alley be
closed to vehicular or pedestrian traffic without a properly
issued permit or should a street or alley remain closed
after the expiration of a lawfully issued permit, the City
may remove or cause to be removed, any obstruction existing
therein. The cost of removal shall be borne by the person
permitting or causing the obstruction. Prior to removal of
any such obstruction, however, the City shall notify such
person that it intends to remove the same within three (3)
days of the date of service of notice to remove. Thereafter,
the City may remove, or cause to be removed, any obstruction
which is improperly placed or left remaining on a public
street or alley and bill the owner .or person responsible
therefor. In the event the placement and storage of said
item creates an immediate and substantial threat to public
health, safety and welfare and it is impractical to serve
the notice as provided hereinabove, the City may forthwith
cause the removal of the same and the owner thereof shall be
liable to pay the cost of removal to the City upon billing.
Article 11-3. Placement of Materials on Street
No person shall place or stand any barrier,
sawhorse, trash bin or other obstruction on any street
without first obtaining a permit from the Public Works
Director. A $25.00 deposit is required for each permit,
which is refundable upon removal of obstruction, material or
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container from the roadway. This Article shall not apply to
temporary obstructions erected or maintained by governmental
agencies or public utilities, when necessitated by
construction activities, or except as provided in Article
11-1.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ].9thwit: day of
April 1978, by the following vote, to
AYES: Councilmen Schwartze, Thorpe,
and Mayor Friess
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Hausdorfer
ABSTAIN: Councilm uchheim
KENNETH E. FRIESS, MAYOR!
ATTEST:
CITY CLE --z�
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 352 , which was
introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, held on April 5 1978 , and adopted at
a meeting held on April 19 , 1978 .
(SEAL)
RIZl�Y ANNVER,
CITY
CLERK
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