(A) Application and permit fees.
(1) The city shall charge fees for the cost to review the application, necessary site inspection(s), and general oversight of restoration with the work performed. Fees shall include: permit/application fee; excavation: shoulder, gravel, dirt road, excavation hard surface; road cut fee; soft surface boring fee; pothole fee; new pavement cut fee/emergency permit; and inspection fees.
(2) Fees are in accordance with the most recent Consolidated Fee Schedule adopted by the City Council.
(a) The City Engineer may require additional charges to be assessed to cover the reasonable cost and expenses of any required engineering review, inspection, deterioration of the public way or diminution of the useful life of the public based on the scope, complexity, and degree of impact to the public right-of-way.
(3) The City Engineer may waive permit fees or penalties, or a portion thereof, provided for in this chapter when they determine that such permit fee or penalty:
(a) Pertains to the construction or rehabilitation of housing for persons whose income is below the median income level for the city; or
(b) Pertains to an encroachment on the public way involving a beautification project which furthers specific goals and objectives set forth in the city's strategic plan, general plan, or other official documents, including decorative street lighting, building facade lighting, flower and planter boxes, and landscaping.
(B) Permit: duration, extensions.
(1) Each permit shall be effective as of the starting date indicated in the application. Permits shall expire ten business days from the starting date or as otherwise directed by the City Engineer.
(2) If once commenced, the permittee expects work to continue in excess of ten business days, the permittee must file a permit renewal request with the City Engineer.
(3) Prior to commencing, if work is expected to exceed ten business days, the City Engineer may require the permittee to submit a detailed construction schedule prior to approval. The schedule will address means and methods to minimize traffic disruption, maintain safe vehicular and pedestrian travel, and complete the construction as soon as reasonably possible.
(C) General conditions.
(1) Hours of operation for permitted work shall not begin before 7:00 a.m. and shall end before 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The City Engineer may modify hours of operation or authorize night or weekend work if special conditions warrant.
(2) All excavations shall be conducted in a manner resulting in a minimum amount of interference with or interruption of street or pedestrian traffic.
(3) Inconvenience to residents and businesses fronting on the right-of-way shall be minimized.
(4) Prior to any work in front of driveways, the permitee shall notify the property owner in writing at least 24 hours in advance.
(a) Inconvenience caused by construction across driveways and sidewalks shall be kept to a minimum by restoring the serviceability within 24 hours, or as otherwise approved by the city.
(b) If it is necessary to leave open excavation for a longer period of time, the contractor shall provide structurally adequate steel plates to bridge the excavation.
(5) All trench and pavement cuts shall be made by sawcut or by grinding. Sawcuts or grinding shall be a minimum of one foot outside the trench width. The top two inches of asphalt shall be ground down to a minimum distance of one foot beyond the actual outside edges of the trench and shall be replaced with two inches of Class B asphalt.
(6) The maximum amount of open trench permitted in any one location shall be 200 feet, or the length necessary to accommodate the amount of pipe installed in a single day, unless otherwise approved by the city.
(7) Construction of manholes or other appurtenances requiring added construction and cure time may be left unpaved for additional time provided they are properly barricaded. The city may adjust these limits if conditions warrant.
(8) A clear pedestrian path of a width of at least ten feet must be maintained throughout the duration of the permit. Safe pedestrian routes must be established and maintained and may require the use of signage, barriers, lighting, public notification, etc., as directed by the City Engineer.
(9) Suitable, adequate, and sufficient barricades and/or other structures will be available and used where necessary to prevent accidents involving property or persons.
(10) Barricades must be in place until all of the permittee's equipment is removed from the site and the excavation has been backfilled and proper temporary restoration is in place.
(11) From sunset to sunrise, all barricades and excavations must be clearly outlined by adequate signal lights, torches, or other means to maintain visibility.
(12) All open trenches within the public way shall be barricaded and covered in conformance with the MUTCD.
(13) Where a job site is left unattended before completion of the work, signage with minimum two-inch-high letters shall be attached to a barricade or otherwise posted at the site, indicating the permittee's name or company name, telephone number, and after-hours telephone number.
(14) If a separate traffic control plan was required by the City Engineer and the Public Works Director, the Weber County Sheriff Department and Weber County Fire Department shall be notified no less than 72 hours in advance of any planned excavation requiring street full or partial closure and/or traffic detour.
(15) Prior to the estimated completion date in the permit, the city may determine that weather or other conditions are not conducive to the timely completion of restoration of the public way and may suspend the permit at the city's discretion until such conditions improve.
(16) If during the duration of the permit, the permittee wants to temporarily suspend work due to weather or other conditions, the Public Works Director shall be notified, and the expiration of the permit extended accordingly.
(17) Any directive or demand by the city shall not be construed to express or imply the city's financial participation in said directive or demand. Unless described in a signed agreement with the city, clearly stating the city's intent to participate financially in the work, all costs associated with the permit and work are the sole responsibility of the permittee.
(Ord. 06-2024, passed 3-6-2024)