§ 40-2. Culverts, driveways, and right-of-way standards generally.

(a)

All rights-of-way on public roads maintained by the public works department shall be controlled by the department, and ingress and egress shall meet the minimum standards and specifications of the department. Any substandard installation placed on a highway right-of-way may be removed by the public works department after notification to the property owner or the occupant of the property. The owner or occupant shall be allowed a maximum of ten days to correct the installation, after which time the public works department may remove the substandard installation and place the material upon the adjacent property. All replacement costs relating to a crossing of a road ditch removed due to substandard materials and/or installation shall be borne by the owner.

(b)

The public works department may cut any existing driveway (concrete, asphalt, gravel, etc.) it deems necessary.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for anyone to install a culvert or other type of structure for ingress and egress to a parish highway right-of-way without obtaining a permit from the public works department.

(d)

All structures for ingress and egress to property or street construction shall be installed by the person or party requesting permission after obtaining a permit for the installation of same from the director of public works. A charge shall be required for the issuance of the permit. A charge for each driveway culvert pipe installed by the department of public works shall be required. The amounts of these charges shall be as established by the parish commission, from time to time.

(e)

The person notified in writing by the director of public works of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall have the violation corrected within ten days, and each day that a violation is permitted to exist beyond the allowed ten days shall constitute a separate offense. Any person violating or neglecting or refusing to comply with any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in section 1-8.

(f)

Any person desiring to construct, lay, maintain, operate, renew, repair, change the size of, remove or abandon in place pipes and pipelines for the collection, transportation or distribution of oil, gas, gasoline, water, sewage, petroleum, wet gas, hydrocarbon substances, together with all manholes, valves, appurtenances and service connections necessary or convenient for the operation of said pipes or pipelines including conduits, cathodic protection devices, wires, cables and other appurtenances necessary or convenient for the exercise of business parallel to and within any of the public roads of this parish shall first obtain a permit issued by the department of public works.

(g)

A permit to lay a pipeline along a public road in the parish shall be granted only after the person desiring to lay the pipeline shall have properly completed the permit and paid a fee in the amount fixed by the department of public works. The amount of this permit shall be as established by the parish commission, from time to time.

(Code 1976, § 14-2.1; Code 1985, § 19-2; Ord. No. 2329, 1-22-1986; Ord. No. 4232, 4-22-2004; Ord. No. 4861, 2-19-2009)