(A) (1) Application for a permit shall be made to the Building Department and shall contain the name and address of the person, firm or corporation making application and the proposed location and dimensions of such driveway.
(2) Plans and specifications of the driveway shall be filed with the Building Department, which plans and specifications shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond executed by the applicant in favor of the city in the penal sum of $5,000 for each such driveway.
(B) The bond shall have, as security thereon, one surety company qualified to do business in the state and acceptable to the Building Department.
(C) (1) The bond shall be continued upon the faithful observance of each and all the conditions and provisions of such permit and conditioned further to indemnify, keep and save harmless the city against all liabilities, judgments, costs, damages and expenses which may in any wise come against the city in consequence of the granting of the permit or which may accrue against, be charged to or recovered from the city by reason of or on account of any act or thing done by the applicant by virtue of the authority given in the permit.
(2) Provided, however, that, in lieu of such surety bond the applicant may file with the Building Department and keep in force a good and sufficient policy of insurance issued by an insurance company qualified to do business in the state and acceptable to the Building Department (or a properly executed certificate showing that such a policy of insurance has been issued) and written so as to name the city as one of the insureds in an amount of not less than $5,000 and conditioned to protect the city in the same manner as required by the surety bond.
(D) Any person, firm or business entity who installs a driveway, or portions thereof, over or through a parkway without first obtaining a permit, in addition to being subject to fines pursuant to the city’s fee and fine schedule, shall be responsible to remove the driveway upon request by the Department of Municipal Services or Building Department.
(Prior Code, § 97.071) (Ord. 1699, passed 12-28-1953; Ord. 2015-033, passed 11-10-2015)