No person shall perform minor maintenance of facilities in the rights-of-way without first having obtained a minor maintenance permit as set forth in this chapter. Minor maintenance means: the routine repair or replacement of facilities with like facilities not involving construction and not requiring traffic control for more than two hours at any one location; or the routine repair or replacement of facilities with like facilities not involving construction and taking place on thoroughfares and arteries between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; or the routine repair or replacement of facilities with like facilities not involving construction on all rights-of-ways, other than thoroughfares and arterials, that does not impede traffic and is for a period of less than eight contiguous hours; or construction other than on thoroughfares and arterials that takes less than eight contiguous hours to complete, does not impede traffic and does not involve a pavement cut.
(A) A minor maintenance permit allows the minor maintenance permittee to perform all minor maintenance in any part of the rights-of-way as required.
(B) A minor maintenance permit is valid from the date of issuance until December 31 of the year in which the minor maintenance permit was issued at which time the minor maintenance permit shall expire.
(C) A minor maintenance permit must be displayed or upon request produced within 12 business hours.
(D) A minor maintenance permit by itself shall under no circumstances provide a permittee with the ability to cut pavement without seeking additional authority from the Director of the Department of Public Works.
(Ord. 03-02, passed 2-25-02; Am. Ord. 06-18, passed 9-24-18)