California Streets and Highways Code 1460 – The road commissioner may issue written permits, as provided in this …
The road commissioner may issue written permits, as provided in this chapter, authorizing the permittee to do any of the following acts:
(a) Make an opening or excavation for any purpose in any county highway.
Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 1460
- County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
- county highway: means any highway which is:
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- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- encroachment: includes any tower, pole, poleline, pipe, pipeline, driveway, private road, fence, billboard, stand or building, or any structure or object of any kind or character not particularly mentioned in this section, which is placed in, under or over any portion of the highway. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
- highway: includes all or any part of the entire width of right of way of a county highway, whether or not such entire area is actually used for highway purposes. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
- Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
- Public agency: includes any city, public corporation, political subdivision, or district. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
- Road commissioner: means the county road commissioner appointed pursuant to Section 2006. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
(b) Place, change or renew an encroachment.
(c) Place or display in, under or over any county highway any kind of advertising sign or device. Any such sign or device placed or displayed contrary to the provisions of this section is a public nuisance and the road commissioner may immediately remove it. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the posting of any notice in the manner required by law or by the order of any court of this state.
(d) Plant, remove, cut, cut down, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, plant or flower growing within any county highway.
Any person who does any of the acts specified in this section, without the authority of such a permit, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to the public agency for all expenses and damages caused thereby.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 439.)