(A) Street opening applications must be completed and turned into the Engineering Department along with payment of the permit fee and deposit a minimum of 48 hours prior to construction starting unless work is being done on an emergency basis and verified by the Engineering Department. Failure to follow any of these rules will result in forfeiture of permit and remedy of conditions by the city at the applicants expense and will result in contractor losing ability to be considered a registered contractor in good standing. The city reserves the right to mandate a preconstruction meeting prior to issuing a permit.
(B) Permits shall be issued only for openings to be made within ten days from the date of issue. The period of time allowed for closing the opening shall be no more than five days. Additional time may be granted by the Service Director or his or her designated appointee pending unforeseen circumstances or weather conditions. All applications shall be accompanied by a plan and typical cross section, which shall show, as nearly as possible from records available, the location of the existing underground structures and the location of the proposed structure. A permit shall be issued when one of the following provisions is involved:
(1) The applicant has made application, paid permit fee and paid a cash deposit as outlined in § 1020.02 of this chapter;
(2) The applicant is a contractor for the city on a contract involving the opening of streets, in which case he may obtain a permit without a cash deposit. However, the restoration work, if done by such contractor, must be approved by the Director of Public Service and all inspection charges must be paid before such contractor receives his or her final estimate. If the restoration work is done by the city, all such charges against the contractor must be paid before he or she receives his or her final estimate;
(3) The applicant is a city, county or state department or division whose functions require the installation and maintenance of underground structures; or
(4) The applicant is a corporation whose franchise authorizes it to make its own restoration. Such permits will be issued only when the restoration work keeps fully apace with the openings being made. Such corporation must pay promptly all bills for inspection by the city and all bills for restoration if it desires to avail itself of the facilities of the city for restoring pavements.
(Prior Code, § 1020.06) (Ord. 38-1955, passed 4-4-1955; Ord. 231-1974, passed 7-1-1974; Ord. 144-2015, passed 10-12-2015)