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207 ORDINANCE NO. 875 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLTON RELATING TO PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, COURTS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES AND REGULATING THE CUTTING, EXCAVATING, AND MAINTAINING THEREOF, AND REGULA- TING THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS THEREIN, AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN REFERENCE THERETO, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The City Council of the City of Colton does ordain as follows: Section I: Property in Public Street or Place: Whenever the Street Superintendent of the City of Colton shall determine that it is reasonable and necessary that any property located in, upon or under any public street or public place in this city, which is owned, maintained, or controll ed by any person, firm or corporation, needs to be temporarily or permanently, disconnected and/or moved from any public street, or other public place, in order that the city or other governmental agency or instru- mentality, within :its governmental authority, may install, construct, build, repair, remodel, remove, change, or erect any public improvement or works within the said municipal limits, the Street Superintendent shall give written notice to the person, firm or corporation owning maintaining or con- trolling such property, by mail postpaid to their last known address, notify- ing them to temporarily or permanently, move, re -locate and/or disconnect the same and as may be deemed necessary, and such notice shall identify and designate the property to be so moved, re -1 ocat ed or disconnected and shall designate the new location if deemed necessary to which any such property may be moved or relocated. Section II: Duty to Remove: It shall be the duty of any such person, firm, or corporation within sixty days from the date of mailing such notice to commence, as soon as reasonably possible, the removal, relocat- ing or disconnecting of said property and to thereafter continuously and dili gent 1 y perform such work in order that the same may be completed in the shortest possible reasonable time, and should the s:arne be not commenced or not performed or not completed as stated hereinbefore, then and in that event the: said Superintendent of Street s shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to do the same or so much thereof as may be necessary to accomplish the desired purpose and charge the cost thereof to the owner thereof or such other person, firm or corporation who maybe responsible or liable therefor provided, however, the said Superintendent of streets prior to performing such work, shall give written notice by mail postpaid as stated hereinbefore addressed to the last known address of such person,