(a) All work done under authority of the permit required by this article shall be inspected by a field service specialist designated by the commissioner of transportation.
(b) Immediately after the completion of the work done pursuant to the permit, the permittee shall forthwith restore any pavement or other materials displaced by reason of the work, and shall restore the surface of any public way or other public place which may be opened or otherwise disturbed; provided, however, that a permittee shall only be obliged to restore a bituminous surface if the permittee has not remitted to the comptroller the restoration fee assessed pursuant to this article. All of this work shall be done to the satisfaction of the commissioner of transportation, in accordance with public way restoration standards. These standards shall be in the form of regulations promulgated by the commissioner of transportation.
(c) Any permittee who fails to restore the pavement or other materials and the non-bituminous surface and, if applicable, the bituminous surface, of any public way or other public place, as required in subsection (b), by the time established by the commissioner of transportation shall be subject to a fine of $5000.00 for each day that such failure continues, and shall also be liable to the City of Chicago for any costs incurred by the city in arranging for or carrying out any such restoration upon expiration of the relevant deadline. The City of Chicago shall have the right, but not the obligation, to arrange for or carry out any such restoration upon expiration of the relevant deadline, and any action taken by the City of Chicago in arranging for or carrying out any such restoration pursuant to this section or other applicable provision of this chapter shall not relieve a permittee of liability for, or diminish a permittee's liability for, any condition created by, or created as a result of the acts or omissions of, the permittee.
(d) The insurance and letter of credit protections of this article shall apply to any amounts levied or incurred by the City of Chicago pursuant to this section.
(e) If work done under authority of the permit required by this article results in the removal of 60 percent or more of the sidewalk on a block of an impacted side of the street, as determined by the total linear footage of the block, the permittee shall contact the Commissioner of Transportation or the Commissioner’s designee to discuss coordination with the City on full restoration of the sidewalk on that block.
(Prior code § 33-3; Amend Coun. J. 7-13-88, p. 15000; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10925; Amend Coun. J. 1-14-97, p. 37762, § 13; Amend Coun. J. 9-27-07, p. 9188, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 8; Amend Coun. J. 9-18-24, p. 16676, § 1)