(a) Council shall, by resolution, fix and determine the various fees and charges incidental to the issuance of any permit required under this chapter, upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Works. No permit shall be issued unless any fee previously incurred has been paid to the City Treasurer upon demand therefor and a receipt therefor has been obtained.
(1979 Code Sec. 13.28.050)
(b) Pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, the following schedule of fees is hereby established. Such fees shall be effective April 1, 1993, and shall expire April 1, 1994.
(1) Erection, replacement, removal or alteration of poles. The fees for the erection or replacement of poles shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first pole and seven dollars ($7.00) for each additional pole. The fees for the removal or alteration of poles shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first pole and seven dollars ($7.00) for each additional pole. However, when any part of the street lighting system of the City shall be removed, relocated or changed at the request of the City, or in pursuance of the general maintenance of the street lighting system by the Detroit Edison company, there shall be no charge for such removal, relocation or change.
(2) Tapping of underground carrier mains. Where the main is located in such a manner as not to require the disturbance of any existing public structure, the fee for a service connection to any building shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00). Where the utility company is required to make any pavement or sidewalk break, or reach its carrier main, the fee for each fifteen square feet of pavement or sidewalk break shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) plus seven dollars ($7.00) for each additional square foot. Where it is necessary to make a continuous concrete or bituminous pavement break for the installation of underground facilities, the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00) per linear foot.
(3) Inspections. All inspections of mains or conduit or carrier services of any description shall be made by the Inspection Division of the City Engineer's office. The fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per hour to cover the cost of the inspector's time spent on the job. However, if the City is required to break the pavement and replace the same, the following schedule of fees will apply: Asphalt: one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first square yard, plus four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) for each additional square foot; Cold Patch: twenty dollars ($20.00) per ton, or any part thereof; Concrete: seventy dollars ($70.00) for the first square yard, plus seven dollars ($7.00) for each additional square foot.
(4) Annual payment. Upon receipt of a letter from any utility company affected hereby requesting the same, the fees specified herein may be computed and paid for by the requesting utility at the end of each City fiscal year.
(Res. 93-200. Passed 3-29-93.)