(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city. Before a permit may be issued, any person other than utility companies doing excavation work in any city street or alley shall provide the city with a surety bond in the amount of $1,000 per job or $5,000 per year guaranteeing that the contractor will complete the work in accordance with all ordinances and the plans and specifications as approved by the Director of Public Works. This bond shall state that the persons will indemnify and save harmless the city and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays, and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his or her part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this chapter. Such bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of one year except that on such expiration it shall remain in force as to all penalty claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to such expiration.
(B) The fee, if any, for the connection permit shall be an amount established by resolution of the Commission.
(C) The person applying for a connection permit will receive one copy of the permit; one copy will be retained by the issuing City Department; one copy will go to the City Treasurer; one copy will be retained by the Inspector. The copy retained by the Inspector shall be returned to the issuing department with a sketch of the actual installation on the back showing all dimensions, directions, and other pertinent information concerning the installation. The copy with the sketch shall bear the signature of the Inspector and the date the inspection was made.
(Ord. 622, passed 3-4-85; Am. Ord. 1074, passed 9-27-21)