[R.O. 2005 § 515.010]
Except in case of public work done by authority of the Board of Aldermen, no person shall make or cause to be made any opening or excavation in any public street, alley, highway, sidewalk, tree lawn, parkway or public place or thoroughfare without written permit from the City. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and subject to punishment as provided by Section 100.220 of this Municipal Code.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.020]
A.
Any person having occasion to make any such opening or excavation
shall make written application for permit therefor to the City Clerk,
who is hereby given authority to issue such permits. The application
shall state the location and size of the proposed excavation and when
the work is to be commenced. Permit fees shall be paid to the City
Clerk before such permit is issued in an amount as follows:
1.
For each excavation involving disturbance of the concrete pavement
of any street, curb or sidewalk, a charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00)
for a two (2) foot by four (4) foot opening or less, and two dollars
($2.00) additional for each square foot over eight (8) in area;
2.
For each excavation involving disturbance of asphalt and any
other types of water-bound macadam street, curbs or sidewalks, a charge
of ten dollars ($10.00) for a two (2) foot by four (4) foot opening
or less, and one dollar ($1.00) additional for each square foot over
eight (8) in area; and
3.
For each excavation in parkway, tree lawn or other improved
area back of curb, not involving concrete, asphalt or other types
of water-bound macadam, four dollars ($4.00) for a two (2) foot by
four (4) foot opening or less, and one dollar ($1.00) additional for
each square foot over eight (8) in area.
B.
Work of restoration shall be done by the City and the cost thereof
shall be paid by the permittee as hereinafter provided in this Chapter.
The Street Commissioner shall inspect the location as may be required
and see that the conditions of the permit and the provisions of the
Code are complied with. The person doing the excavating shall backfill
and soak or jet the opening. All tunnel excavations are to be backfilled
with sand or a similar material unless otherwise specified by the
inspector.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.030]
The City Clerk shall keep a full and complete account in a book
provided for that purpose of all permits issued, showing the date,
party to whom issued, location and fees received on account thereof,
which fees, together with all deposits and monies, shall be turned
over as received to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.040]
The provisions of this Chapter requiring a permit before any
work is commenced shall not apply in emergencies where public safety
or welfare is endangered, but work may immediately proceed, provided
a permit is applied for and issued as soon as practicable after the
work is commenced.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.050]
In addition to the payment of the permit fees in the manner
aforesaid, any person having occasion to make said openings or excavations
shall make a cash deposit of not less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00),
the exact amount to be determined by the City, to secure the payment
of all fees and expenses of the City in connection with permits issued
and excavations and openings made by such person. The Street Commissioner
shall inspect the work and restore and resurface the area so excavated
and shall proceed to render a statement of cost therefor for payment
by the person making the deposit. The statement of cost shall include
the expense to the City for restoring the area excavated, and also
ten dollars ($10.00) per hour for making inspection thereof and ten
dollars ($10.00) as a fee for preparation of the statement. In the
event such person does not pay the amount of the statement rendered
within thirty (30) days thereafter, such amount shall be charged against
his/her deposit.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.060]
It shall be the duty of the police and members of the Street
Department to report any excavation or opening in or being made in
any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, curb, parkway, tree lawn or
public place and to ascertain whether provisions of this Chapter have
been complied with. Any person violating the provisions of this Chapter
may be arrested and prosecuted therefor and any work shall be stopped
until compliance with the requirements of this Chapter is accomplished.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.070]
No person shall make any openings or excavation, with or without
permit, in any street, highway, alley, sidewalk, parkway, tree lawn
or public place in the City of Velda Village Hills without providing,
during the progress of the work and until said excavation has been
backfilled and the surface restored, barricades around the same as
a warning to the public, and between sunset and sunrise lights or
red lanterns around said excavation, lighted, and sufficient in number
and placed in such a manner as to be clearly visible in all directions.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.080; Ord. No.
18 § 2, 6-1-1945]
No person, firm or corporation shall construct any sidewalk
or street within the City of Velda Village Hills without first obtaining
a permit authorizing the same from the Board of Aldermen of the said
City.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.090; Ord. No.
18 § 3, 6-1-1945]
All sidewalk construction shall be of a width of four (4) feet
six (6) inches and a thickness of not less than four (4) inches and
a mixture of one (1) part cement to two (2) parts of sand and four
(4) parts of gravel laid over a base of six (6) inches of tamped cinders
and shall conform with the sidewalks in adjacent blocks as to the
distance from the curb.
[R.O. 2005 § 515.100; Ord. No.
18 § 4, 6-1-1945]
All street construction shall conform in every respect as to
width and type of construction to the streets already made within
the City and a true copy of the plans and specifications for such
street shall be filed with the Board of Aldermen upon the application
for a permit.
