(a) 
No person or agency may install any utility or other encroachment, make a pavement cut or excavate in a public street, curb, easement, or alley without first obtaining a permit. Application for a permit shall be made no less than two city working days prior to the date of the proposed activity unless an emergency exists, in which case immediate notice must be given to the city. If the proposed cut or excavation is to be made in the public right-of-way dedicated to the state, a city permit is required in addition to any and all permits required by the state.
(b) 
A permit does not relieve the applicant of the responsibility to coordinate with other utilities and to protect existing facilities.
(1993 Code, sec. 96.30; 2006 Code, sec. 66-61; Ordinance 342, sec. 2, adopted 11/2/92; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
The city manager is authorized to establish procedural rules to regulate the issuance of permits, inspection of work sites, traffic control, and pavement restoration; to determine the time and method of pavement cuts and pavement excavations in order to minimize interference of traffic and to eliminate the unnecessary cutting of pavement; to inspect pavement cuts, pavement excavations, or restorations, embankments, barricades, warning signs, and signal lights; to order removal of encroachments on the right-of-way, placement of proper barricades and warning devices, and repair of substandard restoration work; and to exercise police power in the enforcement of this division.
(1993 Code, sec. 96.31; 2006 Code, sec. 66-62; Ordinance 342, sec. 3, adopted 11/2/92; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
A permit issued to a permittee within the intent or goals of this division may be suspended if the permittee:
(1) 
Fails to comply with an order of the city manager or designee; or
(2) 
Fails to comply with restrictions or requirements placed on the permit.
(1993 Code, sec. 96.32; 2006 Code, sec. 66-63; Ordinance 342, sec. 3, adopted 11/2/92; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
A previously suspended permit may be reinstated when the conditions that caused said permit to be previously suspended are remedied by the permittee to the satisfaction of the city.
(1993 Code, sec. 96.33; 2006 Code, sec. 66-64; Ordinance 342, sec. 3, adopted 11/2/92; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
A permit fee may be assessed in accordance with the adopted fee schedule in appendix A of this code. The city permit shall be substantially in the same form as the permit designated as exhibit A of Ordinance No. 342, adopted November 2, 1992, which is incorporated herein as if set out in its entirety.
(1993 Code, sec. 96.34; 2006 Code, sec. 66-65; Ordinance 342, sec. 3, adopted 11/2/92; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)