(A) No person shall cut, dig, trench, or otherwise interfere with the surface, or subsurface, of any highway or street which is a part of the county highway system, or the easement adjacent to any such highway unless such person shall first obtain a permit from the office of the County Highway Engineer. Requests for permits shall be made on forms acceptable to the County Highway Engineer. Without limitation on forms that may be required by the County Highway Engineer, the County Highway Engineer shall prepare forms acceptable for the following:
(1) Permission to cut into a county highway or street or work within the right- of-way.
(2) Permit bonds.
(3) Driveway and entrance construction intersecting with a county highway or other county right-of-way.
(4) Installation of a pole line on, or across, any county highway or street, or the right-of-way adjacent thereto.
(5) Permission to close, or block, any county highway or street.
(6) Permission to transport over weight and/or oversized objects of any nature over, across, or along county highways or streets.
(B) The minimum bond required of any person obtaining a permit pursuant to this section is $5,000, which bond shall be a continuing one and shall remain in effect for a period of three years from the time the work is completed, which bond is to assure the county that county specifications have been adhered to and all work done in a workmanlike manner, except that the minimum bond required of private property owners for work performed in the right-of-way adjacent to their own property shall be $1,000. The County Highway Engineer shall review bonds submitted under this section to determine that they are in the proper form and, for any bond in an amount equal or less than $10,000, is authorized to accept such bonds under this section on behalf of the Board of Commissioners.
(C) The forms prepared by the County Highway Engineer under this section are a part of the county highway engineering program, and are to be used in accordance with all regulations of the County Highway Department.
(‘82 Code, § 5-83-4) (Ord. 76-24, passed 8-1-76; Am. Ord. 2021-31-CM, passed 11-15-21)