HomeMy WebLinkAbout4-A-8 ORDINANCE NO. 4-A-8
AN (EDiNANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4 OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA BY MAKING CEEEAIN ,~TENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS
TO TITLE VI OF THE S,ANTE CLARA COUNTY CRDINANCE CODE
TEEIN ADOPTED BY REFERENCE
The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION ~:
Section 1.1: Section 1;of Ordinance No. 4 of the City
of Saratoga is hereby amended by adding
to Title VI of the Santa Clara County Ordinance Code
therein adopted by referehce the following sections:
6.2.1-8.1: The terms "stream" and "creek" as
hereinabove used in Section 6.2.1-8
shall~mean and include any and all natural water-
ways and definite channels and d~pressions in the
earth which carry~water even though such waterways
may only carry water during rains or storms and do
not carry storm waters at and during all times and
seasons. Nothing+in this section is to be construed
to exclude such waterways from the definition of
"stream" orl"creek" prior to the effective date of
this ordinance.
6.2.1~11: No per~onshall~place, deposit or dump
or cause to be placed, deposited or
dumped, any dirt,~rocks, gravel, mud or other
objects of any nature or description on the traveled
portions of any city'street or highway within the
City of Saratoga.~ No person shall place, deposit
or dump or cause to be placed, deposited or dumped
any dirt, rocks, gravel, mud or any objects of any
nature or description whatsoever in, on or against
or in such a manner as to obstruct any natural or
artificial storm drains running through or under
any city street or highway within the City of
Saratoga.
6.2.1-11.1: The City Engineer may remove any such
dirt., rocks, gravel, mud or any other
objects of any nature or description from such
traveled portionsi of street or highways and from
such storm drains or areas adjacent thereto which
would te~d to cause a clogging or stoppage of
such stor~ drains~, and the person or principal or
the employee of such person causing such dirt,
rocks, gravel or mud or any other objects to be so
placed, deposited! or dumped shall be liable to the
City of Saratoga for any expense in connection
with the removal ~hereof.
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SECTION 2: if any secti6~, subsection, sehtence~ clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remain-
ing portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the
City of Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed
this ordinance and each Section, subsecti0n, sentence,
clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections; subsections~ sentences, clauses
or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: This' ordinande is hereby declared to be an
urgency and ~mergency measure adopted for the
preservation of the public peace, health, safety~ morals
and welfare and is based '.upon the facts, which the Council
hereby finds that this is a period of rain and storm and
recently traveled portioMs of city streets and highways
have been flooded and stream with debris making them
highly dangerous of passage and due in many instances to
the acts of persons in ~logging natural waterways and
in allowing certain debris to spill upon public streets
from trucks and other vehicles, and this ordinance shall
be effective immediately .upon its passage and adoption.
If for any reason t,his ozdinance does not qualify as an
emergency ordinance, ther~ it shall be effective thirty days
after its passage and ad6ption.
This ordinance was regularly introduced and after the waiting
time required by law was thereafter passed and adopted this ,~
of the f ollo ng vote:
AYES: Brazil, Jepsen, Lsngwill,: Rosasco, WillJams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
MAYOR .
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