[Adopted 5-5-1986 as Title One, Ch. XVII of the 1986 Code]
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-4]
No person shall displace, break or in any manner disturb the pavement or ground in any highway or street or sidewalk in the City of Franklin, erect any staging or place or deposit any dirt, stone, gravel, concrete, brick, timber or other building materials thereon without first obtaining a written permit from the Director of the Municipal Services Department. The Director is hereby empowered to promulgate whatever forms and/or regulations the Director deems are necessary to enforce this article. All applications to disturb said pavement must state the time and date that digging, trenching or any such disturbance will take place, as well as the exact location of such disturbance. Material used to fill trenches or disturbances shall be approved by the Director or his or her authorized representative.
The method of filling such trenches or disturbances will be by placing fill material in layers and thoroughly compacting each successive layer to within 12 inches of the adjacent existing road surface, or by other means approved by the Director. Following this, nine inches of crushed gravel shall be compacted above the fill material. Two inches of hot bituminous concrete will be compacted in place with a one-half-inch crown along the center line of the trench.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-4]
Within a period of not more than 12 months the entire road surface shall be grader-patched and then topped with a minimum of one inch of 3/8 inch of hot bituminous asphalt. This repair shall apply to the entire length of the excavated roadway or sidewalk.
In the event that hot bituminous concrete is not available, two inches of cold patch will be compacted in place. However, immediately upon the availability of hot bituminous concrete, the applicant will replace the above-mentioned cold patch with hot bituminous concrete.
Any future disturbance of the traveled surface along trench lines or other excavations due to settlement or other causes attributed to the construction or other work by the applicant, so deemed by the Director, shall be corrected as necessary within six months after notification by the Director.
Any violation of this article shall be considered a continuing violation. Any violator shall be fined the sum of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 for each day of such a continuing violation.