(A) (1) If any excavation or opening is made in any street, paving, gravel or crushed stone or any sidewalk is removed from any street, alley or sidewalk space under any permit hereunder, the applicant shall submit an electronic application for a permit through the city’s website application submittal platform and pay a fee as set by resolution. The applicant shall have on file a certificate of liability insurance naming the city as an additional insured. All cuts in paving and sidewalks shall be a minimum of 36 inches wide and be made rectangular with a saw or other tool approved by the Public Works Director so as to leave edges straight, smooth and perpendicular, or in lieu thereof, the applicant shall remove an entire slab or section of concrete.
(2) It is hereby made the duty of the Public Works Director or designee to cause the refilling of the excavation or opening to be made in the pavement or sidewalk of gravel or stone surfacing in the street or alley to be replaced and to pay the cost and expense incident thereto from the deposit. After the inspection and approval, as set forth above, of the replacement, the city shall be responsible for the cost of continued maintenance and repairs thereof.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the city to either give away or to receive any excavated material removed from any street, alley or other public place within the city, and it shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the city or for any other person to sell or purchase any excavated material from any street, alley or other public place within the city, except by the direction of the Public Works Director.
(C) (1) Persons making excavations for underground water, telephone, electrical, cable television, sewer, chemical or any other liquid lines across paved or asphalt streets, alleys or sidewalks are responsible for replacing the concrete or asphalt to the original thickness and quality.
(2) All replacing of concrete and asphalt shall be done by the city, its employees or designated representatives, and the applicant shall pay the costs thereof.
(D) In preparation for pouring new concrete, the contractor shall drill holes at a mid-way point of the thickness of the paving being cut, thence space five-eighths (5/8) inch diameter by 18 inches long cold rolled steel rods every 30 inches the entire perimeter of the excavation. Holes shall be drilled eight inches deep into existing concrete. Drilling into loose or broken concrete will not be permitted. Applicants shall pay for all costs incurred.
(E) Persons making the excavations and replacement of the materials shall compact filled excavated material by mechanical means to 95% of the maximum density in accordance with the standard proctor.
(Prior Code, § 94.047) (Ord. 88-17, passed 4-18-1988) Penalty, see § 94.999