§ 13-202 SAME; BOND.

   (a)   No permit authorized in this article shall be issued until the applicant has given to the city a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $500 conditioned that the applicant will faithfully comply with all the terms and conditions of this article, and will indemnify and hold the city harmless against all costs, expenses, damages and injuries by persons or by the city sustained by reason of the carelessness or negligence of the permit holder. No bond for this purpose shall run for longer than two years without being renewed. The bond shall remain in full force and effect as to each excavation for two years after the same has been made or completed.

   (b)   Any utility operating under a franchise or a contractor under contract with the city for municipal improvement shall not be required to give bond as provided in subsection (a) above.

   (c)   Each bond given under this section shall be approved by the City Attorney and filed with the City Clerk.

§ 13-203 SAME; FILED.

   If the application is approved by the city, the City Clerk shall issue a permit upon payment of a fee of $5. Each permit issued under the provisions of this section shall cover only one specified excavation.

§ 13-204 SAME; BARRICADES.

   Any person to whom an excavation permit is issued shall enclose all excavations that he or she make with sufficient barricades and danger signs at all times, and shall maintain sufficient warning lights or flares at nighttime. The holder of an excavation permit shall take all necessary precautions to guard the public against all accidents from the beginning of the work to the completion of the same.

§ 13-205 SAME; UNLAWFUL ACTS.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, except those having authority from the city or any officer thereof to throw down, interfere with or remove any barriers, barricades or lights placed in any street to guard and warn the traveling public of any construction work thereon or adjacent thereto.