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Sections Amended by Ordinance No. ___
Ordinance: An Ordinance Amending Miscellaneous Sections in the Rialto Municipal Code to Provide the Director of Public Works with the Same Authority as the City Engineer
Summary of Change: Unless otherwise noted below, each amended section adds or public works director (with the condition that the Director holds a California Professional Engineer license, where applicable) to grant the Director of Public Works co-equal authority with the City Engineer.
Title 2 — Administration
Chapter 2.42 — Public Works Department
Section Section Name Description of Change
2.42.060 Master plan of streets and
highways
Adds or public works director to reference for
office maintaining the master plan
Chapter 2.48 — Purchasing
Section Section Name Description of Change
2.48.040 Definitions Adds definition of Public Works Director
2.48.190 General procurement
methods for public
projects
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority for determining
estimated cost of public projects
2.48.200 Purchasing process Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority for preparing
estimated cost used to set bidding thresholds
2.48.210 Informal public project
bidding procedure
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to review/approve
engineering plans, and which may effect
design immunity under Gov. Code Section
830.6
2.48.250 Field orders Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to approve field
orders, maintain field order accounting, and
approve related change orders
2.48.260 Acceptance of public
projects; notices of
completion
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority whose
recommendation supports acceptance of
completed public project work
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Title 3 — Revenue and Finance
Chapter 3.33 — Development Impact Fees
Section Section Name Description of Change
3.33.030 Definitions Adds public works director to definition of approval authority for construction and credit
agreement for determining construction costs
3.33.100 Fee credits Adds public works director as authority for plan approval, facility inspection, and
determining fee credit amounts
3.33.110 Construction and credit
agreements
Adds public works director as authority for
permits, inspections, acceptance, and cost
determinations under credit agreements
3.33.120 Appeal to city
administrator
Adds public works director as official whose
credit decisions may be appealed
Title 5 — Business Licenses and Regulations
Chapter 5.44 — Cable Systems Regulations
Section Section Name Description of Change
5.44.027 System construction Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority directing
changes/extensions to cable system
structures in public ways and issuing permits
Title 9 — Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
Chapter 9.02 — Interference with Survey Mark
Section Section Name Description of Change
9.02.010 Prohibited Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority placing survey
marks that protected from destruction or
defacement by the code
Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 10.12 — Traffic Control Devices
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.12.010 Installation authority Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to place/maintain
traffic control devices (subsections A, B, and
C)
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Section Section Name Description of Change
10.12.030 Signal installation Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to install/maintain
traffic signals, conduct field investigations,
and erect street name signs (subsections A,
B, and C)
10.12.040 Lane marking Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to mark centerlines
and lane lines
10.12.050 Distinctive roadway
markings
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to place/maintain
distinctive roadway markings
10.12.060 Removal, relocation
authority
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to remove, relocate,
or discontinue traffic control devices
10.12.070 Hours of operation Adds public works director as authority (alongside city engineer and chief of police) to
determine hours/days of traffic control device
operation
Chapter 10.16 — Turning Movements
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.16.010 Turner, multiple lane and
intersection markers
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to place intersection
traffic control devices and designate turn
lanes
10.16.020 Restricted turn signs Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to determine and
sign restricted-turn intersections
10.16.030 Signal controlled
intersections — Right
turns
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to post signs
restricting right turns at signal-controlled
intersections
Chapter 10.20 — One-Way Streets and Alleys
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.20.010 Posting authority Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to place/maintain
one-way street signs
Chapter 10.24 — Special Stops
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.24.010 Sign erection authority Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to erect/maintain
stop signs on through streets and at railroad
grade crossings
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Chapter 10.28 — Parking
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.28.030 Maintenance of no
stopping zones and no
parking areas
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to maintain no
stopping/no parking signage and curb
markings
10.28.040 No parking areas Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to determine traffic
hazard parking restrictions (subsection C)
10.28.090 Adjacent to schools Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to erect no-parking
signs near schools
10.28.100 Narrow streets Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to place no-parking
signs/markings on narrow streets
10.28.120 Property transporter Adds public works director as authority to issue/revoke permits for parking property
transport vehicles on streets
10.28.130 Emergency parking signs Adds public works director as authority (alongside city engineer and chief of police) to
order temporary emergency parking
restrictions
10.28.140 Twenty-four minute Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to determine
necessity of time-limit parking signage/meters
