(A) Permit required.
(1) All utility or service corporations, companies, partnerships or individuals, hereinafter referred to as “enterprises”, permitted to use any right-of-way, street, alley or public grounds of the city for the purpose of extending or altering service lines or mains, by authority granted through a franchise or special agreement with the city and those enterprises who use the right-of-way, street, alley or public grounds without a franchise or special agreement shall hereafter be required to obtain a permit from the city for any excavation necessary for piping, wire(s), mains, lines or appurtenances thereto, altering, enlarging, moving, removing, replacing, maintaining or for any excavation for whatever reason by the enterprises in any right-of-way, street, alley or public grounds of the city.
(2) The enterprises may be, but are not limited to, natural gas, electric, telephone and cable television companies and their agents.
(3) No excavation work shall begin without the issuance of a permit approved by the city or its designated agents.
(4) There shall be a charge for the permit at least equal to the costs incurred by the city for any engineering, surveying, staking, inspecting, supervision and directing of any excavation by any enterprise. The charges shall be determined by the city administration officers or their agents. The permits shall also be required in any undeveloped areas, new subdivisions or additions to the city, where excavation is required by any of the covered enterprises. Prior to the issuance and approval of a permit for an undeveloped area, new subdivision or addition, the enterprise shall submit to the city a detailed proposed plan and drawings and any other information or data required as requested by the city.
(5) Any right-of-way, street, alley or public grounds not repaired, after excavation by a covered enterprise, to as good of condition as they were prior to the excavation, as determined by appropriate agents of the city, may be repaired by the city or its agents, and the costs for the repair shall be charged to the enterprise.
(B) Effective date. This section shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the City Council and after its publication in the official newspaper of the city. The ordinance codified herein was published on 5-14-1976.
(Ord. 55, passed 5-10-1976)