No person shall be issued a permit for street
opening until he/she has first furnished satisfactory proof to the
Superintendent that he/she is qualified to perform the work under
the conditions of the permit.
No change in the established grades for streets,
drainage and related work shall be permitted without first submitting
a profile and such other data necessary for proper consideration and
formal action by the Board of Public Works.
It shall be the duty of any person by whom or
for whose benefit any street opening is to be made for any purpose
whatsoever in the City to give written notice thereof to any company
whose pipes, conduits or other structures are laid in the street in
which the work is to be done by the permittee under the provisions
of a street-opening permit 24 hours before commencing such opening
or work; and such person doing such work shall, at his/her own expense,
carefully support, maintain in operation and protect from injury such
pipes, conduits or other structures and, in case of injury, shall
restore the same, at his/her own expense, to as good a condition as
they were before the beginning of such opening or work.
A.
Barricades and warning lights. The permittee shall
erect and maintain suitable barricades and fences around all of his/her
work while excavation or other work is in progress and shall arrange
his/her work in such a manner as to cause a minimum of inconvenience
and delay to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The Superintendent
may require that the work be so arranged as to make possible the complete
removal of obstructions to traffic on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Warning flags or signs and suitable warning lights shall be provided,
and guards shall be provided if so ordered by the Superintendent and
in accordance with the latter's directions.
B.
Flaggers. Where the free flow of traffic is interfered
with, the permittee shall designate competent persons to direct and
expedite traffic by means of lights or flags.
C.
Maintenance of vehicular traffic. Unless otherwise
authorized by the Superintendent, vehicular traffic shall be maintained
at all times during the progress of the work being performed under
the permit.
A.
Pavement breakers. Heavy-duty pavement breakers may
be prohibited by the Superintendent when the use endangers existing
substructures or other property.
B.
Saw-cutting. Saw-cutting of concrete may be required
by the Superintendent when the nature of the job or the condition
of the street warrants. When required, the depth of the cut shall
be not less than one inch, but depths greater than one inch may be
required by the Superintendent when circumstances warrant. Saw-cutting
may be required by the Superintendent outside of the limits of the
excavation over cave-outs, overbreaks and small floating sections.
C.
Bituminous pavement cutting. Approved cutting of bituminous
pavement surface ahead of excavations may be required by the Superintendent
to confine pavement damage to the limits of the trench.
D.
Removal of sidewalk sections. Sections of sidewalk
shall be removed to the nearest score line or saw-cut edge.
E.
Unstable pavement. Unstable pavement shall be removed
over cave-outs and overbreaks, and the subgrade shall be treated as
the main trench.
F.
Trimming edges. Pavement edges shall be trimmed to
a vertical face and neatly aligned with the center line of the trench.
G.
Cutouts outside trench line. Cutouts outside of the
trench lines must be normal or parallel to the trench line.
H.
Boring. Boring or other methods to prevent cutting
of new pavement may be required by the Superintendent.
I.
Preexisting damage. A permittee shall not be required
to repair damage existing prior to excavation unless his/her cut results
in small floating sections that may be unstable, in which case said
permittee shall remove and pave the area.
Excavated material shall be stored in neat piles,
so placed as to cause the least interference with the use of the roadway
or sidewalks. If so ordered by the Superintendent, such excavated
material shall be promptly removed from the site of the work.
A.
Inspection before authorization required. No backfilling
shall be done by the permittee until the work being done under the
permit shall have first been inspected and the backfilling authorized
by the Superintendent. In case of nonconformity with this requirement,
the Superintendent shall have the right to require that the work be
uncovered by the permittee at the latter's own expense so that proper
inspection may be made.
B.
Material. The backfill material shall be free from
cinders, ashes, refuse, vegetable or organic material, boulders, rocks
or stones or other material which, in the opinion of the Superintendent,
is unsuitable. However, from one foot above the top of the pipe or
conduit to the subgrade of the pavement, material containing stones
up to eight inches in their greatest dimension may be used. The permittee
may backfill with the excavated material, provided that such material
consists of loam, clay, sand, gravel or other material which, in the
opinion of the Superintendent, is suitable for backfilling. Where
the excavated material is not suitable for backfilling, gravel will
be used. Frozen material shall not be used for backfilling.
C.
Use of gravel. Gravel for backfilling shall consist
of natural bank gravel having durable particles graded from fine to
coarse in a reasonably uniform combination, with no boulders or stones
larger than two inches in size. It shall be free from slag, cinders,
ashes, refuse or other deleterious or objectionable materials. It
shall not contain excessive amounts of loam or clay and shall not
be lumpy or frozen. Backfill gravel shall be used in the top 18 inches
of backfill of all ditches in the paved areas of City streets.
D.
Layering. Backfill shall be placed in eight-inch layers,
and each layer shall be tamped by mechanical means to ensure good
compaction. Care shall be taken not to disturb the pipe or conduit
located in the ditch. Excavating or backfilling shall not be done
in freezing weather, except by permission of the Superintendent. No
fill shall be made where the material already in the trench is frozen.
Immediately following backfilling of an excavation,
the permittee shall place thereon an acceptable temporary resurfacing.
Such resurfacing shall be an approved bituminous material and shall
be maintained even with the roadway or other surface, as directed,
until permanent restoration is started.
All permanent restoration of paving will be
done by the forces of the Board of Public Works at the expense of
the permittee at a schedule of rates on file in the office of the
City Clerk. The rates shall be as follows:
|
Type of Restoration
|
Fee per Square Foot
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Asphalt streets
| ||
|
Asphalt base
|
$2.20
| |
|
Concrete base
|
$3.35
| |
|
Surface treatment (crushed stone)
|
$1.10
| |
|
Brick streets (concrete base)
|
$4.00
| |
|
Concrete streets
|
$3.60
| |
|
Curb and gutter, per linear foot
|
$7.75
| |
|
4-inch concrete (sidewalks, etc.)
|
$1.75
| |
|
6-inch concrete (driveways, etc.)
|
$2.00
| |
Excavation work shall be so performed and conducted
as not to interfere with access to fire hydrants, fire stations, fire
escapes, water gates, underground vaults, valve-housing structures
and all other vital equipment designated by the Superintendent.
A.
Generally. The permittee shall not interfere with
any existing utility without the written consent of the Superintendent
and the owner of the utility. If it becomes necessary to relocate
an existing utility, this shall be done by its owner. No utility owned
by the City shall be moved to accommodate the permittee unless the
cost of such work is borne by the permittee. The cost of moving privately
owned utilities shall be similarly borne by the permittee unless it
makes other arrangements with the person owning the utility. The permittee
shall support and protect, by timbers or otherwise, all pipes, conduits,
poles, wires or other apparatus which may be in any way affected by
the excavation work and shall do everything necessary to support,
sustain and protect them under, over, along or across said work.
B.
Responsibility. In case any of said pipes, conduits,
poles, wires or apparatus should be damaged (and for this purpose
pipe coating or other encasement or devices are to be considered as
part of a substructure), they shall be repaired by the agency or person
owning them, and the expense of such repairs shall be charged to the
permittee, and his/her or its bond shall be liable therefor. The permittee
shall be responsible for any damage done to any public or private
property by reason of the breaking of any water pipe, sewer, gas pipe,
electric conduit or other utility, and his/her or its bond shall be
liable therefor. The permittee shall inform himself/herself or itself
as to the existence and location of all underground utilities and
protect the same against damage.
C.
Parking meter heads. Parking meter heads shall be
removed or replaced only by the Parking Meter Division.
