7-3-3: RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS:
   A.   A right-of-way user shall obtain, by application to the City Clerk, a permit for installation in the city right-of-way whenever the right-of-way user desires to place, construct, bury, locate, relocate, or reconstruct anything in the city right-of-way. Such application shall be accompanied by:
      1.   Written and-graphic material that states and-shows the particular part of or point on the city right-of-way where placement, construction, or excavation is proposed to occur.
      2.   A statement of the beginning and ending dates for the time during which, the work is to be done and completed.
      3.   A sign-off sheet showing that all other registered right-of-way users and the City of Oxford, with facilities in the vicinity of the proposed installation or repair work have reviewed the plan for the proposed work and have no objection. So as not to have undue delay, the right-of-way user making application for the permit need only wait ten business days from the time of submitting its plans to the other right-of-way users. Failure by a right-of-way user to respond to such requested plan review within ten (10) business days shah constitute an expression of no objection. If there is a dispute between right-of-way users as to location of the respective facilities of each in a segment of city right-of-way, the city shall determine the placement of such facilities.
      4.   Plans and specifications for the proposed work in such detail as the city shall reasonably require to show that the work as proposed conforms to city ordinances, regulations, and policies.
   B.   In making excavations in the city right-of-way the right-of-way user shall do the work in a manner devised to cause the least possible inconvenience to the public.
   C.   The right-of-way user shall properly protect, according to safety standards generally accepted at the time that the installation in the city right-of-way occurs, all excavations and obstructions by proper placement of barricades, warning, lights and such other or additional devices, in accordance with The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as circumstances may warrant. If in the opinion of the city such excavation or obstruction is not properly and safely protected, the city shall notify the right-of-way user and the right-of-way user shall comply immediately with the instructions of the city. Failure or refusal by the right-of-way user to follow such instructions shall constitute a violation of this section.
   D.   Any trenches or excavations opened by a right-of-way user in the city right-of-way shall be filled by the right-of-way user, all backfilling in the city right-of-way shall be done in accordance with city specifications, including specification for the replacement of grass and other landscaping features.
   E.   Temporary street surfacing shall be placed, in excavations in a city street as soon as the same has been backfilled. Pavements, sidewalks, curbs and gutters or other portions of streets and public places opened, disturbed or damaged, shall be promptly restored and replaced with like materials at the expense of the right-of-way user and left in as good a condition as before the opening, disturbance or damage occurred. In the event that like materials for replacement are not available, the city may approve the use of an alternative material that is reasonably close in effect to the original material. The city will consider and evaluate for approved use, on a case by case basis, such alternative methods that meet standards of good engineering practice.
   F.   Where a cut or disturbance is made by a right-of-way user to a section of a street or a sidewalk paving, rather than replacing only the area cut, the right-of-way user shall replace the full width of the existing sidewalk or street paving and the mil length of the section or sections cut, a section being that area marked by expansion joints or scoring, or as directed by the city.
   G.   Right-of-way users shall maintain, repair and keep in good condition for a period of two (2) years following such disturbance all portions of the city street surface disturbed by a right-of-way user. Landscaping that is so disturbed shall be repaired and maintained for a period of one (1) year. Grass that is so disturbed shall be repaired and maintained for a period of sixty (60) days.
   H.   No right-of-way user or any person acting on the right-of-way user's behalf shall commence any non-emergency work in the city right-of-way without five (5) working days advance notice to the city. In the event of an emergency involving public safety, the city may issue the permit orally, but the written documentation of the application for and issuance of the permit shall be completed as soon as practicable after the work has started.
   I.   Whenever any existing electric utility facilities, cable television facilities, or other telecommunications facilities are installed underground in a certain segment of the city right-of-way, any other right-of-way user shall also locate its facilities underground in that segment of the city right-of-way.
   J.   Street crossings and sidewalk crossings by right-of-way user facilities shall be bored at those locations where reasonably required by the city. Some examples of where such boring may be required are: major streets, new streets, and locations of major events that conflict with construction.
   K.   No permit shall be issued for the installation of right-of-way user facilities in the city right-of-way unless the right-of-way user has filed with the city a registration statement in accordance with this section.
   L.   No permit for installation of right-of-way Facilities in the city right-of-way shall be issued by the city unless the right-of-way user has paid such installation permit fee as shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council.
   M.   All trees, landscaping and grounds removed, damaged or disturbed as a result of installations by a right-of-way user in the city right-of-way shall be replaced or restored as soon as is reasonably possible, in accordance with inspection by and direction of the city public works department, with respect to effects of construction in the city right-of-way. (Ord. 2019-01, 5-14-2019)