"Drain layer"
is a general term applied to a licensed professional, engaged in the business of installing sanitary sewer pipes, water distribution pipes, stormwater pipes, natural gas pipes, electric conduit, including geotechnical subsurface exploration, and any/all underground and subsurface utilities. Such utilities include main line pipes as well as public or private service line pipes, and all related connections and appurtenances.
(C.O. 22-057, § 1, 4/11/2022)
A. 
Consistent with chapter 13.08, all drain layers must be licensed and/or approved by the director of public works and the city engineer prior to commencing any work within the city of Revere. The director of public works and the city engineer may license such drain layers as apply and are found competent. No person other than a licensed drain layer shall construct, repair, otherwise connect to or excavate for such purpose any utility within the City's right-of-way nor perform any type of subsurface exploration and/or borings of any kind.
B. 
All applications for the construction, repair, or alteration of utilities for private use within the City's right-of-way, and their entrance into common utilities, shall be made to the director of public works, and shall be in such form as he/she shall prescribe, and shall be approved by the city engineer. All such utilities for private use within the City's right-of-way and their entrances into common utility systems shall be constructed, connected, maintained, and kept in repair by a licensed private drain layer hired or employed by the applicant in such manner as the director of public works and/or city engineer may from time to time determine. The cost of any work so constructed, maintained, or repaired shall be paid by the applicant therefor.
(C.O. 22-057, § 1, 4/11/2022)