A. No person, firm, association or corporation, acting as principal or agent, shall engage in or carry on the business of contracting for or operating as a water line contractor and performing water line construction in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, easements or other property of the city without having first paid to the city treasurer a license fee or tax in the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), and by presenting the receipt for same to the city clerk and procuring a license therefor;
B. A maintenance bond with a term of two (2) years and providing for one hundred percent (100%) coverage of the total cost of the water line construction project must be procured before any construction work may be commenced;
C. A full set of construction plans must be submitted to the City Engineer and an inspection of all street cuts and paving bores to be made as part of the water line construction project which must be approved and found to be in conformance by the City building inspector or other duly appointed and qualified City personnel with title 12 of this Code;
D. Municipalities and political subdivisions who desire to do water line construction or maintenance within the City, shall not be required to pay for a license nor procure a maintenance bond. However, application for a permit to do such work, with a full set of construction plans must be submitted to the City and/or be on file with the municipality or political subdivision which is performing the work and for a paving cut and excavation permit. Construction standards shall meet or exceed the standards of this Code and shall not be in conflict therewith;
E. Contractors hired by other municipalities and political subdivisions to do work in the City shall be required to procure or have procured a current water line contractor's license from the City Clerk prior to performing water line work in the City, and to submit a copy of a maintenance bond for said work which they procured for and filed with the municipality or political subdivision which hired them for said work, with the requirement that said bond name the City of Warr Acres as a third party beneficiary or a named insured on said bond. Application for a permit to do such work, with a full set of construction plans must be submitted to the City and/or be on file with the municipality or political subdivision for which the contractor is doing the work, and for a paving and excavation permit, with fee and deposit, and pursuant to standards as specified in title 12, chapter 12.02 of this Code. Construction standards for all work shall meet or exceed the standards prescribed in this Code and not be in conflict therewith. (Ord. 671 §1, 1988: Ord. 632 §4, 1985)