(a) Any person,
firm or corporation preparing to embark upon any construction project
within the city, which said project shall involve:
(1) Cutting,
digging or breaking into any public street, alley, walkway, utility
easement, water, sewer or other public utility line, or any other
public property, whether named herein or not; or
(2) The
use of any heavy truck, trailer, tractor, bulldozer, crane, dragline,
backhoe, cherry-picker or other item of construction and/or excavation
equipment reasonably calculated to cause damage to the surface upon
which it is operated or over which it travels, either because certain
damage is inherent in its operation, or because of careless operation;
Shall, prior to beginning work on said project, post with the
city secretary a good and sufficient commercial bond, issued by an
insurance company duly licensed to write such bonds in the state,
in a sum sufficient to effect repair of all damage of the aforesaid
types caused by said contractor, his agents, servants and employees.
The amount of said bond shall be fixed by the city secretary, based
upon the following formula:
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(b) For each
anticipated act of cutting, digging, or breaking into any public street,
alley, walkway, utility easement, water, sewer or other public utility
line, or any other public property, whether named herein or not, the
bonded sum of $1,000.00 shall be required. Such further and additional
sum shall be bonded, in multiples of $1,000.00, for damage anticipated
to be caused by the operation of machinery and equipment of the aforesaid
types.
(Ordinance 85, adopted 5/14/1973)
Said bond shall provide that said person, firm or corporation, as principal, and a named licensed insurance company, as surety, acknowledge themselves to be firmly bound and obligated to said city in the sum fixed by the city secretary as aforesaid; conditioned, however, that if said person, firm or corporation shall effect, in a good, skillful and workmanlike manner, repair of all damage caused in the construction of said project, said bond shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Any person violating any provision of this article shall be fined according to section
1-13.
(Ordinance 85, adopted 5/14/1973)