10.28.150 Forty minute Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to determine
necessity of 40-minute parking restrictions
10.28.160 One hour Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to determine
necessity of 1-hour parking restrictions
10.28.170 Two hour Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to determine
necessity of 2-hour parking restrictions
10.28.180 Parallel on one-way
streets
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to regulate parking
on one-way streets (subsection C)
10.28.190 Space markings Adds public works director as authority to install/maintain parking space markings
10.28.200 No stopping zones Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to designate and
sign no stopping zones
10.28.210 Loading zone —
Establishment authority
Adds public works director as authority to
determine and mark loading zones and
passenger loading zones
10.28.220 Curb markings Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to place/maintain
curb markings indicating parking regulations
(subsection D)
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Section Section Name Description of Change
10.28.270 Coach zones Adds public works director as authority to establish bus zones
10.28.280 Taxicab stands Adds public works director as authority to establish taxicab stands and approve stand
signage
Chapter 10.32 — Speed Limits
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.32.040 Regulation of speed by
traffic signals
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to regulate traffic
signal timing for speed management
Chapter 10.36 — Miscellaneous Regulations
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.36.040 Riding or driving on
sidewalk
Adds public works director as authority to
grant written permission for temporary vehicle
crossing of sidewalks
10.36.060 Obedience to barriers and
signs
Adds public works director as authority to
approve barrier/sign types placed on streets
10.36.080 Intersection obstruction Adds public works director as authority to remove obstructing vegetation at intersections
Chapter 10.40 — Truck Routes
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.40.010 Routes Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to designate truck
routes
10.40.020 Commercial vehicles
prohibited on certain
streets
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to erect/maintain
signs prohibiting commercial vehicles
Chapter 10.41 — Interstate Trucks
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.41.010 Definitions Adds new definitions of Public works director (subsections E and F)
10.41.024 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Chapter 10.48 — Heavy Vehicles and Equipment
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.48.010 Permit required Adds public works director as authority to issue overweight load permits and set permit
conditions/bonds
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Chapter 10.52 — Pedestrians
Section Section Name Description of Change
10.52.010 Crosswalk —
Establishment
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to
establish/maintain crosswalks and post
pedestrian crossing restrictions (subsections
A, B, and D)
Title 11 — Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 11.04 — Improvements
Section Section Name Description of Change
11.04.010 Definitions Adds public works director to definitions of “construction permit,” street opening permit,
and utility pole permit; adds new definition of
Public works director (subsections F, G, H,
and J)
11.04.014 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Chapter 11.05 — Encroachment License Agreements
Section Section Name Description of Change
11.05.010 Defined Adds public works director to reference for administrative issuance of encroachment
permits
11.05.014 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Chapter 11.12 — Excavation and Fills
Section Section Name Description of Change
11.12.020 Scope; Public works
director authority
Adds new provision granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Chapter 11.22 — Wireless Telecommunications Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way
Section Section Name Description of Change
11.22.020 Definitions Adds new definition of Public Works Director; adds public works director as authority for
substantial-change determinations and
cabinet modifications
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Section Section Name Description of Change
11.22.024 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Title 12 — Utilities
Chapter 12.04 — Water System
Section Section Name Description of Change
12.04.020 Installation — Permit
required
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to issue water line
permits
Chapter 12.08 — Sewer System
Section Section Name Description of Change
12.08.014 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Chapter 12.16 — Underground Utility Districts
Section Section Name Description of Change
12.16.010 Definitions Adds new definition of Public works director
12.16.014 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Chapter 12.32 — Public Utilities
Section Section Name Description of Change
12.32.030 Definition of terms Adds new definition of Public works director
12.32.090 Existing potable water
customers
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority for recycled water
conversion determinations, schedules, and
extensions (subsections C and F)
12.32.100 Failure to commence use
of recycled water
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority to identify and notify
persons failing to use recycled water
12.32.110 Procedures for instituting
mandatory service
Adds public works director (with PE
requirement) as authority for feasibility
determinations and hearing requests for
mandatory recycled water service
(subsections A and B)
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Chapter 12.60 — Municipal Separate Sewer System (MS4)
Section Section Name Description of Change
12.60.030 Definitions Adds new definition of Public works director
12.60.034 Public works director
authority
New section granting the public works
director (with PE requirement) the same
authority as the city engineer throughout the
chapter
Title 15 — Buildings and Construction
Chapter 15.52 — House Numbering
Section Section Name Description of Change
15.52.020 City engineer and public
works director’s duty
Retitled to include and public works director;
adds public works director as co-equal
authority for designating building/street
