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CA St & Hwy Code § 682.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 682.5.

682.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 731, the department may issue permits to counties and cities for the use of highways within their boundaries and to community-based nonprofit corporations for special events upon terms and conditions relating to the safe and orderly movement of traffic that the department finds necessary. A city or county or a community-based nonprofit corporation issued a permit may allow or conduct vending on or adjacent to the highway immediately preceding, during, or immediately following the permitted special event in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the department in the permit.Not more than four permits for the same activity at the same location shall be issued to any city or county or community-based nonprofit corporation in any calendar year. No permit shall be issued to a community-based nonprofit corporation unless that corporation has been issued an acknowledgment by the city or county within which the special event is proposed to be conducted.Neither the department, in issuing permits for the use of highways, nor the city or county, in issuing acknowledgments, shall be responsible for the conduct or operation of the permitted activity and shall require the permit applicant to agree to indemnify and hold harmless the state and the city or county against any and all claims arising out of any activity for which the permit is issued.(b) As used in this section,“community-based nonprofit corporation” means a corporation formed under the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Corporations Code) having an office located within the county within which the special event is to be held.(c) As used in this section, “acknowledgment” means the issuance by a city or county to a community-based nonprofit corporation of a special event permit, road closure or detour permit, or letter of permission authorizing the special event for which a permit from the department is sought.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 17, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 682.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 682.7.

682.7.  (a) As used in this section:(1) “Event” means a competition event that encroaches a state highway.(2) “Prize compensation” includes prize or purse money, other prizes, goods, or other compensation.(b) The department shall require as a condition of a permit for any event that awards prize compensation to competitors in gendered categories, for any participant level that receives prize compensation, that the prize compensation for each gendered category be identical at each participant level. The department shall not approve a permit for an event that does not comply with this condition.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 276, Sec. 5. (AB 467) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 683 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 683.

683.  No franchise of any kind shall be granted in respect to any State highway or portion thereof which has been established as a freeway pursuant to the provisions of this code without the prior approval in writing of the department, except for crossings as provided in Section 685.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 684 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 684.

684.  No franchise shall be granted for the installation of street or other railroad tracks or the operation of street railroads or other railroads on any State highway without the prior approval in writing of the department except for crossings as provided in Section 685.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 685 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 685.

685.  In case a franchise is granted for the exercise of a privilege in a city street or county highway, approval of the department shall not be required in respect to intersections. Franchises may be granted extending across the common area of the intersection without any such approval. In cases where the grades of the state highway and the city street or county highway are separated, the franchise shall be exercised only on the city street or county highway.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 708.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 686 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 686.

686.  The department shall approve any franchise submitted for approval pursuant to Section 683 or 684 unless the department finds on the facts of the particular case that the exercise of the privilege proposed to be granted is incompatible with the primary use of the freeway or other State highway for vehicular traffic or with its improvement to serve its primary use.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 687 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 687.

687.  Franchises may be granted under this article separately as to any state highway, or portion thereof, or in respect to both state highways, or portions thereof, and city streets or county highways.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 708.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 688 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 688.

688.  In cases in which the approval of the department is not required, the city or county shall give notice to the department of any application for a franchise affecting a state highway at the time of the filing of such application by any applicant, so that the department may present to the legislative body of the city or county, as the case may be, any considerations by it deemed to be important. Such notice shall be given to the appropriate district director.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 71.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 689 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 689.

689.  No privilege shall be exercised in any state highway pursuant to any franchise granted under this article until a copy of such franchise, certified by the clerk of the grantor city or county, has been filed with the department. This may be filed with the district director.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 72.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 690 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 690.

690.  The department shall have the power to prescribe the location, within the limits of the State highway, of any physical property to be constructed or installed in, under, over or upon such State highway pursuant to any such franchise. Before constructing or installing any such physical property in any State highway, the holder of the franchise shall apply to the department, or its authorized agent, for a permit, and the department shall issue a permit, in which it may impose reasonable conditions as to location, method and manner of construction. All such physical property is subject to relocation in the cases and in the manner provided in Section 680.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 691 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 691.

