(a) Each permit for making an opening shall be confined to a single project and shall be issued by the Director of Public Service or his authorized agent only.
(1987 Code 53.16)
(b) Application shall be made on the form prescribed by the Director of Public Service, 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 shall be as established by Resolution of Council, this fee to accompany the application and to be paid prior to commencing any excavation work.
(Ord. 09-09. Passed 3-2-09.)
(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 Director of Public Service 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.
(e) If the applicant is a resident of the City and the work is confined to a location abutting property owned by the applicant, the bond requirement of subsection (d) hereof may be waived at the discretion of the Direction of Public Service, and a cash sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be deposited in lieu of that bond.
(1987 Code 53.16)