(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:
(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)
(a) 
Registration required. All persons, firms, and corporations performing construction, installation or repair work on buildings, structures, trades systems, or any other improvements or demolition shall, prior to engaging in any such work in the city, complete a written application in a form kept on by the city secretary or designee city.
(b) 
Insurance or bond required. The registration contemplated in this section requires proof of satisfaction of the insurance and bonding requirements.
(c) 
Registration fee. All persons, and corporations performing construction, installation, or repair work on buildings, structures, trades systems, or any other improvements or demolition shall register with the city secretary or designee and shall pay an annual registration fee which shall be set from time-to-time by the city council and kept of record with the city secretary.
(d) 
Work by homeowner. Except as required by law, nothing shall prevent any person from performing construction, installation, or repair work, or any other improvements or demolition in or on the property where he or she resides and which he or she maintains as a homestead. Such homeowner shall not be required to register or show proof.