Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
as used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
APPLIANCE
Any sanitary or storm sewer, main, pipe, catch basin, lawn
sprinkler or any other structure used for the accumulation or transportation
of either water or natural gas located within any public place.
CONSTRUCT
The erection of a structure and its maintenance, operation,
use and renovation.
ELECTRICAL CONDUIT
Any overhead or underground cable or wire for the transmission
of electrical energy, telephone service or cable television service,
including service connections, and any pole or structure supporting
or protecting said cable or wire, and other appurtenant devices used
in connection therewith.
IMPROVEMENT
Any appliance, electrical conduit or other similar items.
PERSON
Any individual, joint-stock company, partnership, voluntary
association, society, club, firm, company, corporation, business trust,
organization, public utility or any other group acting as a unit,
or any employee of any such group.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any street, boulevard, avenue, alley, lane, sidewalk, park,
square, cemetery, utility easement dedicated to public use, or other
place commonly open to the public.
No person shall construct any improvement or
cause any excavation for any other purpose in any public place located
in the City without having first obtained a permit issued by the Department
of Engineering.
The City Council shall, by resolution, fix and
determine the fees and charges incidental to any permit issued under
this article. No permit shall be issued as herein provided unless
all fees previously incurred by the applicant are paid to the Clerk/Treasurer
and a receipt therefor is obtained.
The provisions of this article shall be deemed
to be minimum standards and may be superseded pursuant to a term in
a contract between the City and a contractor. The permit fees otherwise
required under this article may be waived under a term in a written
construction contract entered into between a person and the City.
The Department of Engineering shall cause to
be inspected all those installations which are made under a permit
granted pursuant to this article.
When any appliance or electrical conduit laid
or constructed under the provisions of this article, or constructed
prior to the adoption hereof, interferes with the use, improvement
or alteration of any public place, the Council may direct the removal
of said appliance or electrical conduit, or the alteration thereof,
at the owner's expense, to prevent such interference. No person shall
fail to remove or alter the offending appliance or electrical conduit.