HomeMy WebLinkAbout1748 - Temporary Street ClosureORDINANCE NO. 1748
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 12.62 OF THE NEWPORT
• BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION
12.62.010 AND ADDING SECTION 12.62.050
DEALING WITH TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE
AND AMENDING SECTION 12.40.120 OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
OBSTRUCTING PARKING SPACES
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12.62.010 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"12.62:010. Permit for Temporary Street Closure
No person shall temporarily close any portion of a public
street or alley to vehicular or pedestrian traffic for
the purpose 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 without first obtaining a permit from the City
Manager as hereinafter provided. The requirements of
this Chapter shall not be applicable to governmental
agencies."
SECTION 2. Section 12.62.050 is added to the Newport
Beach Municipal Code to read as follows:
"12.62.050 Opening of Temporarily Closed Streets..
Should any portion of a public street or alley be improperly
closed to vehicular or pedestrian traffic without a
properly issued permit or should a street or alley remain
temporarily closed after the expiration of a lawfully
• issued permit, the City may remove or cause to be removed,
any obstruction, material, container or other item
causing the public,street or alley to be temporarily closed.
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The cost of removal shall be borne by the person
permitting or causing the obstruction, material or
container to be placed upon the public street or
alley so as to temporarily close a portion thereof.
Prior to removal of any such item by the City, the
City shall notify the owner of said item that the
City intends to remove the same within three (3) days
of the date of service of notice to the owner to
remove. Thereafter, the City may remove, or cause to
be removed, any such item which is improperly placed
or left remaining on a public street or alley and
bill the owner or person causing the placement thereof.
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."
SECTION 3. Section 12.40.120 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"12.40.120. Obstructing Parking, Spaces. No person
shall obstruct a vehicular parking space designated by
lines or marks on any street or highway by standing in
such parking space or by placing any barrier, sawhorse,
bicycle, trash can or other obstruction in such parking
space. This Section shall not apply to temporary obstructions
erected or maintained by governmental agencies, public
utilities, adjacent property owners when necessitated by
construction activities, or except as provided in Section
12.62.010 of this Code."
SECTION.A. This Ordinance shall be published once
in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the
.. 8th day of August 1977 and was adopted on the 22nd
day of August 1977 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Dostal, Barrett, Kuehn,
McInnis, Rogers., Ryckoff, Williams
NOES, COUNCILMEN- None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
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CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND
CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION
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