691.  In the exercise within the limits of any State highway of any privilege granted by franchise, the holder thereof shall at all times be subject to all reasonable orders, rules and regulations of the department for the protection, maintenance or improvement of the highway or the safe and convenient use thereof as a public highway.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 692 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 692.

692.  Independently of or jointly with the grantor city or county, the department may enforce any obligation imposed by any franchise granted pursuant to Section 682 relating to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of any state highway or portion thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 708.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 693 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 693.

693.  All sums payable by the grantee under any such franchise shall be paid to the grantor city or county.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 708.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 694 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 694.

694.  All franchises heretofore granted by any city for the exercise of any privilege in any State highway, are hereby fully validated, legalized and made effective, to the same extent that such city at the time of making the grant had power to grant a franchise authorizing the exercise of such privilege in, over and upon city streets.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 695 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2 - Permit Provisions|Section 695.

695.  Failure of the department to act upon any application for approval under Sections 683 or 684 within 90 days after the filing of such application with the department shall be deemed to constitute approval thereof. The time herein prescribed may be extended with the consent of the grantor city or county.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 708.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 700.

700.  (a) “Person,” in addition to the definition in Section 19, includes any city, county, public corporation, or public district.(b) “Utility facility” means any pole, poleline, pipe, pipeline, conduit, cable, aqueduct, or other structure or appurtenance thereof used for public or privately owned utility services, used to provide cable service or video service, as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities Code, or used by any mutual organization supplying water or telephone service to its members.(c) “Utility” means any person maintaining any utility facility.(d) “Freeway” includes any toll bridge, including approaches, under the jurisdiction of the commission.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 792, Sec. 1. (AB 1145) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 701.

701.  This article is limited to state highways which are or shall become freeways. Article 2 (commencing with Section 670), except as inconsistent with this article, applies to freeways.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 157.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 702.

702.  Whenever the department requires any utility to remove any utility facility lawfully maintained in the right of way of any freeway to a location entirely outside the freeway right of way, the department shall pay the reasonable and necessary cost of such removal. This includes both the cost of removal and the cost of relocation in a new location outside of the freeway right of way.This section does not apply to the relocation of the utility facility from one point in a freeway to another point in the freeway, including the relocation in any service road or outer highway of the freeway or from one point of crossing of the freeway to another and reasonable point of crossing.(Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 703.

703.  Whenever the department requires a publicly owned utility to relocate within a freeway any utility facility lawfully maintained in any freeway which was not a state highway at the time such utility facility was originally installed therein, the department shall pay the cost of such relocation.Whenever the department requires a privately owned utility to relocate within a freeway any utility facility used solely to supply water, which facility is lawfully maintained in any freeway which was not a state highway at the time such utility facility was originally installed therein, the department shall pay the cost of such relocation.Whenever the department requires a privately owned utility to relocate within a freeway any utility facility, other than one used solely to supply water, which facility is lawfully maintained in any freeway which was not a state highway at the time such utility facility was originally installed therein, and it is established by the utility that it is not under express contractual obligation to relocate such facility at its own expense, the department shall pay the cost of such relocation.A permit containing a contractual obligation which was accepted by the utility for maintenance or minor improvement of the facility after such road became a state highway shall not constitute a contractual obligation within the meaning of this section.Publicly owned sewers and fire hydrants and any street lighting structure, whether publicly or privately owned, in any freeway shall be relocated, where necessary, at the expense of the department.(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1448.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 704.

704.  If the department requires the relocation within the right of way of any utility facility more than once within a period of 10 years, the department shall pay the cost of the second relocation and any subsequent relocation within such 10-year period.(Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 705.

