(a) No person, firm or corporation shall excavate or make any openings in any street or alley without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Commissioner and paying a nonrefundable fee as follows:
Excavation Area (Square feet) | Fee |
Less than 20 | $ 200.00 |
20 up to 50 | 400.00 |
50 up to 100 | 600.00 |
100 or over | 800.00 |
The Commissioner may refund the fee when he is satisfied that the permit applicant has made all necessary and proper permanent street repairs and restoration.
(b) Any contractor who requires a street opening permit shall backfill in layers of aggregate or acceptable alternate not over six (6) inches in depth, and each layer shall be thoroughly tamped before adding the next layer. The contractor shall then form a street sub-base of not less than six (6) inches of concrete, as the City Inspector may direct. The contractor shall then complete paving the opening with the same kind of material as the existing street, and the surface shall conform to and be flush with the abutting existing street surfaces.
The contractor shall post a telephone number at the site for an emergency call twenty-four (24) hours a day in the event that unsafe conditions or noisy disturbances are found when the contractor is not at the site.
(c) When involved in any sub-surface work on public property within the City, any utility company shall pay an inspection service fee at the rate of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50) per hour for the actual time spent by any City Inspector at the project site, with a minimum fee of five dollars and seventy-five cents ($5.75).
(Ord. 23-1978. Passed 3-6-78.)
(d) When involved in any subsurface work on public property within the City, any utility company shall pay an inspection service fee at the rate of ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) per hour or pro-rated part thereof for the actual time spent by any City Inspector at the project site.
(Ord. 21-1988. Passed 3-21-88.)