12.28.010 - Tracks of street railroad crossing street being paved.

Wherever any street railroad operating upon the public streets of the city crosses any public street in said city which is being paved with a hard-surfaced pavement upon a concrete foundation such as sheet asphalt, basalt blocks, vitrified brick or other similar material, any person operating such street railroad shall, at the time the work of paving is done on the cross street, reconstruct, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets of the city, the tracks of such street railroad at such crossing in the manner shown upon that certain plan prepared by the City Engineer, entitled "Sectional Plan of Street Railway Tract Construction for Street Intersection (Type 'A') Oakland, California, August 1919," and filed on the 26th day of August 1919, in the office of the City Clerk of said city.

(Prior code § 6-2.27)

12.28.020 - Tracks of railroad crossing street being paved.

Whenever any railroad operating upon the public streets of the city, other than a street railroad, crosses any public street in the city which is being paved with a hard-surfaced pavement upon a concrete foundation such as sheet asphalt, basalt blocks, vitrified brick or other similar material, any person operating such railroad, other than said street railroad, shall, at the time the work of paving is done on the cross street, reconstruct, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets of the city, the tracks of such railroad at such crossing in the manner shown upon that certain plan prepared by the City Engineer, entitled "Sectional Plan of Heavy-type Railroad Track Construction for Street Intersection (Type 'A') Oakland, California, August 1919," and filed on the 26th day of August, 1919, in the office of the City Clerk of said city.

(Prior code § 6-2.28)

12.28.030 - Pavement by railroads to be same as rest of street.

In all cases where a public street within the city is now, or shall be hereafter, paved with bithulithic, concrete, or oil-macadam, that portion of such street to be kept in order or repair by any street railroad having a track or tracks thereon, shall be paved with the same pavement as the other portion of the street.

The laying of said pavement upon such portion of such street shall be commenced within ten days after the completion and acceptance by the Superintendent of Streets/Director of Public Works of the pavement upon the remainder in width of such street.

The provisions of this section shall apply to all existing franchises and all franchises hereafter granted, but shall not apply to Broadway or Washington Streets, or to Fourteenth Street between Broadway and Washington Streets.

(Prior code § 6-2.29)

12.28.040 - Tracks and pavement to be laid in accordance with approved plans.

All car tracks to be hereafter laid by any person in the city, and all street pavement and roadway to be laid within the space required by law to be maintained by railway companies, shall be constructed according to detail plans which must be prepared by the party or parties who propose to do the work. Said plans must be submitted to and approved by the City Engineer before construction begins, and all work must be done to the satisfaction of the City Engineer and Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets. All existing tracks and street pavement and roadways, the design of which is not approved by the City Engineer, when removed for any other purpose than ordinary repair of roadbed, must be replaced by track or pavement conforming to the above requirements. The plans as aforesaid must show in detail a cross-section of the proposed track and pavement and roadway, and the alignment of all railway tracks must be satisfactory to the City Engineer.

All railroad tracks and street pavement must be laid on the official grade of the street, and all existing tracks and street pavement not on official grade must be reconstructed upon the order of the City Council.

(Prior code § 6-2.30)

12.28.050 - Tracks—Maintenance of pavement between—Notice to repair.

Any person owning or operating any car track or tracks in the city, shall be required to maintain and sprinkle said track or tracks and the pavement and roadway between and adjacent thereto and two feet each side thereof in a condition satisfactory to the City Manager and the Director of Public Works/ Superintendent of Streets of said city.

Any owner, superintendent or other officer of any corporation or association, owning or operating any street railroad in the city, shall, upon notice from the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets of the city, make all repairs specified in said notice. Any car track which presents serious obstruction to travel in the crossing of vehicles will be subject to removal by the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets without notice to the owners or officers in charge of said track.

(Prior code § 6-2.31)

12.28.060 - Tracks—Repairs to be made by city if not made upon notice.

After service of notice to make any repairs as provided for in Section 12.28.050, and the time for beginning work as specified having expired, the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets may proceed to make any necessary repairs.

