A. Opening City Streets; Restoration:
1. Any applicant for permission to open any asphalt or concrete surfaced city street, alley, or other roadway, except that portion of U.S. Highway 2 lying within the city limits, shall post with the city clerk-treasurer a bond in the penal sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
2. Said bond shall be payable to the city, to protect the city from any liability of any kind or character whatsoever, which may arise as a result of said applicant's opening any such street, alley, or other roadway, or which may in any way or manner be connected therewith, or related thereto; and further conditioned that the permittee shall properly refill the subsurface and restore the surface of any and all excavations or openings.
B. Opening U.S. Highway 2: Any application for permission to open any portion of U.S. Highway 2 lying within the city limits shall post a bond with the city clerk-treasurer in the penal sum as follows:
1. Amount Of Bond:
a. For trenches not exceeding two thousand (2,000) square feet of surface area, two thousand dollars ($2,000.00);
b. For trenches exceeding two thousand (2,000) square feet of surface area or in unusual cases, a higher amount as mutually agreed upon between the city and the state of Montana.
2. Bond Payable To City And State: The bond shall be made payable to the city of Cut Bank, and to the state of Montana, as their interests appear according to their expenditures, to guarantee that all work shall be done and completed in a good, competent and workmanlike manner, and in compliance with the specifications hereto specified.
3. Inspection: All work on that portion of U.S. Highway 2 lying within the city limits shall be subject to inspection by the engineers of the state of Montana, and any work found to be unacceptable shall be removed and satisfactorily corrected before the bond covering such work is released. (Ord. 13.00)