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(A) No permit for a Class I permit shall be issued without review and approval of the County Highway Engineer. Any application for a Class I drive must include a dollar amount to cover the cost of the driveway or approach which must be approved by the County Highway Engineer.
(B) No Class II permit shall be issued without review and approval of the County Highway Engineer.
(BC Ord. 1997-4, passed 4-14-97; Am. BC Ord. 2002-03, passed 2-13-02)
A performance bond, irrevocable letter of credit, certified check or surety to the Board of County Commissioners to cover the cost of the driveway or approach shall be submitted in the amount agreed upon by the County Highway Engineer. Should surety be required it shall not be for a time limit to exceed one year. The driveway or approach may be constructed prior to the issuance of the improvement location permit being issued in place of submitting surety. The completion must be certified to by the submitting engineer/surveyor and approved by the County Highway Engineer and County Commissioners. Upon approval of the driveway or approach, any required funds guaranteeing the cost of the driveway or approach shall be released upon completion. Should the Board of County Commissioners find the driveway or approach not built in accordance to the approved plan, the Board of County Commissioners may secure the funds.
(BC Ord. 1997-4, passed 4-14-97; Am. BC Ord. 2002-03, passed 2-13-02)
No Class II permit will be required in the residential subdivisions with streets with rolled type curbs. In such cases the County Area Plan Commission shall cause to have fixed the statement “No Driveway Permits Required” to appear on the plat which has final approval.
(BC Ord. 1997-4, passed 4-14-97; Am. BC Ord. 2002-03, passed 2-13-02)
The owners and occupants of the abutting property shall maintain and keep in repair all such private entrances, driveways, and approaches thereto, but no such private entrances, driveway, and approaches shall be constructed or maintained in such a manner as to obstruct or interfere with the highway, the traffic thereon, or with any drain or ditch which has been constructed on or which serves such highway. Said owner or occupant of the abutting property shall remove such private entrances, driveways, and approaches at said owner’s expense, when requested to do so by the County Highway Engineer and Board of County Commissioners.
(BC Ord. 1997-4, passed 4-14-97; Am. BC Ord. 2002-03, passed 2-13-02)
CUTTING OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY
No street, highway or highway right-of-way under the jurisdiction of the county shall be dug up, cut, restricted, closed or removed for any purpose unless a permit for such action has first been obtained from the county.
(BC Ord. 1991-22, passed 8-12-91; Am. BC Ord. 2024-10, passed 8-26- 24) Penalty, see § 92.99
Section 92.25 shall not apply to any public utility company when such company is required to take immediate action to preserve life or property, or, to make an inspection in an emergency, or, to make an emergency repair. However, such utility shall acquire the required permit on the first working day after such work has commenced.
(BC Ord. 1991-22, passed 8-12-91)
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