Any person desiring to engage in the construction or reconstruction of walks or driveways or to make curb openings shall file with the Director of Public Service-Safety a bond in the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000). The surety on such bond shall be executed by such bonding company in the City and shall be approved by the Director as to sufficiency and by the City Solicitor as to form. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful observance of the provisions of this chapter and other applicable provisions of these Codified Ordinances and the specifications, rules or regulations pertaining to the construction and reconstruction of walks, driveways or curb openings, and upon the principal's constructing, reconstructing or making all walks, driveways or curb openings in strict compliance with all applicable existing ordinances, specifications, rules and regulations of the City.
The bond shall further provide for payment to the City, or all persons entitled thereto, of the cost and expense of reconstructing any walk, driveway or curb opening when required by the Director, should any defect due to construction, material or workmanship develop in such work at any time within a period of three years from January 1 next following the completion of the work, which defect is, in the judgment of the Director, caused by the contractor's failure to conform to the specifications and regulations relating to the construction or reconstruction of walks, driveways or curb openings which are established under this chapter and amendments thereto. The bond shall be further conditioned upon the surety's indemnifying and saving harmless the City on account of any and all claims for damages or injuries to persons or property due to failure of the contractor or his agents or servants to maintain the right of way, where such construction or reconstruction is being done, in a condition which is safe and fit for public travel, and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and amendments thereto or any ordinance, rules or regulations relating to public safety now in effect or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated.
(Ord. 35-79. Passed 5-8-79.)