numbers
Title 17 — Subdivisions
Chapter 17.18 — Vesting Tentative Maps
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.18.060 Filing and processing Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority for approval of
improvement plans, grading plans, soils
reports, and hydrology reports (subsection B,
items 1, 5, 6, and 7)
Chapter 17.20 — Dedications and Improvements
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.20.080 Improvements required Adds public works director as authority for estimating performance bond amounts
(subsection C)
17.20.110 Installation of landscaping
and irrigation systems —
Assessment districts
Adds public works director as authority to
determine phasing of landscaping/irrigation
installation
Chapter 17.24 — Soils Reports
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.24.010 Required Adds public works director as authority to receive preliminary soils reports for
subdivisions
17.24.030 Soils investigation
required when
Adds public works director as authority to
require soils investigations for expansive or
problem soils
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Chapter 17.32 — Monuments
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.32.020 Interior monuments Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority to determine
security for monument-setting costs
Chapter 17.44 — Design Standards
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.44.010 Design standards Adds public works director as authority to set flood channel easement widths (subsection
A.4.a)
Chapter 17.46 — Merger of Parcels
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.46.080 Mergers initiated by
application
Adds public works director as authority to
receive merger applications, approve
mergers, file instruments with county
recorder, and issue appealable
determinations (subsections B, C, and D)
Chapter 17.50 — Reimbursement for Public Improvements
Section Section Name Description of Change
17.50.020 Definitions Adds public works director as authority for approving estimated construction costs
17.50.030 Procedure Adds public works director as authority for application review and city council
recommendations (subsections B and C)
17.50.040 Contents of the
reimbursement
agreement
Adds public works director as authority for
approving engineering-scale plats (subsection
B)
17.50.050 Notice and hearing Adds public works director as authority for setting applicable construction standards
(subsection D.1)
17.50.060 Payment by benefited
property owner
Adds public works director as authority for
determining applicability of contribution
charges (subsection B)
Title 18 — Zoning
Chapter 18.47 — Hazardous Waste Overlay Zone
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.47.080 Site development
standards
Changes city engineering division to public
works department for road
construction/improvement approvals
(subsection D)
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Chapter 18.49 — Downtown Revitalization Overlay Zone
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.49.050 Sign requirements Adds public works director as authority for encroachment permit approval for street light
banner signage and seasonal signage
(subsections G.3, H.10, and H.11)
Chapter 18.58 — Off-Street Parking
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.58.030 Office, commercial and
industrial design
standards
Adds public works director as authority for
approving paving materials, drainage
facilities, safety features, parking structures,
and loading space markings (subsections D,
E, L.1, M, and O.3)
18.58.040 Residential design
standards
Adds public works director as authority for
driveway grade approvals, commercial vehicle
parking surface approvals, route approvals,
driveway paving, recreational vehicle parking
surfaces, and drainage facilities (subsections
A.3, C.6.e.v, C.6.e.vii, C.7.a, C.7.b, and C.8)
Chapter 18.59 — Transportation Control Measures (TCM)
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.59.030 Design standards Adds public works director as authority for defining transit improvements and approving
sidewalk installations (subsections F and K)
Chapter 18.75 — Floodplain Management Ordinance
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.75.140 Designation of the
floodplain administrator
Adds public works director as co-equal
floodplain administrator alongside city
engineer
Chapter 18.78 — Specific Plans
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.78.040 Definitions Adds or public works director to definition of Development Review Committee membership
(subsection G)
Chapter 18.100 — Mobile Home Development (MHD) Zone
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.100.080 Development standards Adds public works director (with PE requirement) as authority for roadway
design/construction approval (subsection J.3)
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Chapter 18.102 — Regulation of Signs and Advertising Structures Section Section Name Description of Change
18.102.050 General provisions Adds public works director as authority for encroachment permits for signs in public right-
of-way (subsection B.6)
18.102.060 Sign requirements Adds public works director as authority for encroachment permits for noncommercial and
directory signs in public right-of-way
(subsections A.1 and B.3.a.iv)
Chapter 18.103 — Vehicle Wrecking, Storage and Dismantling Section Section Name Description of Change
18.103.070 Requirements for lawful
operation
Adds public works director as authority for
approving impervious surfaces and
drainage/retention requirements at
dismantling facilities (subsection A.2)
Chapter 18.108 — Regulation of Recycling Facilities
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.108.040 Criteria and standards for
recycling facilities
Adds public works director as authority to
receive quarterly recycling reports from small
collection facilities and processing facilities
(subsections B.11 and D.13)
Chapter 18.111 — Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Section Section Name Description of Change
18.111.040 Standards for wireless
telecommunication
facilities
Adds public works director as authority for
requiring right-of-way improvements
(subsection B.13)
Chapter 18.112 — Indoor Storage Uses
Section Section Name Description of Change
18.112.050 Development standards Adds public works director as authority for paving requirements for parking lots, drive-
aisles, and truck courts (subsection D.2)