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Section 1: No opening shall be made or caused to be made
in any street, road, alley, sidewalk, curb or parking strip within the
Town-',of Los Gatos,' or shall any.structure or obstruction of any kind.,
temporary or otherwise, be Placed thereon, or shall any structure which
has been placed thereon be changed or removed except in accordance
with a written permit of the Street Superintendent of the Town of Los
Gatos, and under and in compliance with his instructions. Tuo street,
road, alley, sidewalk, curb or parking strip shall be dug up for the
laying or placing of pipes, conduits, sewers, wires or other `objects,
and no tree or shrubbery in or on any street, road, alley, sidewalk,
curb or parking strip. shall be threatened trimmed or removed and no
obstruction placed thereon without a written permit as hereinbefore
provided, and the work shall be done in the manner directed by and
under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Superintendent
of ' Streets of the Town of, Los Gatos, and the entire expense of replacing
said street, road, alley, sidewalk, curb or parking strip in as good
condition as before shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation to
a whom the permit is given or by whom the work is done. All work shall be
subject to the inspection of the Street Superintendent-of the 'T'own of
Los Gatos. The person, firm or corporation obtaining the permit or
causing the work to be done shall cause the street, road, alley,
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sidewalk, curb or parking strip to be back filled, replaced, paved and
surfaced in as good condition as it was before. The responsibility of
j said person, firm or corporation shall not cease upon completion of the
work and should„any defect occur within two (2) years from the date of
completion of said work, then the person or persons obtaining said
permit or causing said work to have been done shall be instructed and
required to -repair and/or replace the same at the expense of the person,
firm or corporation causing the same. The said SupF:rintendent of
Streets may at his discretion, before granting a permit under the
provisions of this urc.inance, require the applicant to file a satis-
factory 'pond vTith the `owjr: of Los `r tos in such an amount as may be
deemed sufficient by him conditioned for the proper compliance with
the reauir event s of this Ordinance by the person granted. such permit.
There shall be excepted herefrom utility pole holes and anchor holes
made by any public utility in any area having no curbs, gutters and
sidewalks, provided such utility pole holes and anchor holes are not
located alon`- streets or thoroughfares in in;hi.ch underground cable is
or has been layed for the. purpose of carrying electrical current for
street lizlnting or other purposes.
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F; i.G lJ "L 2i y 1 XP. 1. i a 'v 1 i f' 1. In any.location wherf-in underground cable is/or has been laid. for the
purpose of carrying electrical current for street lighting or other
purpose, any excavating, digging into or around such area, shall be
under the inspection and.the supervision of the Superintendent of
Streets of the Town of Los Gatos. Before causing; any excavating,
digging into or around any such area, the person, firm or corporation
contemplating such. work shall, upon authorization by the Superintendent
of Streets, notify the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of the location
and the tir e said work is to be done and recuest that the electric
pourer effecting said area be shut off, and no work shall be done in
said area until the electric power has been shut off. in the event a
break in t _ e, cable occurs or any injury is . don to the cable or any
pant or portion of the, street lighting electrical oyster, or any other
property during this period of operation, or later as a -result thereof,
the person, firm or corporation causing the same shall bear the costs
of re-olacem.e:nt and repair as directed by the Street 'uperi(tend en.t.
Section 3: El GECIr1S: };hen an emergency arises, such as
a break in a water main, sewer line, gas main, electric cable or a like
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Emergency, then the necessary work shall proceed without first having
obtained a written permit therefor, providing the person, firm, cor-
poration or whoever proceeds with such work shall, within twenty-four
(24) hours following the next working day, (other than Saturdays,
Sundays, or legal holidays) mail or deliver an emergency permit, upon
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forms to be furnished tine Town of Taos Gatos, to the Superintendent
of Streets inforr. ing the 5uperi ntendent of Streets of the time and place
work eras first commenced and the cause of such emergency. The Superin
tendent of Streets shall sign and file said emergency permit and cause
the necessary inspections to be made. !f upon inspection, she work
is completed: to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Streets, he
shall note the sane; upon said emergency permit; and in the event said
work has not been done to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of
Streets, he shall cause such work to be done: to his satisfaction by
the person, firm or corporation undertaking said varka
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Section 4: P IL !T3 Lx,, C«R. D: permits shall be issued in
triplicate conies with the original copy to the applicant, and the two
remaining copies for the; files of the Town of Los Gatos. Then required
by the Superintendent of Streets, the applicant shall submit to the
Superintendent of Streets an inspection slip which shall request in
inspection of the work performed and shall state the numbcr of the
original permit and giVe the time and place of the requested inspection.
`applications for permits shall be made at .least twenty-four (24) hours
in advance and under no conditions shall the work have been started
prior to the obtaining of the permit, except as ' specified in Sections
l and 3 hereof. Each permit shall give a date of completion, The
Street Superintendent may, for good cause, extend the time for the
completion of said work,
Section j: PENALTIES- _`~ny person, firm or corporation,
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
the sum not to exceed Five :-hundred (JO0,00) 'dollars or imprisonment
in the County Jail of the. County of ;Tanta Clara not to exceed six (6)
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment`.
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-ection v : a _1 L~ `I" ")Ci : i'1ll his Ordinance s,~lal ] be ?7Ub11 shed
once in the 0:'> a.'1'.! J.11L r! 1. a 12c=ws paper of general circulation,,
printed and publisherd.` in the, 'I'o7m of Los xatos.
Section . `E'-V7R" L1Lli Y: if any section, subsection,
sent nce, ciausc', p?1rasG, or pOrtiOn of 11-his ordinance is for any
r~ea.son held to be invalid or unconstitutional by trig d ec :Sion of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Council
of this Town hereby de=clares that it would have adopted this ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentences, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective; of the fact that any one or more s coons,
subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared i~-ivalid or un-
constitutional.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly and. regularlyu.L')UCE.:J at a re=gular _eetin' of the `.LoT,'n Council of the '1ovm. of Los
Gatos held on the 21st da r of December , 1953, and .:,ras thereafter at
a regular mieetin of the `L'ovan Council of the Town of Los Gatos held
on the day of , 1954, duly and regularly ADOPTED by
the following vote
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