(a) Each permit for making an excavation or opening shall be confined to a single project and shall be issued by the City Engineer or his authorized agent only.
(b) Application shall be made on the form prescribed by the City Engineer, giving the exact location of the excavation, name, address and telephone number of the contractor, date of work, nature of work, anticipated starting time and anticipated completion time and date. The permit fee is hereby set at five dollars ($5.00), this fee to accompany the application and to be paid prior to commencing any excavation work.
(c) Each excavation application shall be submitted at least twenty-four hours in advance of the excavation work except in an emergency wherein, the emergency shall first be reported immediately to the Police Department and secondly, a permit shall be obtained not later than forty- eight hours after the work has been completed.
(d) In addition to the permit fee, the contractor shall deposit with the City an insurance bond in the face amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each excavation shall be inspected by the City Engineer or his designated representative. The bond shall be released thirty days subsequent to the expiration of a one-year period of time in the event all excavations by the contractor under the performance bond have been satisfactorily completed. Completion means a prompt and satisfactory refilling of the excavation and restoration of all services disturbed, including restoration of grasses. (Ord. 00-66. Passed 11-6-00.)
(e) If the applicant is a resident of the City and the work is confinedto a location abutting property owned by the applicant, the bond requirement of subsection (d) hereof may be waived at the discretion of the City Engineer, and a cash sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be deposited in lieu of that bond.
(Ord. 20-109. Passed 11-16-20.)