A. Permit Required: Prior to cutting or excavating within any public rights-of-way or public easements within the City limits, an excavation permit must be issued by the City.
B. State Permits Applicable: Prior to the cutting or excavation of any State highway or route within the City limits, all State permits must be obtained and a copy of each such permit must be filed with the City.
C. Traffic Control And Construction Plans; Depth Of Facilities: An applicant for an excavation permit shall submit with the application a traffic control plan and detailed construction plans, which plans must be approved by the City prior to issuance of the excavation permit. Two (2) copies of the traffic control plan and two (2) copies of the construction plans shall be submitted with the application. The minimum depth of any excavation in a City-owned right-of-way shall be twenty four inches (24") below the surface of the ground or, in cases of excavations below asphalt paving or sidewalks, a minimum of twenty four inches (24") below the bottom of the pavement or sidewalk.
D. Notification Prior To Excavation: The permittee must notify USA at least forty eight (48) hours prior to the start of any excavation.
E. Presence Of Form And Permit: A copy of the USA Dig Alert Location Request Form and a copy of the City excavation permit shall be present on the job site at all times work is in progress.
F. Cut Unavoidable: An applicant for an excavation permit requesting permission to perform a street cut shall demonstrate that the cut is unavoidable and that the permittee has fully evaluated other alignments which would avoid a street cut.
G. Work Without Excavation Permit: If a person performs an excavation without a permit, except in an emergency as defined in this chapter, the permittee shall thereafter pay double the regular permit fee for that excavation project.
H. Expiration Date: An excavation permit shall expire on a date determined by the City, which date shall be no more than thirty (30) days from the date of issuance. If a temporary patch is required due to a street cut, the permittee shall pay an additional fee as established by resolution of the City Council.
I. Revocation Of Permit: The City may revoke an excavation permit at any time for the failure of the permittee to comply with this chapter. (Ord. 835, 3-12-2019)