HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 602ORDINANCE NO. 6O2
BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPENING AND CLOSING OR
EXCAVATING CITY STREETS OR ALLEYS:
BE IT ORDaiNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAUREL:
Section 1. That no individual~ firm, contractor~ corporation, utility
company, or any other person shall make any opening or an excavation in a
street or alley in the City of Laurel without first obtaining a permit to do so
from the City Engineer's office of the City of Laurel.
Section 2. That before the City Engineer's office shall issue any per-
mit the applicant must post a bond in the sum of $2~ 000.00~ requiring that the
street or alley will be put back in the condition it was before such opening was
made.
Section 3. The City Engineer's office shall require such information
from the applicant as the City Engineer may deem pertinent as to the need for
the opening; the length of time to be opened and whatever information the City
Engineer deems pertinent.
Section 4. The City Engineer may, in granting the permit, limit the
size ef the opening to be made; the time if may remain open; and further require
such safety marking and warning signs to be posted as he deems necessary.
Section 5. The said permit to be issued shall require the opening made
in any street or alley to be properly filled, sealed and the surface of the street
or alley restored to its original condition. The City Engineer's office and the
City Engineer thereof shall be deemed and appointed inspector to inspect all
of such work done and the progress thereof.
Section 6. To defray the cost of the necessary inspection and permit
under this Ordinance, the City Engineer's office shall charge for the issuance
of such permit~ $5.00 per opening.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of July, 1973.
ATTEST: Mayor
Ci~ Clerk