No person, other than a duly authorized City officer or employee, shall make any opening in any street, boulevard, avenue, highway or other public ground in the City or remove the surface of any sidewalk or any part thereof, or open any sidewalk in the City, without first filing with the City Engineer a written or printed application therefor, setting forth and accurately indicating therein the location, kind and extent of the proposed opening or removal of sidewalk and the number, purpose and size of the openings or excavations which are desired or necessary, and such application shall be approved by the City Engineer.
If any openings or excavations are for a purpose other than for public utility purposes or a contract with the City, the applicant shall pay to the City of Steubenville a permit fee as set forth in the schedule herein and shall deposit with the City of Steubenville an additional amount sufficient to cover the cost and supervision of backfilling, repairing, restoring and relaying the pavement or hard surface or the sidewalk, as the case may be, together with the cost of any new material, as the same is estimated by the City Engineer and approved by the City Manager. The deposit may be in the form of cash, irrevocable letter of credit made out to the City of Steubenville, cashiers check drawn on a solvent bank, or a performance bond issued by an insurance company authorized to perform business in the State of Ohio.
Any applicant wishing to open a public street pavement or shoulder shall be a licensed contractor with the City of Steubenville.
Public utility corporations are required to post a performance bond, the amount of which shall be to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, with the approval of the City Manager.
PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE
Fees shown are for each square foot of opening as measured at the excavation surface. Neat squared holes shall be provided.
Pavement and Shoulders - Newly paved or newly constructed using hot-mix asphalt or Portland cement concrete.
Within one year | $12.00 per S.F. |
One to two years after | 8.00 per S.F. |
Two to three years after | 4.00 per S.F. |
After three years | 2.00 per S.F. |
Pavement and Shoulders - Newly sealed using slurry seal or other full seal material.
Within one year | $8.00 per S.F. |
One to two years after | 4.00 per S.F. |
After two years | 2.00 per S.F. |
Sidewalks * | 1.00 per S.F. |
Tree lawns and other grassed areas 25.00 flat rate
When an application is filed which will require an excavation in any combination of pavement, shoulder, sidewalk, tree lawn or other grassed areas, the permit fee will be the sum of the respective fees for each area type excavated. (Ord. 1996-71. Passed 8-27-96.)