(A) When an application for a permit is made, the certificate of insurance and/or the bond is approved and placed on file and the appropriate fees paid, a permit shall be issued to the applicant to allow for the particular use, occupancy, work, excavation and/or obstruction specified in the application to commence. The department may impose conditions, restrictions, or requirements upon the issuance of the permit and the performance of the applicant thereunder in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare; to ensure the structural integrity of the right-of-way; to maximize efficient use of the right-of-way; to protect the property and safety of other users of the right-of-way; and to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to the traveling public, which conditions, restrictions, or requirements shall be stated in the permit or otherwise communicated to the permittee in writing by the director. The permit shall specifically state that it is issued subject to all stipulations of the applicant made in applying for the permit and that the work shall be done in accordance with the detailed plans and specifications approved in connection with the application and in accordance with any and all further conditions, restrictions, or requirements stated on the permit.
(B) The application for the permit shall remain on file in the Engineering Department. The original of the permit shall be kept at the work site and exhibited to the City Inspector or to any city officer asking for the same. Upon completion of the work, it shall be returned to the Engineering Department endorsed with the name of the permit holder performing the work and the time at which the work has been completed.
(C) The City Engineering Department shall not issue any permit for the blocking or closing of any public right-of-way for a longer period of time than 60 days without specific authorization from the Council. All excavations in the public right-of-way shall be backfilled and fully restored within 90 days of initial excavation. The permit shall expire at the time stated thereon for completion unless an extension is granted in writing by the director; provided however, that the obligation to restore the right-of-way and the obligation to provide and maintain insurance and bond to the city in connection with such work shall remain in effect until restoration of the right-of-way is completed.
(Ord. 2720, passed 2-28-2023)