14.10.010: PROHIBITION AGAINST COVERING MONUMENTS:

It is unlawful for any person to damage, remove or cover with any hard surfacing such as asphalt, concrete or metal any public survey monument or section corner, including the metal ring and cover, except as permitted by this chapter. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)

14.10.020: PUBLIC SURVEY MONUMENT DEFINED:

"Public survey monument" means and includes any survey monument, bench mark or section corner, including metal ring and cover, owned by Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, the state of Utah, the United States or any department, division or agency of any such governmental entity whether located on privately owned or publicly owned land. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)

14.10.030: PERMIT APPLICATION:

Prior to distributing, damaging, removing, moving or covering any public survey monument a person shall apply for a permit on a form provided by the Salt Lake City engineer's office. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)

14.10.040: PERMIT FEE:

The applicant for a public survey monument permit shall pay with the application the fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule for the first monument per application and the fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule for every additional monument on the same application. (Ord. 24-11, 2011)

14.10.050: OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY CONCURRENCE:

The city shall not issue a public survey monument permit for work on a public survey monument owned by another governmental entity until the applicant has provided the city with documentation of the other governmental entity's approval. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)

14.10.060: PERMIT WORK REQUIREMENTS:

Work under a public survey monument permit shall be performed only under the supervision of a licensed land surveyor in accordance with any specifications, requirements and conditions imposed by the Salt Lake City engineer's office and any other entity whose approval is required. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)

14.10.070: PENALTY FOR WORK WITHOUT PERMIT:

A person who disturbs, damages, moves, removes or covers a public monument without a permit as required by this chapter, in addition to any other penalty, shall be required to pay double the permit fee required by section 14.10.040 of this chapter or its successor. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)

14.10.080: CITY RESTORATION, REPLACEMENT, REPAIR OR UNCOVERING:

The city may restore, repair, raise, replace or uncover any public survey monument owned by the city which is disturbed, damaged, moved, removed or covered in violation of this chapter. The cost of such restoration, repair, raising, replacement or uncovering, including any necessary resurveying, shall be paid by the person who disturbed, damaged, moved, removed or covered the public survey monument, or by the person for whom such actions were performed. (Ord. 10-95 § 2, 1995)