Application for a permit shall be made in writing to the city
engineer, on the forms provided by the city engineer.
(Prior code § 7104.01)
An applicant for a permit shall state in his or her application:
Name and address, such other information as is required by Division
I of this title, and such other information as the city engineer may
require.
(Prior code § 7104.02)
Each permit shall specify the time the permit shall become null
and void, and the permit shall become null and void on the date so
specified unless the city engineer extends the time. The city engineer
may extend the time if in his or her opinion the work for which the
permit was issued was delayed in completion because of inclement weather,
strikes, an act of God, or other causes not within the control of
the permittee.
(Prior code § 7104.06)
Blanket permits, renewable annually, may be issued subject to the compliance with all applicable provisions of Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40 of this title. The city engineer may revoke any such blanket permit if the permittee fails to comply with any of the provisions of Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40. The issuance of a blanket permit does not relieve the permittee from making such reports of activity under the blanket permit as may be required by the city engineer and for paying for inspection, repairs and other costs incurred by the city engineer due to the permittee's activity.
(Prior code § 7104.07)
On each application, the applicant or his or her agent shall
sign a statement that he or she agrees to preserve and save harmless
the city, and each officer and employee thereof, from any liability
or responsibility for any accident, loss or damage to persons or property
happening or occurring as a proximate result of his or her activities
pursuant to the permit applied for.
(Prior code § 7104.03)
The city engineer may make such changes or additions in any
application for a permit as, in his or her opinion, are necessary:
A.
For
the protection of the streets;
B.
For
the prevention of undue interference with traffic;
C.
For
the safety of persons using such streets;
D.
As
to the route over which to move any over-height, width, length or
weight load;
E.
As
to the location, depth, dimensions, character and number of excavations;
F.
As
to encroachments made or placed; and
(Prior code § 7104.04)
The city engineer may establish additional requirements for
the work to be done under the permit, including equipment to be used,
type of backfill, compaction, paving, traffic regulations, hours of
work, flagmen, lights, inspection, and other similar requirements.
He or she also may require whatever advance notice he or she deems
proper for requests for inspection. The city engineer may add these
requirements and conditions by rubber stamp or attachments to the
permit, or both, and they shall be an integral part thereof. If any
of the requirements of the permit are violated, the city engineer
may revoke the permit and require that a new permit be secured before
further work is done.
(Prior code § 7104.05)
The city engineer may require that evidence be submitted with
the application to satisfy him or her that the proposed overhead structure
or encroachment will not, insofar as he or she can foresee, create
a hazard of any kind.
(Prior code § 7104.13)
The city engineer may require the permittee to make proper arrangements
for, and bear the cost of the relocation of any structure, publicly
owned facility, tree or shrub, where such relocation is made necessary
by the proposed work for which a permit is issued. The city engineer
may elect to do the necessary relocation at the permittee's expense.
(Prior code § 7104.08)
If the applicant complies with every applicable provision of Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40 of this title and all applicable provisions of all other ordinances and statutes, the city engineer may issue to the applicant a written permit to perform the work set forth in the application. The city engineer may refuse to issue a permit if he or she finds that it is not in the best interest of the general public to do so.
(Prior code § 7104.09)
The city engineer may refuse to issue permits or may revoke
any outstanding permit heretofore or hereafter issued, or any portion
thereof, when the work has not been started, when the work authorized
by the permits or such portions thereof is included in the work to
be done by any proposed assessment district for which proceedings
have been instituted by the city council.
(Prior code § 7104.11)
Permits issued under the authority of Division I and Chapters 12.36 and 12.40 of this title are nontransferable.
(Prior code § 7104.12)
The city engineer, or his or her representative, for cause may
cancel the privilege granted by the permit and may remove the permit
from the job location. If removed or cancelled by other means by anyone
other than the city engineer, it shall be delivered to the office
of the city engineer within twenty-four hours, accompanied by a written
report regarding the incident.
(Prior code § 7104.10)
