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Home My WebLink About~Master - Regulating Cutting of Street Surfaces, Repealing Ordinance 555, 640 f v ORDINANCE NO. 824 AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CUTTING OF PAVEMENTS, STREET SURFACES AND OTHER STREET APPURTENANCES WITHIN THE STREETS, AVENUES AND ALLEYS IN THE CITY OF AMES, IOWAO AND THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS THEREFOR, AND FOR THE ENFORCEMEN OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION THEREOF; REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 555, 640 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: i i Section 1.. Definitions. The following definition of terms shall apply to all provisions of this ordinance: Section 1. 1. Concrete Pavements. Concrete pavement shall include all concrete pavements and concrete base with any type of bituminous wearing surface. Section 1. 2. Stabilized Base Pavements. Stabilized base pavement shall include pavement with base stabilized with gravel, stone, cinders and a cementing material other than Portland cement, and with or without a bitumi nous wearing surface. Section 1. 3. Street Surfaces. Street surfaces shall include all other street surfaces of earth, unstabilized gravelor stone, cinders or similar material. Section 1. 4. Street Appurtenances. Street appurtenances shall include i all concrete curbs, curb and gutter and sidewalks within the street limits. Section 2. Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cut into or remove any part of a concrete pavement, stabilized base pavement, street surface or street appurtenance without first having obtained a permit therefor as provided herein. Section 3. Application For Permit. Application for a permit to do work s s specified in section 2 hereof shall be made in writing to the city manager on forms furnished by the city. Such forms shall specify the location and extent of the proposed work, the manner and method of doing the same and the time when such work is to be performed.. Section 4. Bond Required. Before the issuance of a permit the applican shall have on file with the city clerk an approved corporate surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5, 000. 00) to indemnify the city against claims for accidents to persons or property arising from or occasioned by the work. Additional indemnity bonds will not be required of master plumbers licensed by the City of Ames, corporations having utility franchises within the city, or contractors who have performance bonds on file with the city clerk requiring construction work within street limits. Bond will not be required for the cutting of curbs and curbs and gutter for driveway entrances. v� Section 5. Permits Not Required. Perniit�--D-o,--bond� will not be require of property owners for the construction, reconstruction or repair of sidewalks abutting their property. N Section 6. Approval of Application. The city manager may, upon proper application, authorize the issuance of a permit under such restrictions and regulations as he deems necessary to insure the safety and convebance of the public. Section 7. Issuance of Permit. The city clerk shall upon approval of an application by the city manager, the filing of the required bond, if any, and the deposit of an amount in cash sufficient to reimburse the city for all costs and expense for work done or to be done by the city in connection with such permit, M I I issue such permit and retain a record thereof in his office. Section 8. Schedule of Charges. The charges to be made for reimburs- ing the city for the cost of repair and the maintenance of pavement and appur- tenance cuts shall be based on the schedule of charges as hereinafter set forth. Such schedule of charges does not include the cost of making the initial cut. Section 8. 1. Concrete Pavements. For cuts made into or through concrete pavements in place one (1) year or less, a charge shall be made of two dollars ($Z. 00) per square foot of surface cut, with a minimum charge of twenty five dollars ($25. 00). For cuts into or through concrete pavements in place more than one (1) year, a charge shall be made of one dollar fifty cents ($1. 50) per square foot of surface %ut, with a minimum charge of seven dollar ($7. 00). Se-st ion 8.2. Stabilized Ba& Pavements. For cuts made into or through stabilized base pavements, a charge shall be made of fifty cents ($. 50) per square foot of surface cut with a minimum charge of five dollar s($5.,0 0) • Section 8. 3. Backfilling in Streets and Alleys. For cuts made within streets and alleys requiring backfilling a charge shall be made at the following r ate s: D to 100 cubic feet 1 D� per cubic foot 100 to 1, 000 cubic feet 4� per cubic foot Over 1, 000 cubic feet 2� per cubic foot Minimum char ge $7. 00 Section 8. 4. Street Appurtenances# For cuts made into or through street appurtenances a charge shall be made of two dollars ($2. DO) per cubic foot with a minimum charge of eight dollars ($8. 00). i Section 8. 5. Replacing Gravel and Stone Surfaces Existing gravel i and stone surfaces which require replacement due to service or other surface cuts will be replaced by the city. A charge of five (5) cents per square foot wiLl be made for such work. Section 9. Right of City to do Work. The city manager may reserve the right to perform all or such portions of the work of cutting into or through or excavating along or under pavement surfaces, including the backfilling of trenches and pavement surface repairs, as he may deem necessary to fully protect the city from unduedamage or excessive repair to such pavement surfa es. Section 10. Violation and Penalties. Any person, firm or corporatio , whether acting directly or through employees or agents, that violates, disobal : omits, neglects, refuses to comply with or resists any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($10D. 00). Section 11. Repeal. Ordinances nos. 555, 640 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 12. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Passed this 22nd day of November, 1955. J. W. Prather, City Clerk 4J.- P. Lawlor, Mayor r Moved by Smith and seconded by Bolton that Ordinance No, 824 do now pass. on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart les g the Moved by Bliss andseconded the Becond oltonand thi dat the ureadings benomitted aandge 1 of ordinances be suspended, Ordinance No. 824 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart Moved by Judge and seconded by Smith that Ordinance No. 824 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart I Mayor Pro Tem Griffith declared Ordinance No. 824 duly adopted,, i I, J, W. Prather, Clerk of the City of Am s, Iowa, do hereby certify City that the above and foregoing Ordinance 22nd day 4 was duly ofNovember, 955 and published properly passed al a meeting of the City Council on t Y by codifying on the _.o day of CCuq. , 19 .? �• J. W. Prather, City Clerk