County Highways: Permit Required

A. No person, including any officer or employee of the County or any independent board or commission thereof, partnership, firm, or corporation shall, in any manner or for any purpose, break up, dig up, disturb, undermine, or dig under, or cause to be broken up, dug up, disturbed, undermined, or dug under, any County public highway, street, thoroughfare, alley, or sidewalk or any other public place under the supervision or control of the County, or any portion of such public highway, street, thoroughfare, alley, sidewalk, or other public place, without having first obtained a written permit therefor from the department of public works and waste management of the County and unless the chief of police of the County or a duly authorized representative shall have been notified of such work not less than eight hours prior to the commencement of the same; provided, however, that any portion of such public highway, street, thoroughfare, alley, sidewalk or such other public place may be excavated or otherwise opened for emergency repairs of any sewer lines or water mains without first obtaining such written permit and without giving such advance notice to the chief of police or the duly authorized representative; provided further, however, that any person, including any officer or employee of the County or any independent board or commission thereof, partnership, firm, or corporation who shall make such excavation or other opening for such emergency repairs shall as soon as practicable apply for a written permit in accordance with this chapter. B. Any such person, partnership, firm, or corporation desiring the permit required in this section shall make application on a form prescribed by the director of public works and waste management. The director of public works and waste management may prescribe in the permit the place where the work is to be done, and as a condition precedent may require a bond in favor of the County to protect it against any and all claims for damages due to, or caused by, any work done under the permit. C. The director of public works and waste management shall require an insurance certificate naming the County as an additional insured. The amounts for minimum coverage for property damage and bodily injury shall be prescribed by the director of public works and waste management. D. The director of public works and waste management, before issuing such permit, shall require the applicant for such a permit to file a plan showing the location of each proposed excavation or opening and the dimensions thereof, including the surface area of the opening in paving, sidewalk or other structure to be installed therein, details for the backfilling of trenches and the restoration of the roadway pavement, and such other details and information as the director of public works and waste management may require to be shown upon such plan. E. The director of public works and waste management shall issue a permit within seven calendar days after determination that the application is in compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 2888 § 1, 2000: prior code § 21-4.1)