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(A) Any person or utility shall obtain an alley/street excavation permit prior to making, causing or permitting to be made, any excavation in or under the surface of any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public place for the installation, repair or removal of any pipe, conduit, duct or tunnel, or for any other purpose.
(B) The City Council shall periodically set the required cost of alley/street excavation permits through the ordinance process.
(C) The City Superintendent shall approve all work prior to the issuance of a permit.
(D) The person so applying shall deposit with the City Street Department, in the form of cash or certified check, an amount of not less than $100 per excavation.
(Prior Code, § 5.03.01) (Ord. 798, passed - -) Penalty, see § 94.999
The responsible party shall obtain a permit on the next working day if an emergency street cut, opening or excavation is made; however, the city shall be contacted prior to the commencement of any work to ensure compliance with § 94.058 and the responsible party is responsible for any city overtime expenses.
(Prior Code, § 5.03.02) (Ord. 798, passed - -)
(A) In making excavations in the streets or highways for the laying of service pipes or making repairs, the paving or earth must be deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public, and provide for the passage of water along gutters.
(B) All openings into paved streets and sidewalks shall have saw cut edges if not at cold joints.
(Prior Code, § 5.03.03) (Ord. 226, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 798, passed - -)
No persons shall make any excavation in any street or highway, within six feet of any laid water pipe while the ground is frozen, or dig up or uncover so as to expose the frost any water pipe, except by permission of the City Superintendent.
(Prior Code, § 5.03.05) (Ord. 226, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 798, passed - -) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) The permittee shall ensure that the fill is laid in layers of not more than nine inches in depth, and each layer thoroughly washed in, rammed or paddled to prevent settlement later.
(B) Alleys shall be topped with a 12-inch base course that will be furnished by the contractor.
(C) Streets shall be topped with an approved patch material over a six-inch base course.
(Prior Code, § 5.03.06) (Ord. 226, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 798, passed - -) Penalty, see § 94.999
No person shall leave any excavation made in the street or highway for the laying of service pipe or any other cause, open at any time without barricades and during the night warning lights must be maintained at such excavations.
(Prior Code, § 5.03.07) (Ord. 226, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 798, passed - -) Penalty, see § 94.999
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