Section
151.01 Definitions
151.02 Utility excavation permit
151.03 Application for permit
151.04 Permit fee
151.05 Utility excavation placard
151.06 Surety bond
151.07 Exemption from surety bond
151.08 Public Works Director
151.09 Emergency action
151.10 Non-completion or abandonment
151.11 Insurance
151.12 Indemnification
151.13 Exemption from fee payment and insurance provisions
151.14 Refusal of permits
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
APPLICANT. Any person making written application to the Public Works Director for an excavation permit hereunder.
EXCAVATION WORK. The excavation and other work permitted related to water distribution, wastewater collection, and stormwater collection and distribution under a utility excavation permit and required to be performed under this chapter.
PERMITTEE. Any person or company who has been granted and has in full force and effect a utility excavation permit issued hereunder.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. The Public Works Director of the city or his or her authorized representative.
STREET. Any street, highway, sidewalk, alley, avenue, or other public right-of-way or grounds or public easements in the city.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-1) (Ord. 549, passed 2-27-2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up, break, excavate, tunnel, drill, bore, undermine, or in any manner break up any street or to make or cause to be made any excavation in or under the surface of any street or to place, deposit, or leave upon any street any earth or excavated material obstructing or tending to interfere with the free use of the street, unless such person shall first have obtained a utility excavation permit therefor from the Public Works Director as herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-2) (Ord. 549, passed 2-27-2012) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) No utility excavation permit shall be issued unless a written application for the issuance of a utility excavation permit on forms provided for that purpose is submitted to the Public Works Director. The written application shall state the name, address, and phone number of the applicant, the nature, location, and purpose of the excavation, and date of commencement and date of completion of the excavation, and other data as may reasonably be required by the Public Works Director.
(B) If required by the Public Works Director, the application shall be accompanied by plans showing the extent of the proposed excavation work, the dimensions and elevations of both the existing ground prior to the excavation and of the proposed excavated surfaces, the location of the excavation work, and the other information as may be prescribed by the Public Works Director.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-3) (Ord. 549, passed 2-27-2012)
Upon approval of the application for the utility excavation permit by the Public Works Director, the applicant shall pay a fee set by the City Council to the city to cover reasonable costs for the issuance of the utility excavation permit.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-4) (Ord. 549, passed 2-27-2012)
The Public Works Director shall provide each permittee, at the time the permit is issued, a suitable placard which shall state the permittee’s name, the permit number, and the date of expiration. 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. It shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit the placard at or about any excavation not covered by the permit or to misrepresent the permit number of the date of expiration.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-5) (Ord. 549, passed 2-27-2012) Penalty, see § 10.99
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