No person, firm or corporation shall solicit for or engage in any kind of forestry or tree surgery work for hire for another person, firm or corporation within the City without first obtaining a forestry and tree surgery permit from the Department of Public Works.
(Ord. 41-11. Passed 10-3-2011.)
Applicants for a permit pursuant to this chapter, shall make application for such permit on a form provided by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee. The applicant for the permit shall certify thereon that he or she is prepared and agrees to remove any and all tree branches, logs, stumps and other debris resulting from such work from the premises wherein the work was performed to a proper disposal site as determined by the City, within five days from the date of cutting of the branches, logs and stumps and other debris which resulted from the performance of such work. (Ord. 41-11. Passed 10-3-2011.)
Each applicant shall file certificates of insurance or evidence thereof with the Director of Public Works or his or her designee that he or she is protected under Ohio workers’ compensation law and that he or she maintains such insurance as will protect him or her from other claims or damages to property or for personal injury, including death, which may arise from the operations under such permit, whether such operations are by the permit holder or any other permit holder who may be a subcontractor employed thereby or any one directly or indirectly employed by the permit holder or subcontractor thereof. The permit holder shall file with the Director of Public Works or his or her designee and maintain in full force and effect a contractor's liability policy, naming the City as an additional insured, in a form approved by the Director of Law covering all operations within the City by the permit holder on either public or private property providing liability insurance coverage for bodily injury in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars/three hundred thousand dollars ($100,000/$300,000) and for property damages in the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Ord. 41-11. Passed 10-3-2011.)
When evidence discloses that the permit holder has refused or failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee may require the permit holder to furnish a performance bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) guaranteeing full faith and compliance with the provisions of this chapter and binding the surety thereon to correct or abate any violations of this chapter whenever the applicant for permit named as principal on such bond refuses, neglects or fails to correct or abate such violation within a reasonable time as set by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee.
(Ord. 17-10. Passed 3-1-2010.)
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