The provisions of this article apply to permits for the making, or causing to be made, in any highway, of excavations, and for the placing, constructing, repairing, changing or removing of encroachments.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
A. 
Each applicant for an excavation or encroachment permit shall file with the application a plat in triplicate showing the highways in which the proposed excavation or encroachment will be placed, together with the exact location and dimensions of the proposed excavations or the specifications and characteristics of the encroachment, together with any other details which the commissioner requires.
B. 
When excavations are made for service connections or for the location of trouble in conduits, cable or pipe, or for making repairs thereto, the commissioner may waive the filing of a plat.
C. 
Approved plats shall become public records.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
All materials excavated from trenching or other encroachment operations in the right-of-way shall be piled compactly, kept trim, and maintained in such a manner as not to endanger either the workers or the general public and to cause as little inconvenience as possible to those using the right-of-way or adjacent property. In areas too narrow to permit proper storage of material, the commissioner may require that the permittee remove the material from the encroachment site.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
A monument set for the purpose of preserving survey points, lines or elevation shall not be removed or disturbed without first obtaining permission from the commissioner. Replacement of a removed or disturbed monument shall be done by a registered civil engineer or a licensed land surveyor and shall be at the expense of the permittee.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
In any trenching operation, the open trench shall not be in excess of one day's work ahead of the trench work proper, unless specifically authorized by the commissioner.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
If the encroachment work interferes with the established drainage, the permittee shall provide for proper drainage in a manner approved by the commissioner.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
Laterals, services and other small-diameter pipes shall be jacked, bored or driven beneath a paved surface unless other methods are approved by the commissioner.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
The minimum cover over any pipe or conduit installed under any public highway shall be 30 inches of material measured vertically from the existing or proposed flow line of the nearest gutter to the top of the pipe or conduit. If a gutter flow line is not established, the cover shall be 30 inches of material measured from the surface of the nearest outermost edge of the traveled way to the top of the pipe or conduit. Where there are existing curbs and gutters or where curbs and gutters are under construction, utilities may maintain a minimum 16 inches of cover starting one foot back of the curbline in the parkway or sidewalk areas. The commissioner may permit the installation of pipes or conduits at lesser depths where the required cover cannot be provided or where the commissioner determines that special construction techniques will be employed which will preclude the need for greater depth and will produce a more beneficial installation.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
With the permittee's concurrence or as an emergency measure, the commissioner shall have the power to order the paving by county forces of any excavation up to 100 feet in length. The permittee shall reimburse the county in accordance with the schedule of charges as adopted by the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
Immediately after completion of the work, the permittee shall clean up and remove all materials, earth and debris of any kind. If the permittee fails within 24 hours after having been notified to do so by the commissioner, the work may be done by the commissioner and the permittee charged in accordance with the schedule of charges adopted by the board of supervisors. When a pole, guy-stub or similar timber is removed and not replaced, the entire length thereof shall be removed from the ground and the hole backfilled and compacted.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
A. 
Backfilling and compaction of an excavation shall be in accordance with standards established by the commissioner and adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors, both as to material and method.
B. 
Backfilling shall commence within 48 hours after work in a trench is completed.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
Every application shall contain a statement, signed by the applicant, that if any tank, pole, pipe, cable, conduit, duct, obstruction or tunnel placed in the excavation or the encroachment for which a permit is issued, interferes with the future surface use of the highway by the general public, then the applicant and his successors or assigns will at his own expense remove or relocate to a location satisfactory to the commissioner such tank, pole, pipe, cable, conduit, duct, tunnel or obstruction. The statement signed by the applicant will not apply in cases when the applicant has an easement superior to the highway easement at the time of application and can furnish evidence when required of such superior easement.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from maintaining by virtue of any law, ordinance or permit, any pipe, cable or conduit in any highway, or from making such excavation as may be necessary for the preservation of life or property if the person making such excavation applies for a permit not later than the next business day.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
The commissioner shall require all lines for the transmission and distribution of standard television or audio signals to be placed underground in highways when all power and telephone lines are underground and shall also require underground installation in all instances except where the applicant provides satisfactory proof of permission to use existing pole lines or where the commissioner finds that the remoteness of the area or other conditions render underground installation impractical or infeasible.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)
The commissioner may establish such requirements as he may find necessary to apply to the work to be done by any person in order to prevent interference with users of the highway and with holders of other permits.
(Ord. 6 § 16 (part), 1983)