CHAPTER 1020
Street Openings, Excavations, Curb cuts and Replacements
1020.01   Permit required.
1020.02   Application for permit.
1020.03   Fee; insurance.
1020.04   Investigation; issuance of permit.
1020.05   Disposition of fee, deposit.
1020.06   Inspection by the City Engineer.
1020.07   Bond; sureties.
1020.08   Trees; backfills.
1020.09   Safety precautions.
1020.10   Service connection permit.
1020.11   Curb cuts and replacements.
1020.99   Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
         Openings by the Municipality – see Ohio R.C. 723.02
         Surface treatment – see Ohio R.C. 723.23, 723.31
         Liability for damage – see Ohio R.C. 723.49 et seq.
         Notice to construct or repair curbs – see Ohio R.C. 729.03
         Construction or repair at owner’s expense – see Ohio R.C. 729.04 et seq.
         Digging, excavating and piling earth on streets – see Ohio R.C. 5589.10
1020.01 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   No person shall dig, trench, excavate, grade, tunnel, make any opening in or do any work in or under any portion of any street or other public ground within the Municipality without first obtaining the appropriate permit therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1961-69. Passed 6-5-61.)
1020.02 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.    
   Any person desiring to perform any of the acts or work referred to in Section 1020.01 in or under the paved portion of any street, or any portion of any other public place within the Municipality, shall make application therefor in writing to the Mayor. Such application shall be filed with the City Engineer and shall state the name and address of the persons proposing to perform any of such acts or work, the purpose for which the same is to be done, the location thereof, with an indication of whether or not it is to be done in the paved portion of any street, and the time within which the street or public place will be restored to its former condition. Such application shall be accompanied by an accurate plat or blueprint showing the construction or other work to be done and showing the exact location of such work together with its relation to or proposed connection, if any, with existing construction or installations.
(Ord. 1961-69. Passed 6-5-61.)
1020.03 FEE; INSURANCE.
   Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) with such further deposit as the City Engineer may specify as necessary to defray the cost and expenses of investigation and inspection of the work by him, as hereafter provided, and to restore the surface of the street to its former condition after the performing of any acts or work referred to in Section 1020.01. Such restoration shall include the removal of refuse, debris and dirt deposited on the paved surface of the street, driveways and sidewalks during the performance of such acts or work.
   The application shall also be accompanied by a public liability insurance policy or policies issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State, insuring the Municipality as well as the person doing the work, in form approved by the Law Director and in such sums as the City Engineer shall deem necessary, but in no event less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) - three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) personal injury liability and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) property damage liability, conditioned to indemnify, defend and save harmless the Municipality from any debt, claim, suit, action or demand by any person or entity caused by or arising out of the work for which permission is sought under such application. The insurance policy or policies shall be in force when the acts or work are commenced and shall remain continuously in force while the work or acts are being done.
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