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a. Notice to public service corporations. Whenever any street shall be regulated or graded, in which the pipes, mains or conduits of public service corporations are laid, the contractor therefor shall give notice thereof in writing to such corporations, at least forty-eight hours before breaking ground therefor. Such provision shall be included in every contract for regulating or grading any street in which the pipes, mains or conduits of public service corporations shall be laid at the time of making such contract.
b. Public service corporations shall protect their property. Public service corporations whose pipes, mains or conduits are about to be disturbed by the regulating or grading of any street, shall, on the receipt of the notice provided for in the preceding subdivision, remove or otherwise protect and replace their pipes, mains and conduits, and all fixtures and appliances connected therewith or attached thereto, where necessary, under the direction of the commissioner.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
a. All persons having or proposing to install facilities in, on or over any street shall be responsible for reviewing the city's capital budget, capital plan and capital commitment plan. Such persons shall make provision to do any work, except emergency work, which requires the opening or use of any street prior to or during the construction of any capital project requiring resurfacing or reconstruction proposed in such budget or plan for such street.
b. No permit to use or open any street, except for emergency work, shall be issued to any person within a five year period after the completion of the construction of a capital project set forth in such budget or plan relating to such street requiring resurfacing or reconstruction unless such person demonstrates that the need for the work could not have reasonably been anticipated prior to or during such construction.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in subdivisions a and b of this section, the commissioner may issue a permit to open a street within such five year period upon a finding of necessity therefor, subject to such conditions as the commissioner may establish by rule, which shall include appropriate guarantees against the deterioration of the restored pavement and may include restoration of pavement to the curb line on both sides of the restoration and parallel to the curb line for 20 feet on each side of such restoration. Such conditions shall include, but are not limited to, the following requirements:
1. All concrete-base roadways must be restored with concrete of the same depth and at least the same strength as the original base concrete;
2. All cuts made to the roadway must be straight-edged and any angles must measure 90 degrees;
3. Restoration of openings less than 10 feet apart must be restored as one continuous restoration; or
4. If the distance between the edge of the cut and the curb is less than 3 feet the restoration must extend to the curb.
(Am. L.L. 2018/068, 1/19/2018, eff. 1/19/2018)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
a. If any pavement which has been removed shall not be relaid to the satisfaction of the commissioner, he or she may cause an order to be served upon the person by whom such pavement was removed, or if such removal was for the purpose of making a connection between any house or lot, or for any sewer or pipes in the street, or for constructing vaults, or otherwise improving any house or lot, upon the owner or occupant of such house or lot, requiring such person, or the owner or occupant of such house or lot, to have such pavement properly relaid within five days after service of such order. Such order may be served upon the owner or occupant of a house or lot by leaving the same with any person of adult age upon the premises, or posting the same thereupon.
b. The cost of repaving such pavement shall be collected as follows:
1. The commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the cost of such work with a description of the lot or premises to improve which such removal was made.
2. The comptroller shall certify the cost of such work to the city collector, who shall collect the same in the same manner that arrears and water rates are collected.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
a. It shall be unlawful for any person, without being previously authorized by a permit of the commissioner:
1. To fill in or raise, or cause to be filled in or raised, any street or any part thereof;
2. To take up, remove, or carry away, or cause to be taken up, removed or carried away, any asphalt or asphalt blocks, concrete, flagstones, turf, stone, gravel, sand, clay or earth from any street or part thereof.
b. If any person shall violate this section, the commissioner shall take immediate steps to prevent such disturbances of the surface of the street, and shall forthwith restore such flagging or pavement, as nearly as may be practicable, to the condition in which it was before such taking or removal, at the expense of the party removing the same, to be recovered as penalties are recovered.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
a. General provisions. Whenever any pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter in any street shall be taken up, the person or persons by whom or for whose benefit the same is removed shall restore such pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter to its proper condition to the satisfaction of the commissioner of transportation.
b. Rock refills. Whenever rock is excavated, not more than one-third of the total excavation shall be refilled with the broken stone, which must be in pieces not exceeding six inches in their largest dimension, mingled with clean earth and sand, and restored in such manner as to insure the thorough and compact filling of all spaces.
c. Restoration in certain cases. Whenever any pavement in any street shall be taken up, or any paving stones in a street shall have been removed in violation of this subchapter or of section 24-521 of the code, the person or persons by whom or for whose benefit the pavement was taken up or paving stones removed shall forthwith return such stones to their former places, and shall otherwise restore the pavement to its normal condition to the satisfaction of the com- missioner.
d. Maintenance of street hardware. All utility maintenance hole (manhole) covers, castings, and other street hardware shall be maintained flush with the existing surrounding grade. All loose, slippery or broken utility maintenance hole (manhole) covers, castings and other street hardware shall be replaced at the direction of and to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
e. Payment of cost. If the pavement, sidewalk, curb, gutter or street hardware is not properly restored, replaced or maintained to the satisfaction of the commissioner pursuant to subdivisions a, b, c and d of this section, the commissioner may restore, replace or maintain the pavement, sidewalk, curb, gutter or street hardware to its proper condition and the person or persons by whom or for whose benefit the same was removed shall be liable for the cost and expense of the restoration.
f. Rules. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish such rules as, in his or her judgment, shall be deemed necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
g. Reasonable notice of improper or inadequate restoration of pavement or maintenance of street hardware. Except where the condition of the pavement or hardware is an imminent danger to life or safety, reasonable notice of improper or inadequate restoration of pavement or maintenance of street hardware shall be given to a person by ordinary mail. In the case of utilities such notice may be oral or written and shall be given to a person or at a place designated by the utility and the utility shall respond within twenty-four hours.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
a. Every post, pillar or supporting column of a superstructure, including supporting columns of railroad structures, located at such points in the roadways of streets as to constitute a menace to vehicular traffic turning or going into the part of the street at or near the point of such location, shall be striped from its base to a point at least twelve feet high with reflectors or reflectorized lights, in such manner as shall be determined by the commissioner. At night, where directed by the commissioner, there shall be displayed a light of sufficient illuminating power to be visible at a distance of two hundred feet, on an arm or bracket extending from such post, pillar or supporting column, or suspended from the superstructure. The striping and lighting of such posts, pillars or supporting columns covered by this section shall be maintained to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
b. The commissioner shall have power to direct an order to the owner or operator of a superstructure requiring compliance with the provisions of this section.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
a. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or of section 24-521 of the code or any order issued by or rule promulgated by the commissioner pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any permit issued pursuant thereto or who causes, authorizes or permits such violation shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or both such fine and imprisonment for each violation.
b. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or of section 24-521 of the code or any order issued by or rule promulgated by the commissioner pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any permit issued pursuant thereto or who knowingly causes, authorizes or permits such violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment for each violation.
c. In the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance shall be a separate and distinct offense.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.
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