705.  In any case in which the department is required under the provisions of this article to pay the cost of removal or relocation of any utility facility, it shall be entitled to credits as follows:(1) In the amount of any betterment to the utility facility resulting from such removal or relocation, not in excess of the cost of the increased capacity of the facility.(2) The salvage value of any materials or parts salvaged and retained by the utility.(3) If a new facility or portion thereof is constructed to accomplish such removal or relocation, an allowance of an amount bearing the same proportion to the original cost of the displaced facility or portion thereof as the age thereof bears to the normal expected life thereof.A credit shall not be allowed against any portion of the cost which is otherwise chargeable to the utility.A credit allowance for age shall not be applied to publicly owned sewers.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 676.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 706.

706.  The department and any utility required to remove a utility facility or to relocate any utility facility may, by agreement, provide for the respective amounts of the cost to be borne by each. The department may, without prejudice to its rights under Section 707, advance the cost of removal or relocation and if the department advances such cost, it is the duty of the utility to move its facilities as soon as reasonably possible so as not to delay freeway construction. In the case of any utility which is not financially able to bear the costs of removal or relocation, the department may by agreement provide for the work to be done on condition that the utility’s portion of the costs be repaid to the department over a period of time not exceeding 10 years.Either party may maintain an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for an adjudication as to the obligations and costs to be borne by each party under such provisions of said contract at any time within four years after the cause of action first arose thereunder. Such a cause of action shall be deemed to arise upon and at the time of the completion by the utility of the removal or relocation in question, or at the time of breach of the agreement by either party. The filing of a claim with any state agency shall not be deemed a condition precedent to the maintenance by the utility of any such action.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2355.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 706.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 706.5.

706.5.  In connection with the construction of State Highway Route 86 in Imperial County from Post Miles 58.4 to Post Miles 65.1 and the relocation of facilities of the Coachella Valley Water District necessitated by that project, the department may make a loan, for a term not exceeding 20 years, to the district for the relocation costs incurred, and to be incurred, by the district as a result of that project. The loan shall be subject to the terms and conditions that are mutually agreed upon, but shall require the district, in addition to making periodic payments on the loan, to annually pay to the department an amount at least equal to the sum of the pipeline portion of all development fees collected by the district during the preceding year in the service area served by the transverse waterline crossing of State Highway Route 86, less the district’s administrative and collection costs. The amounts so paid shall be deducted from the outstanding balance of the loan, and the remaining term of the loan correspondingly reduced.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 705, Sec. 1.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 707.

707.  In the event of failure to reach an agreement as provided in Section 706, the utility or the department may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for apportionment of the cost between them in accordance with the provisions of this article. Such an action may be commenced within three years from the date of completion by the utility of the removal or relocation in question. The filing of a claim with any state agency shall not be deemed a condition precedent to the maintenance by the utility of any such action.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2356.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 708.

708.  Every utility is entitled to a permit for such reasonable crossings of any freeway, as may be required for the proper discharge of the utility’s service to the public.(Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 709.

709.  The department shall exercise a reasonable discretion in acting on applications of utilities for permits to occupy freeways for longitudinal locations of facilities, as may be required for the proper discharge of their services to the public. The department may, however, refuse to grant any applications for any such longitudinal installation which would be inconsistent with public safety or the continued unobstructed use of the freeway for vehicular traffic, or for any type of utility structure inconsistent with the aesthetic values of any landscaped freeway within, or approaching within one mile of, the limits of any city.(Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 710.

710.  The department, in acting upon applications for utility permits, shall consider both the interests of the traveling public upon the freeway and the needs of consumers for public utility services.(Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 3 - The Care and Protection of State Highways|ARTICLE 2.5 - Special Provisions re Utilities in Freeways|Section 711.

711.  Nothing in this article is intended to prevent the department from making reasonable rules and regulations and requiring reasonable conditions in permits concerning the place, manner and method of location of utility facilities in, under, over or along freeways. Specifically, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the department may make regulations or require conditions to the end that the cutting of pavement on freeways and a consequential impairment of the use thereof by the traveling public, shall be avoided insofar as possible.(Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)