(a) Permit Required: Inspections. No person shall cut into any paving, curb or sidewalk for any purpose without first having obtained a written permit from the City Manager or his authorized representative therefor, the fee for such permit as set out in the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Sidney. Before any person obtains such a permit, he or she shall inform the Clerk-Treasurer of the place where such cutting is to be done, and it shall be the City Engineer's duty to inspect, when ordered by the City Manager or his or her authorized representative to do so, the place of entry into the paving, sidewalk or curb, or cause such inspection to be made, before the same is cut. When cutting into any paving it shall be the duty of the party to cut the paving under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the City Manager. When the person is ready to close the opening made, he shall inform the City Manager, who shall supervise and inspect the materials used and the work done in closing the opening. It shall be discretionary with the City Manager or his authorized representative to order the work of cutting and closing the paving done by the City and charge the cost thereof to the party who obtained the permit. Alternatively, the City Manager or his authorized representative may consent to the work of cutting and closing the paving to be done by the party holding such permit.
(b) Bond Required. The applicant for a permit required by subsection (a) hereof shall, before any permit is issued, execute a bond to the City, with good and sufficient surety to be approved by the City Attorney or his authorized representative, in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) conditioned as follows:
(1) That the applicant will, if requested by the City, promptly replace and repair each and every place cut into any pavement, curb or sidewalk, under such rules as may be prescribed by the City Manager in as good a condition as before the same was cut, and that the applicant will promptly compensate the City for all work done by the City in replacing or repairing any places cut in the pavement, curb or sidewalk by the applicant;
(2) That the applicant will obey all ordinances of the City in doing all such work and will save the City harmless from any damages which may occur as a result of either cutting or repairing the pavement, curb or sidewalk; and
(3) That the applicant will maintain and keep in repair the place where the pavement, curb or sidewalk is cut in good order to the satisfaction of the City and its officers for a period of one year after the completion of the work.
(Ord. 1800. Passed 9-25-18.)