(1) Minor maintenance means:
A. The routine repair or replacement of facilities with like facilities not involving construction and not requiring traffic control for more than thirty (30) minutes at any one location; or
B. Construction on thoroughfares and arterials between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. that does not impede traffic and does not involve a street, pavement, curb, or sidewalk cut without first obtaining the approval of the Director of Service; or
C. Construction other than on thoroughfares and arterials that takes less than eight (8) contiguous hours to complete, does not impede traffic and does not involve a street, pavement, curb, or sidewalk cut without first obtaining the approval of the Director of Service ; or
D. Any other construction or work done in the rights-of-way that the Director of Service determines to be minor maintenance.
(2) A minor maintenance permit allows the minor maintenance permittee to perform all minor maintenance in any part of the rights-of-way as required.
(3) 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.
(4) Upon the City's request, a minor maintenance permit must be produced within twelve (12) hours or the first earliest business hour, whichever is later. For purposes of this chapter, business hour shall mean the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during a business day.
(5) A minor maintenance permit by itself shall under no circumstances provide a permittee with the ability to cut the street, pavement, curb, or sidewalk without first obtaining the approval of the Director of Public Works.
(b) Minor Maintenance Permit Applications. Application for a minor maintenance permit shall be made to the Director of the Service Department. In addition to any information required by the Director of Service , all minor maintenance permit applications shall contain, and will only be considered complete upon compliance with the following provisions:
(1) Credible evidence that the applicant (where required) has obtained a certificate of registration or proof that the applicant has written authority to apply for a minor maintenance permit on behalf of a party that has been issued a certificate of registration; and
(2) Submission of a completed minor maintenance permit application in the form required by the Director of Service; and
(3) A statement that the applicant will employ protective measures and devices that, consistent with the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, will prevent injury or damage to persons or property and to minimize disruptions to the efficient movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
(c) Issuance of Minor Maintenance Permits; Conditions.
(2) The City may impose reasonable conditions upon the issuance of the minor maintenance permit and the performance of the minor maintenance permittee thereunder in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare, to insure the structural integrity of the rights-of-way, to protect the property and safety of other users of the rights-of-way, and to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to the traveling public.
(d) Minor Maintenance Permit Fees. The Director of Service shall not charge a fee for the issuance of the minor maintenance permit but may revoke the minor maintenance permit as any other permit may be revoked under this chapter.
(Ord. 051-2022. Passed 12-5-22.)