A. All work, unless otherwise specified, shall be done in accordance with the current edition of the Caltrans Standard Plans and Specifications and the Contra Costa County Standard Plans. Caltrans and Americans with Disabilities Act standards apply where applicable.
B. If work is not being conducted in a safe manner, or is not in conformance with the approved design, specifications and standards, or with other conditions of the permit, the city may issue a stop work order. Permit holder shall indicate to the city how he or she plans to remedy the violation, and shall not resume work or make corrections until the city releases the stop work order in writing. The city reserves the right to add or modify conditions to the initial permit in order to prevent future violations.
C. All work authorized by the permit shall be performed in a good and workmanlike, diligent, and expeditious manner, and must be completed to the satisfaction of the city engineer.
D. Permittee shall restore trenches and street surfaces in accordance with city requirements, including achieving the required compaction of all trench and surface sections. At the city's discretion, compaction testing may be required. A two-sack sand slurry mixture may be required for compaction where excavation interferes with traffic flow or where work is within the roadway portion of an intersection. Permittee shall acquire and pay for all services needed to perform the required compaction test and retest until the desired compaction is achieved.
E. Any street paved or resurfaced in the previous thirty-six months shall be termed "prohibition streets" and shall be subject to special paving requirements.
F. During construction or installation, permittee shall maintain the site in a safe and clean condition, free of dust, debris, dirt, siltation, concentrated runoff, and other nuisances. Noise shall be kept to a minimum. Excavations shall be covered and/or barricaded at the city's direction at the end of each work day. Barricades and reflectors shall be used to mark obstructions. All barricades must have portable flashers unless otherwise specified. Access to adjacent properties shall not be unreasonably restricted. Excavations for sidewalks may remain open for up to two days with proper barricades. Excavations for driveway approaches may remain open for up to two days with proper barricades and permission of property owner.
G. Per city of Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 8.20, permittee shall implement and maintain measures to keep sediment, wash waters, equipment maintenance products, and other construction related materials debris from entering the storm drainage system. Dumping or discharge into the city's storm drainage system is prohibited. Measures to protect the storm drainage system shall be in place prior to start of work. Permittee shall implement the Contra Costa Clean Water Program's Pollution Prevention Program Best Management Practice (BMP) guidelines.
H. In every case, the permittee shall be responsible for restoring to its former condition as nearly as may be possible any portion of the city right-of-way which has been excavated or otherwise distributed by permittee. The permittee shall maintain the surface over facilities placed under any permit. If the right-of-way is not restored as herein provided, and if the city elects to make repairs, permittee agrees by acceptance of permit to bear the cost of the restoration work. Plan shall also include work days, duration and hours of operation, and impacts on and provisions for on-street parking. Incomplete plans will be rejected.
I. If any future construction, reconstruction, or maintenance work by the city or required by the city on a street requires the relocation, removal, or abandonment of installations or encroachments in, on, over, or under a street, the permittee owning, controlling, or maintaining such installations or encroachments shall relocate, remove, or abandon the same at his or her sole expense unless otherwise required by law. When removal, relocation, or abandonment is required, the city engineer shall give such permittee a written demand specifying the place of relocation, or that the installations or encroachment must be removed or abandoned. If said permittee fails to comply with said instructions, the city may cause the removal, relocation, or abandonment of the encroachment at the expense of the permittee.
J. The permittee shall ascertain the exact location of all underground facilities prior to doing work that may be damaged during construction. The permittee is responsible for verifying that all utilities including water, cable TV, electrical, gas, telephone, sewer, fiber optic, gasoline and other city facilities are clear, protected, or relocated from the area of work prior to construction. Forty-eight hours before commencing work, the permittee shall contact Underground Service Alert (USA) at 811, 1-800-227-2600, or online at usanorth811.org to verify elevations and locations of all existing utilities. Additional potholing of critical utilities shall be performed by permittee at permittee's expense if there is uncertainty regarding possible conflicts.
K. Permittee shall remove all painted utility markings associated with the project when the job is completed at the city's direction. Depending on the location, the city may require applicant to ensure a uniform right-of-way appearance after the markings are removed. This may include, but is not limited to, cleaning an entire flag of sidewalk or asphalt.
L. Permittee shall adhere to the pavement restoration regulations established in Section 12.04.090.
M. If all the construction and/or repair work is not completed within the time limit set on the permit, the city engineer is authorized to have the same done at the expense of the permittee. No new permits shall be issued to an individual or company who has not reimbursed the city for all of its expenses in completing work under this provision.
N. A permit shall become void if work is not commenced within thirty calendar days of its issue.
O. The permittee shall call for and secure a preliminary inspection of grading and form work before placing any concrete, and he or she shall call for a final inspection upon completion of the work. The permittee shall be responsible for removing all surplus and waste material from the job site and for the restoration of the work area to a clean and satisfactory condition.
P. The city engineer shall have the power and authority to determine that the use for which a driveway was constructed has been abandoned, and give written notice requiring that the curb and gutter and sidewalk shall be constructed to grade. (Ord. 2022-03 § 2 (part), 2022; Ord. 217 § 6, 1965).