[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.