(a) Any alteration, change, repair, removal, replacement, cutting, lowering or installation of curbs shall be done by contractors, authorized by the City or employees of the City, under the control and direction of the Director of Public Service.
(b) The Director of Public Service shall establish a reasonable fee, not to exceed the right-of-way permit fee established in Section 301.03, to defray the cost of administering this section.
(c) The length and location of each curb-cut and lowered curb shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Service or his designee who shall consider the existing traffic pattern and volume, the adequacy of existing access, if any, to the premises, and the movement of pedestrian traffic.
(d) The elevation of newly installed, relocated, or reinstalled curbs shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Service or his designee.
(e) Costs incurred by the City may be assessed in accordance with Section VII of the Charter of the City of Berea and the general laws of the State of Ohio.
(f) Regulation of Existing Curb Cuts. Where an existing curb-cut adversely affects the existing traffic pattern or volume or movement of pedestrian traffic, the Director of Public Service may direct the permittee to close the curb cut, and if premises or abutting property are thereby deprived of access to the street, to replace the curb-cut with a new curb-cut at such location as is designated by the Director of Public Service, provided that in no case shall the elimination of an existing curb-cut pursuant to this paragraph have the effect of unreasonably restricting access to premises abutting a public street.
(Ord. 2019-55. Passed 6-3-19.)