(a) Applications. Permits for making openings in City streets shall be issued only by the Director of Public Safety and only for some duly authorized purpose. Applications for street opening permits shall be made on forms provided by the Department of Safety-Service. The application shall give the size and location of the proposed opening and shall state the kind of paving where the cut is to be made. The permit shall be issued only after ample security has been given the City to insure the proper restoration and subsequent maintenance of the street pavement disturbed. Such security shall be furnished in either of two ways as follows:
(1) A cash deposit may be made with each application sufficient to cover the cost of restoration; or
(2) A surety bond may be filed with each application to cover the cost of restoration. Such bond shall remain in effect for a one-year period; and
(3) A general deposit may be made, to be replenished from time to time and to constitute a running account against which permits may be issued provided that no permit shall be issued when the net unencumbered balance in the account becomes less than the estimated cost of the requisite restoration.
In the case of City contracts involving the cutting of street pavements, permits may be issued without cash deposit, but in such cases sufficient money to pay for the necessary street restoration shall be withheld from the contract moneys owing to the contractor until such street restoration is completed by the contractor to the satisfaction of the Safety-Service Director, or until such contractor shall have paid to the City the requisite amount for the street restoration.
(b) Fee. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid for the issuing of such permit. (Ord. 94-9273. Passed 2-15-94.)