[R.O. 2012 §540.030; Ord. No. 5271 §1, 6-13-1955; CC 1973 §31-30]
No person shall excavate in, through or under any street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, in the City without first securing a right-of-way permit therefor from the City.
All applications for permits required by this Article shall be signed by the person who desired to do the work designated in said application. The application shall not be assignable and shall be used only by the person desiring to make such further excavation. No person shall allow or permit his/her name to be used to obtain a permit or permits, for any other person.
[Ord. No. 14-07-05 §27, 7-21-2014]
Any person doing any type of excavation in a public right-of-way which would require the street, curb, or sidewalk to be cut and or removed, shall be required to pay the appropriate right-of-way permit fee and street cut fee according to the Schedule of Fees, Title I, Appendix A for such work.
[R.O. 2012 §540.080; Ord. No. 5271 §4, 6-13-1955; CC 1973 §31-35]
The person doing the cutting or excavating under a permit issued pursuant to this Article shall cause the same to be done with the least possible injury to the pavement, sidewalk or other surface, and place the materials therefrom where it will cause the least possible inconvenience to the public and permit the uninterrupted passage of water along the gutters, and width of the excavation shall be no greater than is necessary for doing the work.
The person making any cut or excavation pursuant to a permit issued under this Article, shall notify the City Public Works Department at least eight (8) hours prior to the commencement of refilling any cut or excavation. The refilling and repairing shall be done pursuant to such specification of the Public Works Department.
With proper notification and permits as required by this Article, the person doing the cutting or excavating shall make proper filling of said cutting or excavation and immediately after same clean up and haul away all surplus earth, rock or rubbish therefrom according to the Public Works Standards of Construction.
[R.O. 2012 §540.110; Ord. No. 5337 §§1, 2, 8-27-1956; CC 1973 §31-38]
No ditching, pipelaying, grading or other excavating or any similar type machine shall be used or operated upon the streets and the dedicated rights-of-way for same on any Sunday or any holiday; provided, however, in case of an emergency said machines may be operated on the prohibited days when permission to do so has been obtained from the City Manager or the Manager of the City Waterworks System.
Any person who has made an excavation in any of the streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public places in this City shall cause such excavation to be barricaded in such manner as to adequately protect traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, and shall cause such excavations, barricades, excavated materials, tools, supplies or equipment at such excavated area to be lighted with proper and suitable danger signals in such manner that all traffic may be amply and duly warned of the existence of such excavations, barricades, materials, tools, supplies or equipment according to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Devices.