(a) Map Requirements.
(1) Every person owning, using, controlling, or having an interest in pipes, conduits, ducts, or other structures under the surface of any street used for the purpose of supplying or conveying gas, electricity, communication impulses, or water to or from the Municipality, or to or from its inhabitants, or for any other purposes shall file with the Engineer, within 120 days after the adoption of this chapter, a map or set of maps, each drawn to a scale of not less than one inch to 200 feet, showing the location, depth, size and description of all such installations.
(2) Within thirty days after January 1, of each and every year, such person shall file with the Engineer, a corrected map or set of maps, each drawn to scale as above, showing such installations, including all those made during the previous year; provided however, if no additions have been made to its installation during the previous year, a utility or authority may file with the Engineer, a written statement to that effect, within the period of time specified above. A utility or authority may at its own option elect to provide corrected atlas sheets throughout the year as they are available rather than proceed as above noted.
(3) Each map herein required shall be accompanied by a certificate endorsed thereon, to the effect that the same correctly exhibits the details required to be shown by this section.
(b) Abandoned Facilities.
(1) Whenever any pipe, conduit, duct, tunnel, or other structure located under the surface of any street, or the use thereof, is abandoned, the person owning, using, controlling or having an interest therein shall, within thirty days after such abandonment, file with the Engineer a statement in writing giving in detail the location of the structure so abandoned.
(2) Each map, or set of maps, filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall show in detail the location of all such structures abandoned subsequent to the filing of the last preceding map or set of maps.
(3) When the Municipality plans to pave or improve streets in which there are abandoned facilities, the owner of such facilities shall be notified to remove them if in the opinion of Council their removal is in the best interest of the Municipality. If the owner shall refuse to remove such facilities, the Municipality shall remove the abandoned facilities and the owner shall reimburse the Municipality for such removal.
(c) Notices to Property Owners and Tenants.
(1) If the work to be undertaken by the permittee is such that it will affect the use of properties abutting or adjoining the project, the City Engineer or his designee shall require the permittee to submit a list of the names and addresses of the owners and/or tenants of such properties. Upon receipt of such list, the Engineer shall notify the affected property owners and/or tenants of the proposed work to be done.
(2) If the work to be undertaken by a permittee will affect other sub-surface installations in the vicinity of the proposed opening, the Engineering Department shall notify the owners of such facilities of the proposed work.
(d) Notices to Police and Fire Authorities. The Clerk shall notify in writing the Municipal police and fire authorities of all street opening permits he grants. Such notification shall state the nature of the work to be done, proposed beginning and completion dates, and the location of such project.
(Ord. 1959-12. Passed 7-7-59.)