(a) Except for persons employed by or under contract with the City of Springfield and persons issued a permit under Chapter 903 of these Codified Ordinances, no person shall make any opening or excavation in any right-of-way or remove any pavement from any right-of-way unless that person has applied for and been issued a permit by the City Manager or his duly authorized agent.
(b) When an excavation or opening in any right-of-way must be made immediately due to an emergency, including an interruption in the provision of utility services, the application for the permit must be made as soon as is practicable.
(c) The application shall be signed by the person who is to do such work, and shall set forth the location, kind, and extent of any excavation, and the name and address of the person for whose benefit the same is to be done. The application shall state the means and methods by which the excavation will be restored. The application shall state when the work will be performed and when the restoration will be completed. The application shall also describe how pedestrian and vehicular traffic will be controlled during the excavation and restoration work.
(d) By signing the application, the applicant agrees to:
(1) pay the fees imposed by this Chapter 901,
(2) perform the work described in the permit in accordance with the permit,
(3) indemnify and save the City harmless from any claim, loss, or damage arising in any way out of such work, or which may result, directly or indirectly, to persons or property by reason of any such improvement, or by reason of the same not being properly guarded or protected by lights, barriers, or otherwise, so as to prevent injury to users of the right-of-way, and
(4) repair or replace any work that, in the reasonable opinion of the Engineer, has been shown to be deficient.
(Ord. No. 17-193. Passed 8-15-17.)