CHAPTER 901
Openings and Excavations

901.01   Permit required.

901.02   Restoration of pavement; permit fee.

901.03   Application for permit; deposit.

901.04   Appeals.

901.05   Failure to complete restoration.

901.06   Required information for permit.

901.07   Rules and regulations; backfilling.

901.08   Barricades and warning lights.

901.09   Installation of utility service lines.

901.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

      Openings by the Municipality - see Ohio R.C. 723.02

      Excavation liability - see Ohio R.C. 723.49 et seq.

      Digging, excavating and piling earth on streets - see Ohio R.C. 5589.10

      Barricades and warning lights - see GEN. OFF. 521.03

901.01 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   No opening through, undermining or removal of any pavement or surface in any of the public streets, avenues, alleys, or other public grounds of the City of Celina, Ohio, shall be undertaken by any person, firm or corporation, until a permit therefore shall have been issued by the Safety Service Director, or his designee, unless otherwise hereinafter provided.

(Ord. 47-10-0. Passed 10-25-10.)

901.02 RESTORATION OF PAVEMENT; PERMIT FEE.

   The City of Celina shall be responsible for the repairing and repaving of the street, avenue, alley, or public grounds of openings made by the City. All other such permit holders shall repair and/or repave such openings that are associated with the repair of their utility. Said permit holders shall be charged a permit fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The Permit Fee is in addition to the charges established in the Street Opening Payment Schedule within this chapter per square foot for pavement removed, or a minimum of eight dollars ($8.00) per square foot of the actual opening. Except for City Departments, only a licensed and bonded contractor in the State of Ohio that is registered in the City of Celina shall be allowed to make cuts, openings, and or pavement removal or replacement within a public street, alley, avenue, or other public grounds of the City of Celina. All other replacement of disturbed surrounding areas shall be the responsibility of the permit holder.
(Ord. 47-10-0. Passed 10-25-10.)