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No such permit shall be issued unless and until the applicant therefor shall have filed with the City Clerk a bond in the sum of $5,000, conditioned to indemnify the city for any loss, liability or damage that may result or accrue from or because of the making, existence or manner of guarding or constructing any such tunnel, excavation or street cut. The bond shall have as surety a corporation licensed to do business in the State of Michigan as a surety bond company.
(1990 Code, § 4.5)
It shall be unlawful to make any such excavation, tunnel, or street cut prior to notifying the City Water and Sewer Departments in sufficient time before such excavation to allow them to stake and locate any city water and/or sewer lines in the area. It shall also be necessary to notify the utility companies and “Miss Dig.”
(1990 Code, § 4.6) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) It shall be unlawful to make any such excavation, tunnel, or street cut in any way contrary to or at variance with the terms of the permit acquired therefor. Proper bracing shall be maintained to prevent the collapse of adjoining ground; and, in excavations, the excavations shall not have anywhere below the surface any portion which is undercut beyond the opening at the surface.
(B) In any subsurface excavations the MIOSHA standards applicable and in effect in the State of Michigan shall be used by any contractor or individual making such excavations, and such MIOSHA standards shall be adopted and incorporated into this section by reference.
(C) No injury or damage shall be done to any pipes, cables or conduits in the making of such excavation or tunnel, and notice shall be given to the persons maintaining any such pipes, cables or conduits as above set forth.
(D) No unnecessary damage or injury shall be done to any trees or shrubs or the roots thereof.
(1990 Code, § 4.7) Penalty, see § 10.99
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