Stanton Municipal Code Ch. 12.04 Street Work

It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to lay, construct, reconstruct, or repair in any street, alley, court, or other public place in the city or in, over, or through any property or right-of-way owned by the city, any curb, sidewalk, gutter, graded and oiled roadway, pavement, storm drain, culvert, or retaining wall, or to store materials in a public place, without first obtaining a permit in writing from the city engineer to do so as provided in this chapter.

(Prior code § 12.08.010)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to lay, construct, reconstruct, or repair any curb, sidewalk, graded and oiled roadway, pavement, storm drain, culvert or retaining wall in any public street, alley, court or other public place in the city or in, over, or through any property or right-of-way owned by the city, without first obtaining from the city engineer the lines and grades therefor.

(Prior code § 12.08.020)

All work mentioned in Section 12.04.010 for which a permit is required shall be performed in accordance with the standard street and highway plans of the county, 1978 edition, with amendments of the city engineer, and the plans as required by the city engineer. The work shall be performed to the satisfaction of the city engineer or his representative.

(Prior code § 12.08.030; amended during 1980 recodification)

Any person, firm, or corporation desiring a permit to perform any work mentioned in Section 12.04.010 shall file with the city engineer a written application therefor, which application shall state the location, nature and amount of the work to be performed, materials to be used and such other information as the city engineer may require.

(Prior code § 12.08.040)

Before such permit will be issued, the applicant shall pay a plan check inspection and permit fee, in an amount to be determined by city council resolution.

(Prior code § 12.08.050; Ord. 507 § 1, 1978)

The applicant shall file with the city a good and sufficient bond approved by the city engineer or his duly authorized representative and payable to the city. The amount of the bond for the improvements shall be in the amount of the engineer's estimated cost of the proposed work and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work for which permit is issued in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared therefor and referred to in said permit, and also upon the payment of all expenses incurred by the city in connection therewith. The amount of the bond for storing materials on city property shall be fifty cents per square foot of the area covered.

(Prior code § 12.08.060)

The city engineer may, at his discretion, waive the filing of such a bond.

(Prior code § 12.08.070)

The bond shall be a cash bond, a letter of credit, a certificate of deposit or a bond executed by the permittee and a responsible surety company. If the applicant chooses to submit a letter of credit, certificate of deposit or a bond executed by a surety company, these instruments shall clearly set forth that the city is named as payee as required by Section 12.04.060.

(Prior code § 12.08.080; amended during 1980 recodification)

All permits shall expire sixty days from the date on which the construction work actually starts, unless a longer time is specified in the permit, in which case such permits shall expire at the end of the longer term specified therein.

(Prior code § 12.08.090)

The city engineer may, upon good cause being shown therefor by permittee, extend the time for the completion of the work.

(Prior code § 12.08.100)

No person, firm or corporation shall commence any work mentioned in Section 12.04.010 for which a permit has been issued unless such person, firm or corporation has made application in writing to the city engineer for an inspector therefor, at least twenty-four hours before commencing the work, specifying in such application the day, hour, and the location at which the work will be commenced.

(Prior code § 12.08.110)

Whenever any permittee has completed any work mentioned in Section 12.04.010, the permittee shall so notify the city engineer in writing.

(Prior code § 12.08.120)

After the city engineer has, by survey or inspection or both, found that the work has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the permit issued therefor and all the provisions of this chapter, shall issue, if so requested by the permittee, a certificate of acceptance which shall contain a statement of the location, nature and total of amount performed under the permit.

(Prior code § 12.08.130)

All unused permits issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be cancelled six months after the date of their issuance or sooner if requested by permittee, unless actual construction of the improvements authorized by the permit has been commenced prior to the expiration of the six month period.

(Prior code § 12.08.140)

Upon written request made prior to the cancellation of the permit, the city engineer may, at his discretion, extend the time for commencing said work.

(Prior code § 12.08.150)

Upon the cancellation of any permit as provided in this chapter, the fee paid therefor, less any amount expended by the city in connection with the proposed improvement plus twenty-five percent of the expended amount, shall be returned to said permittee if so requested by him within two months from the date of such cancellation of the permit and upon surrender of the permit.

(Prior code § 12.08.160)

No person, firm or corporation to whom a permit has been granted under the provisions of this chapter shall perform or cause to be performed, any of the work mentioned in Section 12.04.010 in a greater amount or quantity than that specified in the permit issued.

(Prior code § 12.08.170)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation performing or causing to be performed any work under the provisions of this chapter fail, refuse or neglect to remove or cause to be removed all material and debris within three days after the completion of the work.

(Prior code § 12.08.180)

This provision shall not be construed to conflict with the use of material for protection of concrete or other new work, in which case the specification governing such work shall control.

(Prior code § 12.08.190)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be punishable according to the provisions of Section 1.04.080.

(Prior code § 12.08.200; Ord. 789 § 32, 1997)