902.01 Definitions.
902.02 Permit; fee; bond required to cover backfilling, etc.
902.03 Insurance required.
902.04 Supervision by Director of Public Service; backfill specifications.
902.05 Barricades and warning lights.
902.06 Newly laid pavement; reopenings.
902.07 Bond required to cover settling and defects.
902.08 Application of chapter.
902.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to establish and care for streets - see Ohio R.C. 715.19, 717.01, 723.01
Openings by the Municipality - see Ohio R.C. 723.02
Surface treatment- see Ohio R.C. 723.23, 723.31
Excavation liability - see Ohio R.C. 723.49 et seq.
Changing established grade - see Ohio R.C. 727.07
Digging, excavating and piling earth on streets - see Ohio R.C. 5589.10
New street openings, reserve strips - see P. & Z. 1103.04
Concrete for streets - see BLDG. Ch. 1512
Before any person other than a duly authorized City officer or employee makes any opening or tunneling in any street, alley or other public grounds in the City or removes the surface of any sidewalk or any part thereof, such person shall file with the Director of Public Service a written or printed application therefor, setting forth and accurately indicating therein the location, kind and extent of the proposed opening or removal of sidewalk and the number, purpose and size of the openings or excavations which are desired or necessary. If any openings or excavations are for a purpose other than pursuant to a contract with the City, the applicant shall pay a fee as set out in Chapter 185 of the Administrative Code (the General Fee Schedule) and shall deposit with the City a bond sufficient to cover the cost and supervision of backfilling, repairing, restoring and relaying the pavement or hard surface of the sidewalk as the case may be, together with the cost of any new material, as the same shall be estimated by the Director of Public Service, but in no event less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)
In addition to the bond required by Section 902.02, every applicant shall, as a condition of any permit being issued pursuant to this chapter, maintain contractor's comprehensive general and automobile liability insurance, or its equivalent, extended (or by means of a separate policy) to include liability for damage caused by explosion, collapse, underground work, independent contractors, products and completed operations, together with owner's protective liability, with not less than the following policy limits:
(a) The policy or policies of insurance required by this section shall have a policy limit for bodily injury and property damage of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each occurrence.
(b) Such policy or policies of insurance shall name the City as an additional insured for all work performed within the City limits.
(c) Such policy or policies of insurance shall contain the following special provision: The company agrees that ten days prior to cancellation, material alteration or reduction of the insurance afforded by this policy with respect to the permit involved, written notice shall be sent by certified mail to the City of Parma.
All insurance herein specified shall be with a company authorized to do business in the State and acceptable to the Director of Public Service.
(Ord. 325-88. Passed 11-9-88.)
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