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40RDI NANO: NO . 4 AN ORDINANCE REGULATID?G THE OPINING AND EXCAVATING OF STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUNDS; REQUIRING A PERMIT TFEREFOR AND PAYMENT OF A FEE; IMrOSI2dG REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH EXCAVATION WORK, INCIUDING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFEGUARDS AND THE PROTECTION OF UTILITIES AND OTHER PROPERTY; REGULATING THE BACK -FILLING AND RESUR- FACING OF EXCAVATIONS; PRESCRIMM SURETY BOND, INSURANCE AND DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS; PROHIBITING EXCAVATIONS IN NEW PAVEMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 36. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS AUTOS HILLS. SECTION I. SHORT TITLE 1:10 Title. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Street Excavation Ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills." SECTION II. DEFINITIONS 2:10 For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. 'then not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. (A) "Applicant" is any person making written application to the City Clerk for an excavation permit hereunder. (B) "City" is the Town of Los Altos Hills. (C) "City Council" or "Council" is the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills.. (D) "City Engineer" is the City Engineer of the Town of Los Altos Hills. (E) "Excavation Work" is the excavation and other work permitted under an excavation permit and required to be performed un- der this Ordinance. (F) "Permittee" is the person who has been granted and has in full force and effect an excavation permit issued hereunder. (G) "Person" is any person, 9.rm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. (H) "Street" in any street, highway, sidewalk, alley, ave- nue, or other public way or public grounds in the City. SECTION III. EXCAVATION PERMIT 3:10 Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up, break, excavate, tunnel, undermine or in any manner break up any street or to make or cause to be made any excavation in or under the surface of any street or make any connection thereto for any purpose or to place, deposit or leave upon any street any earth or other exca- vated material obstructing or tending to interfere with the free use of the street, unless such person shall first have obtained an exca- vation permit therefor from the City Clerk as herein provided. ��ti 5-29-59