Any work provided for by Section 12.28.050 must be commenced within three days after service of notice and prosecuted diligently to completion unless the time for beginning work is otherwise specified in said notice.

(Prior code § 6-2.32)

12.28.070 - Tracks—Type and laying.

All tracks hereafter to be laid for any street railroad in any public street in the city shall be constructed of standard rails of the most approved pattern, and in a good and substantial manner, and so as to present the least possible obstruction to travel and the crossing of vehicles. All rails heretofore in use which do not conform to the foregoing provisions, when removed for any other purpose than for ordinary repair of the roadbed, stringers or ties, shall be replaced by rails conforming, and in a manner conforming to said foregoing provisions.

All tracks for any street railroad now, or hereafter to be, constructed in any public street in the city shall be laid in such a manner that the top of the rail or rails shall be flush with the street between the rails and for two feet on either side of such rails and between the tracks, if there is more than one.

(Prior code § 6-2.33)

12.28.080 - Tracks—Removal and replacement.

No track or tracks, in use by any street railroad in the city and laid in any public street in said city, shall be taken up or removed to any part of said street or elsewhere, for temporary or other purposes, without first obtaining permission for said work from the Council of the city.

Whenever any such track or tracks are taken up for temporary purposes, such track or tracks must be replaced promptly and with as little obstruction to travel as possible, and in accordance with the provisions of this title applicable thereto.

All such tracks for said street railroads in the city shall be laid in accordance with the official grade of the public street in which such tracks are laid, and whenever the grade of any such street is changed such tracks shall be relaid promptly to conform to the change of grade.

(Prior code § 6-2.34)

12.28.090 - Tracks—Abandonment—Repaving.

Whenever any street railroad track laid in or upon any public street in the city is taken up for abandonment of its use, the person owning or controlling such street railroad track shall remove such track promptly and repave that portion of the street formerly used by the tracks so removed between the rails and for two feet on either side thereof. Such repavement and all paving required by the provisions of this title relative to tracks shall be done with similar materials, of as good quality as the adjacent roadway, and shall be done in accordance with the general specifications provided by ordinance or otherwise for similar street work.

(Prior code § 6-2.35)

12.28.100 - Tracks where improved type of pavement is in use.

In all cases where any public street in the city is paved with asphalt, bitumen, wooden blocks or other improved paving material, and when a portion of such street is to be kept in repair by any street railroad, such portion of said street shall not be macadamized or remacadamized nor shall any macadam be laid thereon, and such portion of said street which is to be kept in repair by any street railroad must be properly paved and such paving must be done to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets of the city.

All work hereinbefore in this title required to be done by a street railroad company shall be done promptly, in a good, substantial manner and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets.

No owner, or any superintendent, or other official of any firm, corporation or association, owning, operating or controlling any street railroad in the city, shall cause, or knowingly allow, any work to be done or fail to be done in violation of the provisions of this title.

(Prior code § 6-2.36)

12.28.110 - Spur tracks—Permit required—Application.

No person, firm, or corporation shall lay down, or cause to be laid down on any public street, or portion thereof, in the city, a spur or side track, or to run or permit or cause to be run thereon, any cars without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Council of the city. Such tracks shall be used exclusively for the transportation of freight between the main line, or part thereof, of the railroad and warehouses, manufactories, or other business industries and enterprises, and shall not be used as the main line or any part thereof. Such tracks shall be laid level with the street and shall be operated in such manner as not to interfere with the use of the street by the public. The application shall contain such information, plans, profiles, and specifications as shall be requested by the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets. All permits granted hereunder shall be by Council resolution setting forth such conditions and terms as the Council may prescribe. Said resolution shall be revocable by resolution adopted at the pleasure of the City Council.

(Prior code § 6-2.67)

12.28.120 - Spur track permit—Deposit.

Each application to the Council for a spur track permit shall be accompanied by a deposit.

(Prior code § 6-2.68)