Redwood City Municipal Code § 29.93 Conditions for Issuance of Permit

Upon securing a permit from the City Engineer, any person may install street improvements in any public street or alley pursuant to the provisions of this Article. Such street improvements shall include the installation of pavement and the installation or relocation of curbs, gutters, catch basins, monuments, valley gutters, storm drains, sewer mains, laterals and cleanouts, trees, ornamental street lighting, driveways, sidewalks and the raising and lowering of manhole frames and covers, valve boxes, meters and other appurtenances.

It shall be unlawful for any person to do such improvement work except upon securing such a permit unless the doing of such work is otherwise provided for in this Code.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 1)

Applications for a permit to do general street improvement work shall be made on forms provided by the City Engineer and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in an amount set by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 1)

(Ord. No. 2436, § 5, 5-22-17)

All improvements within a public right-of-way shall be completed in strict conformity with standard City specifications therefor, and the City Engineer shall at all times make copies of such standards available to applicants without cost. In the event any work is not completely covered by the City's standard specifications, current specifications established by the Department of Public Works of the State for the doing of work on which gasoline tax funds are utilized shall apply.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 1)

The City Engineer may establish such conditions for the permit as he finds necessary to protect the public using the street or alley. In addition to other appropriate conditions, the following may be established:

A. The time and dates on which the work may be done.

B. The supervision and safety precautions to be employed, including the erection of barricades, warning lights, signals and signs, and the employment of personnel to direct traffic.

C. The number of calendar days, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180), for which the permit will be valid.

D. That the applicant furnish complete plans and profiles prepared by a licensed civil engineer for all the work.

E. That the applicant pay a deposit, in an amount set by resolution of the City Council, for the costs of the checking of plans, the making of field inspections, and the staking of the project.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 1)

(Ord. No. 2436, § 5, 5-22-17)

In the event the improvement work to be performed will be done within the main-traveled portion of a street or alley, the City Engineer may require that the applicant furnish the City with a performance bond to assure that any improvement work commenced will be completed within the time established by the permit and to the standards established by the City and the permit. The amount, form and nature of the surety shall be subject to the City Engineer's approval.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 1)

In any case where the City Engineer estimates that the cost of the improvement work will exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or a dangerous or hazardous condition will be created by the doing of the work, whether to persons or to property, including the anticipated flooding of property, the City Engineer may require that the applicant enter into an improvement agreement with the City on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the City Council.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 1)