TITLE 7
PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 1
CULVERTS, DITCHES AND SWALES
SECTION:
7-1-1: Permit Required; Application; Fee
7-1-2: Liability Insurance And Bonds Required
7-1-3: Request For Inspection And Bond Refund
7-1-4: Culvert Regulations
7-1-5: Ditch And Swale Regulations
7-1-6: Roads And Road Shoulders
7-1-7: Removal And Restoration Of Owner Improvements Located In Street Easements And Rights Of Way
7-1-1: PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEE:
   A.   No person shall hereafter construct, build, establish or maintain any driveway, culvert, ditch or swale over, across or upon any portion of any parkway, ditch or shoulder of a road, whether public or private, nor over any portion of right of way of a public road or private road or drainage easement without first having obtained a work permit to do so from the village.
   B.   Application for work permits shall be made in writing upon forms furnished by the village. Said application shall contain the name and address of the person making the application, the name and address of the contractor or person who is to construct said driveway, culvert, ditch or swale, and accompanying the application there shall be a site development plan or construction plan drawn by a registered professional engineer, architect or land surveyor licensed by the state of Illinois, showing:
      1.   Location of all existing and proposed buildings or structures on the property.
      2.   Location of all existing and proposed streets, roadways, driveways, easements and rights of way.
      3.   Location of all existing and proposed utilities such as sanitary sewers, water mains and gas, telephone and electric lines.
      4.   Location of all existing and proposed drainage to, from and across the site, location of intermittent and permanent springs, if any, and culverts and other drainage structures.
      5.   Enough information on those areas abutting or adjacent to the site to show existing drainage patterns and the drainage course that may affect or be affected by the proposed development.
      6.   Name and address of the party preparing the plan along with certification and seal attesting to its accuracy.
   C.   Before any work is started, the constructor or permittee shall be required to pay to the village a permit and inspection fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Provided, however, no fee is required for replacing a culvert under an existing driveway. (Ord. 81-12-13, 12-21-1981)
7-1-2: LIABILITY INSURANCE AND BONDS REQUIRED:
   A.   Before issuance of any such permit, the contractor or person proposing to construct any such driveway, culvert, ditch or swale shall file with the village clerk, on a form acceptable to the village, evidence that he carries public liability and property damage insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), naming the village of Riverwoods and holding harmless its elective and appointive boards, commissions, officers, agents and employees as additional insured to cover claims which may arise out of performance of the work by the applicant. All such bonds shall be continuing until terminated by notice in writing to the village, given thirty (30) days in advance.
   B.   Before issuance of a permit, the applicant shall be required to post a refundable cash bond or other security with the village in a form satisfactory to the village, such security to be to the benefit of the village. Such security shall be a minimum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per acre or any part thereof for the first three (3) acres. When the site exceeds three (3) acres, the fee shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) plus an amount set by the village in cooperation with its consulting agents and officers and determined to be sufficient to cover the cost of improvements. Such security shall be conditioned upon the faithful observance of the conditions and provisions of this chapter, and any plans accompanying the permit. (Ord. 81-12-13, 12-21-1981)
7-1-3: REQUEST FOR INSPECTION AND BOND REFUND:
After all sections of this chapter have been fully complied with and restoration completed, a request for inspection and refund of bond money shall be made in writing on a form provided by the village, and inspections shall be made by the village upon receipt of the written request. The village engineer may be used for consultation on inspections made by the village.
A written inspection report shall be furnished the permittee approving the installation or construction or an itemization of the details if any portion of the construction is found to be improper or unsatisfactory.
If the building chairman or roads chairman approve the performance of the construction, they shall forthwith submit in writing to the village clerk their approval and direction to cause a refund of the cash bond.
Unsatisfactory installations shall be corrected within thirty (30) days of any written notice from the village. If unsatisfactory installations have not been corrected within thirty (30) days of date of written notice, the board of trustees of the village may cause the replacement or completion of unfinished or unsatisfactory work to be done and cause the repair of any damage done to public property by the contractor in performance of the work for which the permit was issued, and such cost shall be deducted from the cash bond on deposit with the village, and the balance thereof shall be returned, upon application of the depositor, and after inspection and approval of the work by the village officers charged with such duty. (Ord. 81-12-13, 12-21-1981)
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