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(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for proper identification of buildings within the city to improve the response time of police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency services within the City of Wells.
(B) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CURBSIDE MAILBOX. Any mailbox erected at the edge of a roadway or street to be served by a United States Postal Carrier from a vehicle on any public road, street, or highway, exclusive of receptacles for newspapers delivered by private carriers.
(C) Identification requirement.
(1) All residences and other principal buildings within the city shall bear the house or address number as assigned by the City of Wells. All numbers shall be clearly visible from the street or address which serves as its legal mailing address. Numbers shall be perfectly formed, neat, legible Arabic numerals, in a contrasting color, and a minimum of 4 inches in height.
(2) All curbside mailboxes shall bear the house number as assigned by the City of Wells. The numbers shall be displayed in a contrasting color in neat numerals at least 2 inches high on the side of the curbside mailbox and shall have a light reflective quality to them.
(D) Effective Date. All residences and principal buildings within the City of Wells that are not currently in compliance must conform with this section no later than 7-1-2003.
(Ord. 248, passed 3-10-2003) Penalty, see § 10.99
The City of Wells, Minnesota, shall be absolutely exempt from liability to any person for damages or injuries suffered or sustained by reason of defective streets within the city unless actual notice in writing of the defects in the streets shall have been filed with the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer at least 10 days before the occurrence of the injury or damage on account of the defects, and in all cases the notice shall describe with particularity the place and nature of the defects of which complaint is made.
(Ord. 147, passed 5-6-1958; Am. Ord. 2016-01, passed 4-25-2016)
(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall make any excavation within any street or alley in the City of Wells, Faribault County, Minnesota, for the purpose of installing water, sewer, steam, or gas pipes, electric or telephone conduits, or for any other purpose, without first obtaining a permit for the excavation.
(B) Applications for permits shall be made to the City of Wells in writing on forms provided for that purpose and shall state the exact location of the excavation, purpose of the excavation, length of time required for the work to be completed, width and length of excavation, and the other information as may be required.
(C) Permits approved for excavation of any street or alley shall be in writing and shall be available for inspection by any authorized city official or police officer.
(D) (1) Before a permit is issued, the applicant requesting the permit shall pay to the City of Wells a fee in accordance with the following schedule:
Surface Type | Per Lineal Foot of Excavation | Minimum Fee |
Gravel surface | $.50 | $10 |
Bituminous surface | $1 | $20 |
Concrete surface | $1.75 | $35 |
(2) Fees shall be required from the Public Utilities Commission only for the actual cost of the repair upon completion of the project. In the event extraordinary conditions necessitate street repairs costing in excess of the fee collected, the excess cost shall be paid by the persons securing the permit.
(E) Cutting of the street surface shall be made by the person securing the permit. Removal of the excavated material and replacement of the area disturbed shall be by the city street maintenance foreperson.
(F) Excavations greater than 4 feet in width will not be permitted generally and may be made only when expressly provided on the permit. Streets may not be closed to traffic unless authorized by the city police officers or the city street foreperson. Excavations shall be properly protected and identified by barricades and flags in the daytime, and by flares and red lanterns at night. Work shall progress in an expeditious manner until completion in order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience to traffic.
(G) In the event that work shall cease or be abandoned without due cause, the city may, after 6-hours’ notice of intent to do so, fill the excavation, repair the street, and assess the entire cost against the person, firm, or corporation to whom the permit was issued.
(H) Emergency excavations to prevent loss or damage to property may be commenced outside regular business hours without a permit, provided that a permit shall be obtained at the earliest practicable time.
(I) Each permit holder shall indemnify and save harmless the City of Wells from all damages caused in the execution of the work, all costs in connection with the repair of the streets and alleys, and each permit holder shall pay any and all damages that may be suffered by the city or the public by reason of the failure of the person securing the permit to observe the terms of this chapter or by reason of negligence in execution of the work.
(J) The provisions of this chapter are not in lieu of but in addition to all utility permits that may be required by ordinance or by rules and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission and of the City of Wells.
(Ord. 145, passed 8-7-1956) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The person appointed annually by the Council of the City of Wells given charge of the streets and thoroughfares in the City of Wells shall be known as the Street Commissioner and shall, from time to time, as directed by the Mayor of the City of Wells, post notice setting load limits to be hauled over and upon the streets and thoroughfares in the city, and shall take the necessary steps from time to time as may be needed to enforce the restrictions.
(B) The notice of restrictions shall be printed in letters large enough to be read at a reasonable distance by the driver of a motor vehicle and each end of the street or thoroughfare which is restricted shall have posted at or near the right-hand portion of the traveled part of the street, the printed notice.
(C) The Council may from time to time direct the Mayor to either cause notice or removal of notice of the restrictions to be had in the absence of a resolution by the Council either to give or remove notice of road restrictions, the directing of the Mayor shall be final.
(Ord. 140, passed 6-5-1951)
(A) The street grades of the City of Wells are hereby designated and established according to the grades and profiles made by C. F. Loweth now on file and of record in the office of the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Wells.
(B) All sidewalks hereafter constructed within the City of Wells shall be established according to the grades.
(Ord. 44, passed 3-6-1900)
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