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(A) A contaminated soil zone shall mean any area of the public right-of-way where fuel contaminated soil exceeds IEPA Tier 1 residential remediation objectives and the city has executed a highway authority agreement with the owner of the adjacent property.
(B) No person other than a duly authorized city official or employee in the course of his or her employment shall make any excavation or opening in or under any public street or alley within any designated contaminated soil zone without a permit from the city.
(C) The city shall publish a list and map describing and depicting the designated contaminated soil zones on its website. These zones shall include any right-of-way covered by an active highway authority agreement.
(D) Applications for a permit to conduct work within a designated contaminated soil zone shall be in a manner and form as prescribed by the Director of Public Works.
(E) A permittee under this section shall take all measures necessary to protect the human health (including worker safety) and the environment during and after any work within a designated contaminated soil zone.
(F) Any person conducting excavation work within a contaminated soil zone shall dispose of any soil or groundwater removed in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
(Ord. 20-3629, passed 12-21-2020)
WATER AND SEWER; GENERAL PROVISIONS
Application for an excavation permit shall be made to the City Engineer on a form prepared by the City Engineer, and shall be issued only upon the payment of the fee hereinafter set forth, which payment shall be made to the City Treasurer and evidenced by a receipt given by the City Treasurer.
(1990 Code, § 25-92)
(A) Upon application for a sewer or water excavation permit, the following applicable fee shall be paid:
(1) | One-half permanent base street, including terrace | $300 |
(2) | One-half flexible base street, including terrace | $250 |
(3) | Terrace only (not to exceed ten feet in length) | $60 |
(4) | Terrace cuts over ten feet in length shall be, per foot of cut, an additional | $2.50 |
(5) | The above schedule is for cuts at right angles to the centerline of the street. On any cuts running obliquely or parallel to the street centerline the City Engineer shall compute the charge using the above schedule as a base for the charges. | |
Concrete street opening | $300 | |
Asphalt street opening | $300 | |
Brick street opening | $300 | |
Oil and chip opening | $250 | |
(6) | Installation of lawn sprinkler system | $75 |
(7) | Curb opening; sidewalk construction or reconstruction; driveway construction, resurfacing or reconstruction; planting, removing or trimming a tree or shrub | $15 fee for the permit; $25 late fee if permit was not requested prior to construction |
(B) Each of the fees listed above shall be increased by $25 when the required permit is requested after the work for which the permit is required has begun.
(1990 Code, § 25-93) (Ord. 62-672, passed 10-1-1962; Ord. 69-493, passed 1-15-1968; Ord. 75-361, passed 2-17-1975; Ord. 77-512, passed 4-4-1977; Ord. 81-782, passed 2-16-1981; Ord. 84-978, passed 10-2-1984; Ord. 90-1337, passed 4-2-1990; Ord. 09-3263, passed 11-2-2009; Ord. 13-3424, passed 11-4-2013; Ord. 14-3465, passed 11-17-2014; Ord. 17-3560, passed 12-20-2017; Ord. 22-3682, passed 10-3-2022)
SEWER EXCAVATIONS
(1990 Code, § 25-106)
(A) The permittee shall take appropriate measures to assure that during the performance of the excavation work traffic conditions as nearly normal as practicable shall be maintained at all times so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to the occupants of the abutting property and to the general public. If more than one-half of the street is closed, special permission shall be obtained from the City Manager. The City Manager may permit the closing of streets to all traffic for a period of time prescribed by him or her and the permittee shall route and control traffic including its own vehicles as directed by the Police Department.
(B) In the case where the street or streets affected are a state route or routes, all rules and regulations, as promulgated by the state, concerning the street and the routing of traffic on state routes will apply; and shall be in addition to the regulations as directed by the city and the City Sanitary District.
(1990 Code, § 25-108) (Ord. 62-672, passed 10-1-1962; Ord. 68-943, passed 1-15-1968)
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