(a) The opening of the surface of any City street is prohibited unless a permit is obtained for that purpose in the manner hereinafter described, except in situations which require the placement of utility poles. Such permit shall be granted through the Department of Public Works when a person applying for such permit files an application with the Department in compliance with the provisions of this article and pays into the City Treasury the amounts adopted by resolution.
(b) Any person working in the vicinity of a City street who in any manner disturbs such street or who in any manner causes damage to a street shall be required by this article to obtain a permit and correct this damage in accordance with the standards of the Department. Street opening permits are not required for persons excavating adjacent to the curb for the express purpose of installing or replacing sidewalks and/or curbs provided a curb and sidewalk permit has been obtained prior to such work.
(c) The obtaining of street opening permits by City departments and corporate authorities shall be waived when work to be performed is completed by their own personnel.
(d) All contractors performing work under contract for the City or City corporate authorities shall obtain the street opening permit for street opening work.
(e) If street openings are necessitated by emergencies, street opening permits shall be obtained on the first regular business day on which the office of the City is open for business and such permit shall be retroactive to the date when the work was begun.
(f) A person performing street openings for an emergency shall verify the emergency nature of the circumstance in writing to the Department of Public Works within five days after such emergency on the street cut opening application.
(g) For work on PennDOT roads within the City limits, no City street excavation permit is required, but a PennDOT permit is required. This permit can be obtained from the offices of Maintenance District 8-4 (York County), Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 1920 Susquehanna Trail North, P.O. Box 907, York, Pennsylvania 17405-0907.
(Ord. 37-2005. Passed 9-20-05.)