The following rules and regulations shall govern the excavation of streets in the City:
(a) Special care shall be taken to reference all City, Federal, State, County or private property monuments encountered in the line of the work so that such monuments, if disturbed, shall be correctly replaced upon completion of construction by an Ohio registered surveyor.
(b) No work shall be performed by the permit holder or his agents nor shall any excavation be backfilled, covered or filled except in the presence of and authorized by a City inspector. The cost of such inspection shall be borne by the permit holder and deposited with the City prior to the start of the work.
(c) Any City-owned facility, such as sewers, water lines or any other facilities or structures that are encountered during the work of construction, shall be carefully protected, at the cost of the permit holder, to prevent damages.
(d) Should it become necessary to remove and replace or relocate such City facilities, the work shall be done at the expense of the permit holder in accordance with specific plans and specifications presented by the permit holder and approved by the City Engineer and the Director of Public Service.
(e) Privately-owned facilities encountered in the work shall be protected, removed, replaced or relocated by agreement between the owner of such facilities and the permit holder, at no expense to the City.
(f) When the material excavated from a trench is suitable for backfill in the opinion of the City Engineer, it may be used for that purpose. Otherwise, the excavated material shall be removed from the site of the work and replaced with suitable material.
(g) In general, trenches excavated within tree lawn areas may be backfilled with the material excavated, except that where such material is shale or rock other suitable material shall be used. The backfill material shall be placed in 6-inch lifts and each lift shall be compacted with proper compaction equipment.
(h) Where a trench passes through a regularly maintained lawn, the backfill material shall be placed in 6-inch lifts and each lift shall be compacted with proper compaction equipment and the top portion brought to the grade of the existing lawn, after not less than three inches of topsoil has been applied, raked, rolled and seeded so that the finished area will be equal to the original lawn removed. In lieu of the foregoing, the original sod may be carefully removed and stockpiled and after the trench backfill is compacted, the sod may be replaced, seed added if necessary, and rolled so that the lawn, as disturbed, shall be equal to the original.
(i) Where the trench lies within pavement or other areas subject to traffic, the backfill material shall be ODOT 304 limestone, place in 6-inch lifts. Each lift shall be compacted with proper compaction equipment. The material removed from the surface of such areas shall be replaced in kind and in accordance with City standards.
(j) Under certain conditions as determined by the City Engineer, reinforced concrete over the trench may be required in the base of brick pavements and in the lower third of concrete pavements.
(k) The surface course for any asphaltic-type, brick or concrete pavement removed during the construction of the project shall be replaced in kind.
(l) Pipes, conduits or other facilities may be installed under roadways by jacking, boring, tunneling or directional drilling. In the event any of these methods are used, the applicant for the crossing shall file with the City, plan details showing how the work is to be done. No work shall be done until such plan is approved by the City Engineer.
(m) Every excavation or trench within any portion of the public right of way, whether a roadway, treelawn or sidewalk area and irrespective of the type of material with which such excavation or trench is backfilled, shall be filled or backfilled by mechanical tamping of the backfill or fill material. Any mechanical tamping equipment used shall be of a type approved by the City Engineer.
(n) The Director of Public Service may require a pre-construction meeting prior to the start of any work.
(o) All contractors working under the permit shall be registered in the City of Willoughby. (Ord. 2011-77. Passed 6-14-11.)