Upon the application being filed, the applicant shall deposit with the Director of Public Service a surety bond as described herein or an amount of cash sufficient to cover the cost of backfilling the excavations, relaying and repairing the pavement to be removed, together with the cost of any new material required. The applicant shall also pay the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) to cover the cost of inspections made hereunder for the issuance of the permit and thereupon the Director shall issue a permit for the opening of the street specified in the application.
There is hereby established the following schedule for street opening permit fees as follows:
Sidewalk $ 2.00 per sq. ft. Asphalt 2.50 per sq. ft. Concrete 3.00 per sq. ft. Brick 3.50 per sq. ft. Gravel, sand, earth 15.00 per cubic yd. Minimum cash deposit if surety bond is not furnished 50.00 |
In lieu of the cash deposit requirement set forth herein, excluding the ten dollar ($10.00) inspection fee which is required of all applicants, an applicant may furnish a bond with good and sufficient surety or sureties conditioned upon the payment of the cost of labor and material for backfilling and relaying and repairing the opened pavement. Such bond shall be in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or ten percent (10%) of the City Engineer's estimate of the project involved, whichever sum is greater, and the bond shall remain in effect at least sixty days after completion of the project involved in the application.
Any part of a cash deposit left after the payment of cost of labor and materials for backfilling and relaying and repairing the pavement shall be returned to the applicant.
(Ord. 69-80. Passed 4-28-80.)