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§ 94.047 CUTTING AND REFILLING.
   (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
§ 94.048 FAILURE TO MAKE APPLICATION.
   Any person who fails to make application for any necessary permit before starting work for which a permit is required shall, upon being granted a permit for the work, be required to pay double the amount of the regular charges herein provided for.
(Prior Code, § 94.048) (Ord. 854, passed 11-20-1957)
§ 94.049 SUPERVISION.
   All such cuts and excavations in paved streets, avenues or alleys shall be made under the supervision of the Public Works Director or City Engineer or other qualified person.
(Prior Code, § 94.049)
§ 94.050 EXCAVATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to make or maintain any hole, depression or excavation on private property which is a hazard to life and limb, endangers property or adversely affects the safety, use or stability of a public way or drainage channel.
   (B)   The Chief Building and Code Inspector, or designee, upon making a determination that such a hole, depression or excavation exists, shall give notice in writing, either by mail or personal service, to the owner of the property upon which the hole, depression or excavation is located, or other person or agent in control of the property, requesting the person to repair or eliminate the hole, depression or excavation so as to eliminate the hazard within seven days after receipt of the notice.
   (C)   If the owner or other person in control of the property fails to repair or eliminate the hole, depression or excavation so as to eliminate the hazard within 24 hours, the city shall cause the repair or elimination, and the costs thereof, paid by the city, shall be recovered from the owner of the property or the person in control of the property.
(Prior Code, § 94.050) (Ord. 2708, passed 5-19-1980) Penalty, see § 94.999
HOUSE NUMBERING
§ 94.065 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   BUILDING. Any building used or designated as a place for the conduct of any business.
   HOUSE. Residence.
(Prior Code, § 94.065)
§ 94.066 DIRECTIONS.
   All houses and buildings fronting on the public streets shall be numbered as herein provided and as designated by the City Engineer. Every 22 feet front of all lots shall constitute a numbering space, and the numbers shall be placed on the houses or buildings in accordance therewith and this shall also apply to residence as well as business property. The numbers of houses or buildings between avenues and fronting on streets shall be from 1 to 50, with the avenue to the east of the house or building prefixed, as 2401, 2402 and so forth, for those between 24th and 25th Avenues, and so forth, odd numbers on the south side and even numbers on the north side of the streets. The numbers for houses or buildings between streets and fronting on avenues shall be from 51 to 99 with the street to the south prefixed, as 1351, 1352 and so forth, for the houses and buildings between 13th and 14th Streets, and so forth, odd numbers on the east side and even numbers on the west side of the avenues. In the event that curvilinear or other special street design required special consideration for logical and convenient numbering, variances in the above schedule will be made. This special numbering shall, however, have as much relation to the above numbering as possible. All numbering of new additions shall be on file in the office of the City Engineer.
(Prior Code, § 94.066)
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