INDEX

A Conflicting Permits 202.1A

Consent Letter 108.2, 201.2A, 203, 205.1,
Accident Reconstruction 516.2 501.1, 506.4D, 508.6
Accounting and Record Keeping 207 Contractor’s Yards and Plant Sites 508.1
Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) 108.2; 501.5 Curbs, Gutters, and Sidewalks 501.12, 508.10, 510.4
Advertising 501.3, 501.8B, 509.3
Advertising Displays 501.3, 501.8B, 509.1, 509.3 D
Airspace Development 501.6
Airspace Lease Agreement 501.6 Decorations 501.7, 501.7C, 501.9
Appeals 204.2 Dedication of Property 501.10A
Appeal of Permit Denial 304 Demonstration Projects 501.13B-1
Application for Permit 201 Directional Drilling 623, 623.2
Approving and Issuing Permits 205 Double Permit 501.14
Denial 204 Drainage Facilities 502
Evaluation 202.1 Driveways 510
Fee 201.2
Forms 201, Appendix D E
Overview of Process 108, Figs 1.1, 1.3
Permit Number 201.4 Early Entry 513
Procedure 201 Encasement and Protection 626
Processing 201.5 Encroachment Permit 101
Refunds 201.3 Encroachment, defined 101
Reviews 201.5, 202 Encroachments 302, 303
Tracking 201.5, 201.6 Location 202.1B
Arcades 501.3B No Longer In Use 613
Archaeological Surveys 516.3 Engineering Services (Structures) 508.9, 608
Art Program 201.2A, 501.4 Environmental Regulations 401
As-Built Plans 201.2A, 206.2A, 206.4, 508.9
Caltrans as a Responsible Agency 403
Awnings 501.3C
Caltrans as Lead Agency 404
Environmental Impact Report 404.3
B Initial Study 404.2
Negative Declaration 404.3, 405
Banners 501.7 Projects Exempt from CEQA 402
Blanket Permits 501 Excavations 203.5, 602.1, 624.1, 629
Blue Star Memorial 501.3E Exceptions Chapter 300, 614
Bonds 203.4, 501.5, 506.2, 508.9, 513, 516.6 Expenditure Authorizations 207
Bore and Receiving Pits 607.2, 623.1B Experimental Projects 501.13B-1
Bus Shelters and Benches 501.8
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Fees 201.2
Cable Crossing 505 Calculation 201.2B
Cable Television 601, 611 Fee Exempt Permits 201.2A
Cal-OSHA 203.5, 518, 608.2, 623.1B, 629 Refunds 201.3
Casing 623.0, 623.1A, 623.1B, 623.2, 623.2F, 624, 626 Fee Schedule Appendix H
Chain Installer Operations 501.11 Fence (New or Modification) 504
Checkpoints 517.4 Fencing 501.6C
Claims 203.3B, 203.3C FHWA Approval 205.3, 501.6D, 615
Commercial Development 501.10 Fiber Optics 303, 617.2
Commercial Filming 503, 503.2, 503.3, 503.5 Filming 503
Film Rider 503.3D
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Inspection 503.6 Planting Design 506.7
Intermittent Traffic Control 503.3A Provided by Others 506.1, 506.2, 506.3
Joint Policy Guidelines 503.2, Appendix E Review of Proposals 506.5
Liability Insurance 503.5 Standards for Plans 506.6
No Moving Traffic 503.3C Tree Protection 506.8
Permit Types 503.3 Underground Work 506.8B
Special 503.3E Letter of Consent (Consent Letter)
Traffic Control 503.3B 501.1, 506.4D, 508.6,
Fire Hydrant Markers and Signs 508.2 509.4, Appendix I
Fire Protection Signing 508.3 Liability Insurance 201.1, 203.3
Flags 201.2A, 501.7B Commercial Filming 503.5
Franchises 611, 616 Special Events 514.7
Literature Distribution 516.5
G Litter and Roadside Cleanup 501.1

Gates 303, 501.6F, 504, 519, 614 M

Gateway Monuments 501.3F
General Provisions 203, Appendix K Mail Boxes 507
Geophysical Testing 505 Maintenance Work by Volunteers 108.2
Grading 508.5 Maintenance Agreement Appendix B
Guide Signs 508.4 Marquees 501.3D
Materials Testing 202.6
H Memorial Plaques 501.3E
Microfilm 206.2A, 206.4, 501.6H
High & Low Risk Utilities 605 Mission Bell 501.4
Highway Improvement Agreement 202.1, 202.3A,B,D Mobile Work 202.1C, Appendix K
Historical Plaques 201.2A, 501.3 Monuments 508.10, 516.4
Holiday Decorations 501.7C Mowing Grass 508.6
Horizontal Directional Drilling 623
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Negative Declaration 404.3, 405
Inspection and Enforcement 206 Newspaper Delivery Boxes 507
Before Issuing Permit 202.1F Newspaper Vending Machines 501.13A, Appendix B
Filming Permits 503 Non-operating Right of Way 106, 202.1B
Reports (Diary) 206.1 Nonprofit Organizations 514.2
Intergovernmental Review (IGR) 403, 403.1
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Open Cut Road 624
Joint Policy Guidelines 503.2, 514.5 Outdoor Advertising Visibility 509

