[CC 1975 §15-20]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cut into or excavate
in or through any of the public streets within the corporate limits
of the City for the installation, replacement, extension or repair
of any water, sewer, gas or other underground conduits or lines without
first obtaining from the City Clerk or other proper City Official
an excavation permit therefor.
[CC 1975 §15-21]
Upon proper application by any person for an excavation permit
to make an excavation of a width greater than three (3) inches in
any street and upon a deposit by him/her in the amount of fifty dollars
($50.00) or such amount as determined by the City, the City Clerk
or other proper City Official shall issue such excavation permit subject
to the conditions of other provisions of this Code pertaining to such
work. Any excavation in excess of three (3) inches in width shall
be filled and tamped by means of a hydraulic tamper by the agents
or employees of the City, or by other approved means by said agents
or employees acceptable to the City, who shall patch or repair the
surface of said excavation with material of a like kind that the street
was surfaced with initially. Upon completion of said work, after a
charge at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour has been made
by the City for the cost of refilling and tamping said excavation
and a reasonable charge for the resurfacing of said excavation, based
upon the reasonable cost thereof, has been made by the City, any excess
of said deposit shall be returned to the person making said deposit.
If the cost of said work done by the City should exceed said deposit,
the City shall bill the person to whom said permit was issued, who
shall immediately pay to the City the additional amount due.
[CC 1975 §15-22]
Upon proper application by any person for an excavation permit to make an excavation of a width of three (3) inches or less in any street and upon a deposit by him/her in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), the City Clerk or other proper City Official shall issue such excavation permit subject to the conditions of other provisions of this Code pertaining to such work. Any excavation of a width of three (3) inches or less shall be immediately filled and tamped by the person making such excavation under the supervision and according to the method required by the City. No filling and tamping charge shall be made by the City, but the City shall resurface said excavation in the manner prescribed in Section
510.020 and return any excess of said deposit if the costs do not exceed such deposit or bill said person for an additional amount if the costs exceed such deposit.
[CC 1975 §15-24]
It shall be the duty of the person granted a permit to make
an excavation of more than three (3) inches in width to immediately
notify the City when the work is completed and the excavation is ready
to be refilled and tamped, or if said excavation is three (3) inches
or less in width, to notify the City when the excavation has been
refilled and tamped and is ready for resurfacing.