(a) No person shall construct in any street or alley a sewer or drain, the cost of which is to be paid otherwise than by assessments on the lots and lands benefitted by the construction thereof, or out of a fund provided by taxation, or by the issuance of bonds, except pursuant to permission therefor recommended to Council by the Service Director, and given by resolution or ordinance of Council.
(b) No person shall be given permission to construct any such sewer or drain unless plans, profiles and specifications therefor have been approved by Council. No excavation shall be made in any street or alley for the construction of any sewer or drain, nor shall any material used for the construction of any such sewer or drain be deposited therein until there has been executed and delivered by the contractor, or other person by whom the sewer or drain is to be constructed, a bond in the sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), both as to the amount and sureties, payable to the City conditioned upon the proper construction and maintenance of such sewer, and upon payment to the City of any expense or damage that may result to it by reason of the improper construction thereof or by reason of the negligence of such contractor or other person in the prosecution of the work required in the construction of such sewer.
(c) Such bond shall remain in full force and effect for a period of one year after approval by the Director.
(Ord. 98-1960. Passed 2-23-61.)