Before any permit may be issued, an application must be made to the City Engineering Department. A permit will only be issued if all of the following conditions have been met:
(A) The applicant has fulfilled all obligations related to prior permits, including, but not limited to, the restoration of the right-of-way, correction of work not in compliance and payment to the city of all money due for the following:
(1) Prior permits;
(2) Any loss, damage, or expense suffered by the city as a result of the applicant's prior use, occupancy, work, excavations or obstructions of the right-of-way or any emergency actions taken by the city in connection therewith;
(3) Restoration of the right-of-way by the city or the city's contractor; and
(4) Corrective work completed not in compliance with city policy, supplemental specifications and SUDAS standards, by the city or the city's contractor; and
(5) Fines, or administrative or civil penalties assessed to the applicant.
(B) The applicant has submitted a completed permit application form, which includes all required attachments, and scaled drawings showing the location and area of the proposed project and the location of all existing and proposed equipment and or facilities, and which states or identifies the following:
(1) The place, extent and purpose of the contemplated work including the identity of and location in the right-of-way at which any use, occupancy, excavation and/or, work or access is to be made.
(2) The time when the work is to be commenced and the time it is to be completed.
(3) For whom and in connection with what abutting property, if any, the work is to be performed.
(4) To what street main, if any, the sewer, water, or gas connection is to be made or to what electric or communication line, if any, the electric or communication connection is to be made.
(5) The location and identity of city existing utilities, overhead and underground.
(C) The applicant must satisfactorily place on file the appropriate bonding and insurance requirements per this chapter.
(D) All applicants for excavation or obstruction work within traveled portion of the city right- of-way must be licensed contractors meeting the requirements of this section. Permits for driveway or sidewalk construction may be issued directly to the abutting property owner.
(Ord. 2720, passed 2-28-2023)