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When permits are requested to disturb, dig up or in any way obstruct any street or public place in the city, the Building Official may require from the applicant, before granting a permit, a cash bond, conditioned to secure the city against all loss, damage or injury of any kind which may result to the city by reason of the disturbance, digging up or obstruction of the street. The amount of the bond shall be as determined by the Director of Public Works and the City Engineer.
(1998 Code, § 106-73)
It shall be the duty of the Building Official, with the Director of Public Works’ and the City Engineer’s approval, when any person shall make application for a permit under the provisions of this subchapter, to grant the permit, specifying therein where the digging is to be done, when it is to be done and the manner of replacing the dirt and surface, and at the same time to take from the person a written obligation for replacing the dirt and surface and restoring the street to as good condition as before the digging was done.
(1998 Code, § 106-74)
In opening a street or other public way, all material for paving or ballasting must be removed with the least possible injury or loss of the material and, together with the excavated materials from the trenches, must be placed where it will cause the least possible inconvenience to the public.
(1998 Code, § 106-75) Penalty, see § 10.99
Whenever the sides of trenches dug in the street will not stand perpendicularly, sheeting and braces must be used to prevent unnecessary caving.
(1998 Code, § 106-76) Penalty, see § 10.99
All the work of excavating or making any character of opening in any of the streets, alleys or highways of the city shall at all times be under the supervision of the Building Official. The person doing the work shall do the work in the manner directed by the Building Official to the end that the streets and highways of the city shall not be unduly disturbed and traffic thereon obstructed.
(1998 Code, § 106-77)
(A) Where excavating or digging is done in the streets for the purpose of making sewer, gas, water or wire connections, or for any other purpose, at the instance of and for the benefit of the abutting owner, the abutting property owner shall be liable and responsible, and the person doing the work shall be liable and responsible, for the proper and sufficient repair of the street, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and required to make the necessary and proper repairs at the cost and expense of the person doing the work, or having the work done, or for whose benefit the work is done, or at the cost and expense of each of the persons or all of the persons, jointly and severally.
(B) Where the work is done by any person for his or her own use and benefit in the execution of his or her business, the person doing the work shall be liable and responsible for the proper repair of the street, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and required to make the repairs at the cost and expense of the person doing the work or having the work done.
(1998 Code, § 106-78)
(A) All holes or trenches dug in the streets shall, after the work contemplated has been completed, be repaired and filled with new material of the same kind and character as that originally placed in the street, when the street was last built or repaired.
(B) In all cases where any work is done in and upon the streets of the city, the backfilling must be puddled and rammed, the streets must be left in at least as good condition as they were before the work was done and the streets disturbed; and the person doing the work and the person for whom it is done will be held responsible for the work and for any subsequent settling of the ground. Whenever notified by the City Engineer that the street has become out of repair where the excavation was made and on account of the work done, the person responsible therefor shall instantly cause the street to be repaired.
(1998 Code, § 106-79) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to take out a pole or put in a pole or take out or put in a grating or light area in any sidewalk, street, alley or public place within the corporate limits of the city without protecting, guarding or warning the public against any hole in the sidewalk, street, alley or public place. After the pole, grating or area cover is put in or taken out, all the excavations or holes shall be guarded with red lights at night or, if reasonably necessary, with a guard or barrier by day or night to protect the traveling public along the sidewalks, streets, alleys or public places from personal injuries.
(1998 Code, § 106-80) Penalty, see § 10.99
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