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Land Surveys 516.4 Parades 201.2A, 514

Landscape 506 Park and Ride 501.6, 506.1
Design Guidelines 506.7 Parking Meters 508.8
Landscape Permit Types 506.4 PEER Document 202.2, Appendix D
Conventional Highways 506.4A Permits 205
Freeways 506.4B Approved by Districts 205.1
Maintenance 506.4C Issued by Caltrans 104
Tree Trimming/Removal 506.4D, 506.8C Issued by Cities and Counties 105, 501.9
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Requiring Headquarters Approval Temporary Directional 517.7
205.2 Snow Closures 517.6
Pesticide Use 506.8A Sobriety Checkpoints 517.4
Pipeline Specifications 625, 626 Special Designations 207.3
Planned Checkpoints 517.4 Special Events 514
Portable Changeable Message Signs 517.5 Categories 514.3
Pre-approved Agreements 202.3A, Appendix B Involving Vending 514.6
Private Road Approaches 510, 510.3 Joint Policy Guidelines 514.5
Progress Billing/Completion Notice Liability Insurance 514.7
201.2, 201.2B, 205.1A, 206.1 On the Interstate System 514.4
Project Construction Identification Signs 517.8 Special Funded Projects 108.1, 202.3
Project Development Procedures 202.3D Pre-Approved Agreements 202.3A
Project Report 202.2 Public Transit Projects 202.3C
Public Road Approaches 510, 510.3 Special Provisions 203.2
State Contract Plans 608.1
R State-Required Relocation 621
Statutory Authority 102
Railroad Grade Crossing 512 Steel Plates 602.1
Ramp Closures 517, 517.3 Storm Water Management 406
Reclaimed Water 606.1, 606.4 Surveys 516
Refunds 201.3 Accident Reconstruction 516.2
Registered Engineer’s Seal 202.5 Archaeological 516.3
Relocation 201, 202.1A, 604, 607.4, 621 Land 516.4
Removing Hay, Sand, etc. 302, 508.7 Monuments 508.10
Research Projects Funded by FHWA 516.1, 516.7 Soil 516.8
Responsibilities of Permittee 206.2 Test Wells 516.6
Retention of Permit Records 206.4 Traffic Counts 516.9
Review 201.5, 202, 207.1
Rider 205.4, 511 T
Film 503.3D
Initiated by Caltrans 511.1 Telecommunications (Wireless) 501.6F
Right of Way 624 Telephones 501.8, 501.13B, 612
Time Extension 511.2 Temporary Signals 517.2
To Modify Work 511.3 Test Wells 516.6
Road Approaches and Driveways 510 Traffic Considerations 202.1C
Roadside Rest/Vista Points 501.13B Traffic Control 202.1C, 503.3B, 517
Traffic Control System Plan 202.1D
S Traffic Counts 516.9
Transverse Boring and Jacking 606, 623
SAFE Telephones 612.2 Traveler Information Center 501.13B
Salvage Operations 501.2 Trenching and Shoring 629
Scenic Highways 627 Tunnels 518
Seismic Vibrator 505.2
Septic Tanks 621.2 U
Service Connections 606.4, 607.3, 617, 622, 627.2
Service Contract 106 Unauthorized Encroachments 206.3, 207.1
Signals and Lighting 515 Utilities 601
Signs 508.4 In Vehicular Tunnels and Tubes 610
Advertising 501.3A, 501.7 On Conventional Highways 606.2, 607
Guide to Points of Local Interest 508.4 Longitudinal Encroachments
Political 206.3, 501.7 607.3
Project Construction Identification Transverse Encroachments
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On Freeways and Expressways 606
Access Requirements 606.2
Longitudinal Encroachments
606.4
Transverse Encroachments
606.3
On Bridges 608, 609
Relocation 604, 606.5, 607.4, 621, 621.3
Utility Facilities 601
Aerial 611, 617.2, 618, 619
Annual Maintenance 617
Blanket Permits 501
Bore and Receiving Pits 623.1B
Boring and Jacking 623
Casing 623.1A
Conditions of Occupancy 602
Encasement and Protection 623
FHWA Approval 615
Franchises 601, 616
High and Low Risk Underground 605
Installation 603
Liability for Permit Fees 621.1
Maintenance 603, 617, 617.1, 617.2
Modifications 622
Open Cut Transverse Crossings 624
Pipeline Specifications 625
Pothole 622
Private 204, 205, 302, 601, 604, 606.2,
606.3, 606.4, 606.5, 607.1,
607.3, 607.4, 622
Relocation Work 604, 621.3
Scenic Highways 627
Septic Tanks 621.2
Service Connections 606.4, 607.3, 617,
617.1, 617.2, 622
State-Required Relocation 621
Underground Longitudinal 607.3, 620

V
Vending 501.13A, 514.2, 514.6
Vibrators 505.2, 505.2B
Visibility Improvement 509
Vista Points 501.13B

W
Walls 519
Water Pollution 406
Wells, Monitoring 516.6
Wireless Communication 501.6F
Woodchips 506.4D
Work Exempt from Permits 106

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