Alameda Municipal Code § 22-5 Cement and Concrete Work

Every person, firm or corporation who or which shall hereafter install or construct cement or concrete work of any character or description on or in any of the public streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, boulevards, highways, crossings, intersections, or public ways in the City of Alameda, shall register his/her, their, or its name and address in the office of the Superintendent of Streets in said City, and shall file with said Superintendent of Streets a bond, letter of credit, or other form of security, acceptable to the City Attorney, in favor of the City of Alameda, and in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), payable to the City of Alameda, for the faithful observance and performance by the person so filing the same, his/her agents, servants, and occupant; specifying in said notice what repairs are required to be made.

(Ord. No. 2537 N.S. § 5-151)

a. Application; Issuance. Permits for the doing of work provided for in the preceding subsection, including cement and concrete curbs, gutter ways, sidewalks, driveways, and culverts may be obtained from the City Superintendent of Streets upon written application and shall set forth a description of the work with respect to which the application is made, together with the location thereof and the respective names and addresses of the applicant and of the person for whom the same is to be done; and if the applicant has within two (2) years prior to the date of making such application, complied in all respects with the terms of this article respecting registration and filing of the bond, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Streets to issue in writing a permit for the doing of the work; provided, however, that the Superintendent of Streets may refuse to issue the permit so sought if it shall appear that the applicant has at any previous time done any cement or concrete work of any kind or description upon any of the public places in the City defined in the preceding subsection, which, either through the use of improper materials or through poor workmanship, or through improper installation, has proved to be faulty or defective and which, upon notice of such fault or defect, the same applicant has refused or neglected to reconstruct or repair in a satisfactory manner.

b. Permit Fee and Penalty.

1. Prior to and as a condition of the issuance of a permit under the terms of this article, the applicant shall pay a sum per address for which a permit is issued. The permit fee shall be set by City Council Resolution.

2. Where work is started without a permit, the applicant shall pay an additional penalty fee per address for which a permit is issued. The penalty fee shall be set by City Council Resolution.

c. Notice to Owner; Form. Whenever any permits have been taken out as aforementioned, the Superintendent of Streets shall immediately mail to the person or persons for whom the work is to be done, to the address or addresses given in the application, a notice requiring, in substance, that such person have such work examined and declared satisfactory by the Superintendent of Streets before paying for the same.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 5-152; Ord. No. 1788 N.S.; Ord. No. 2382 N.S.; Ord. No. 2576 N.S. § 3)

It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation who shall have done any concrete work of any kind or description upon or in any of the public places defined in subsection 22-5.1, to stamp his/her, their or its name in a legible manner and in an exposed position upon both ends of each single piece of such work, and upon the completion of such work promptly to notify the Superintendent of Streets of such completion. If it shall appear to the Superintendent of Streets that the work is faulty or defective, or has been in any way improperly constructed or installed, he/she shall promptly notify the applicant named in the application for the permit for such work, in writing, addressed and mailed, postage prepaid, to the address given in such application done; and it shall be the duty of the applicant immediately to repair or reconstruct the same in such manner as will correct such fault, defect or improper construction.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 5-153)