(a) Permit. No person shall dig up, break, excavate, tunnel, undermine or in any manner break up any street, sidewalk, lawnstrip, etc. or make or cause to be made any excavation in or under the surface of any street or sidewalk for any purpose or place, deposit or leave upon any street or sidewalk, lawnstrip, etc. any earth or other excavated material obstructing or tending to interfere with the free use of the street or sidewalk unless such person shall first have obtained an excavation permit therefor from the Deputy Service Director/Superintendent of Engineering as herein provided. Excavation permits are not required for work performed under City and/or State and federal contracts.
(b) Application. No excavation permit shall be issued unless a written application for the issuance of an excavation permit is submitted to the Deputy Service Director/Superintendent of Engineering. The written application shall state the name and address of the applicant, the nature, location and purpose of the excavation, the date of commencement and date of completion of the excavation, and other data as may reasonably be required by the Deputy Service Director/Superintendent of Engineering. The ap plication shall be accompanied by plans showing the extent of the proposed excavation work, the dimensions and elevations of both the existing ground prior to such excavation and of the proposed excavated surfaces, the location of the excavation work, and such other information as may be prescribed by the Deputy Service Director/Superintendent of Engineering.
(c) Permit Fees. A permit fee shall be charged by the Deputy Service Director/Superintendent of Engineering for the issuance of an excavation permit which shall be in addition to all other fees for permits or charges relative to any proposed construction work. The excavation permit fee shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for each excavation opening required per lot, except when excavations for individual lots are made simultaneously and in conjunction with excavation for constructing new or extending existing public or private utility feeder and/or trunk lines to service two or more customers. A utility company shall be issued a permit that shall be valid for a period of one year and at a cost of twenty dollars ($20.00) to perform ordinary and usual maintenance work.
(d) Excavation Placard. The Deputy Service Director/Superintendent of Engineering shall provide each permittee at the time a permit is issued hereunder a suitable placard plainly written or printed in english letters at least one inch high with the following notice: "City of Kent, Ohio. Permit No. Expires " and in the first blank space there shall be inserted the number of such permit and after word "expires" shall be stated the date when such permit expires. It shall be the duty of any permittee hereunder to keep the placard posted in a conspicuous place at the site of the excavation work. No person shall exhibit such placard at or about any excavation not covered by such permit or misrepresent the number of the permit or the date of expiration of the permit.
(Ord. 2002-106. Passed 11-2-02.)