[Amended 7-9-1969, approved 7-10-1969; 6-27-1973, approved 6-28-1973; 7-25-1973, approved 7-26-1973; 9-11-1974, approved 9-12-1974; 1-24-1979, approved 1-26-1979; 7-8-1987, approved 7-9-1987; 1-9-1991,
approved 1-10-1991; 5-13-2015, approved 5-15-2015; 6-10-2015, approved 6-12-2015; 8-14-2023,
approved 8-15-2023]
No permit for street opening shall be issued by the Commissioner
to any applicant therefor, except a public service corporation, until
the applicant shall have first paid to the City Clerk on behalf of
the City a fee of $350 as determined by the Commissioner. A public
service corporation shall be charged in accordance with the Fee Schedule
listed below. Said fee is to cover the cost of issuing and recording
the permit and the supervision and inspection of the work done in
connection therewith. No permit for a street opening shall be issued
to a public service corporation by the Commissioner until said fees
and deposits have been paid to the DPW Commissioners Office or City
Clerk on behalf of the City, in cash or by check payable to the City
of Mount Vernon. The fees listed above and in the Permit Fee Schedule
below shall apply effectively as of January 1, 2023, and shall renew
each calendar year unless amended prior thereto in the fee and deposit
schedule maintained by the Commissioner of Public Works.
A. Permit
Fee Schedule (Term: thirty-days).
Type A:
|
Fee: $200
|
Deposit: $1,000 or ($100,000 Annual Surety Bond)
|
---|
Curb repair/replace
|
Cut and cap gas service
|
Drainage pipe
|
Driveway apron
|
Electric service work
|
Hydrant service work
|
Hydrant valve leak
|
Manhole/vault opening
|
Pull cable - aerial
|
Removal of street signs
|
Roll off container/dumpster
|
Sidewalk repair/replacement 100 square feet and
under
|
Streetlight replacement
|
Structure inspection
|
Test pits
|
Temp sidewalk obstruction
|
Tree removal/trimming/planting
|
Utility pole replacement/repair/installation
|
Type B:
|
Fee: $700
|
Deposit: $5,000 or ($100,000 Annual Surety Bond)
|
---|
Dewatering
|
Electrical service installation - Tunderground
|
Gas main valve installation
|
Gas service leak/repair/installation
|
Pull cable - underground
|
Replace gas service
|
Sanitary sewer lateral/repair/replacement/installation
|
Scaffolding
|
Sidewalk repair/replacement over 100 square feet
|
Sidewalk shed/bridge
|
Soil borings
|
Storm drain repair/connection
|
Water main valve installation
|
Water service leak/repair/installation
|
Type C:
|
Fee: $2,000
|
Deposit: $7,000 or ($100,000 Annual Surety Bond)
|
---|
Conduit install/repair/replacement
|
Conduit and rolt cabinet installation
|
Gas main repair/replace/installation
|
Hydrant replacement/repair
|
Manhole installation
|
Oversized vehicle
|
Removal of a street light
|
Right-of-way obstruction
|
Sanitary sewer installation
|
Storm drain installation
|
Vault repair/replacement
|
Water main repair/replace/installation
|
[Amended 2-9-2005; approved 2-10-2005]
Every permittee, except a public-service corporation, shall
file with the City a bond in the sum of $25,000, said bond to be approved
as to form and sufficiency of surety by the Corporation Counsel and
said bond to be retained as security for the faithful performance
by the applicant of all terms, agreements, covenants and conditions
of the permit on the applicant's part to be done and/or performed.
It shall be the duty of the permittee to give written notice
to any company whose pipes, conduits or other structures are laid
in the street in which any work is to be done by such permittee under
the provisions of a street opening permit not less than 24 hours before
commencing such opening or work; and such permittee doing such work
shall, at its own expense, carefully support, maintain in operation
and protect from injury such pipes, conduits or other structures and,
in case of injury, shall restore same, at its own expense, to their
former condition.