(a) Because the City desires to minimize Central Business District (CBD) disruption related to excavations, cuts or tunneling, additional requirements are applicable to excavations, cuts and tunneling in its Central Business District.
(b) The City of Johnstown Central Business District is defined in this section as Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the City.
(c) The requirements in this section shall be in addition to the requirements of this chapter. If there is a conflict between this section and other provisions of this chapter, the more stringent requirement shall apply.
(d) All excavations in the CBD shall occur between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., unless the Director of Public Works or his or her designee determines otherwise.
(e) Prior to any opening, cutting, excavating or tunneling or activity related thereto which causes impact to a sidewalk in the CBD, the permit holder shall design and construct alternative walkways for pedestrian ingress to and egress from buildings in the CBD.
(f) Prior to any opening, cutting, excavating or tunneling or activity related thereto which causes impact to a highway or roadway in the CBD, the permit holder shall provide hard copy letter, e-mail and telephonic notice to the building owners two weeks in advance of the disruption to the roadway. The public shall also be notified of the upcoming impediment to the roadway or highway not less than two weeks in advance of the disruption using a digital sign located in the area that will be disrupted.
(g) All repaving of streets and highways in the CBD shall be curb-to-midpoint for the length of an excavation, unless funding requirements dictate differing repaving requirements, in which case funding requirement repaving shall supercede, curb-to-midpoint repaving.
(Ord. 5288. Passed 6-10-20.)