HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 565 PERMITSORDINANCE NO. 565
ON ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH A, B, AND C OF SECTION. I, ORDINANCE NO. 530, PROVIDING THAT
PERMITS REQUIRED FOR EXCAVATION BE ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE
POSTINn OF BONDS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID PERMITS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ANY CITY
STREET_, AT-LEY OR EASEMENT AFTER EXCAVATION OF THE SAME, AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS.
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO:
SECTION I: That sub - section A of Section I, Ordinance No. 530, be amended to
read as follows:
"A. No person shall hereafter make any excavation in any street, alley, or
easement of the City without first having obtained a permit so to do from the City
Clerk, said permit to be issued in triplicate and copy thereof delivered by the City
Clerk to the Water Department Superintendent, a copy to the permit shall be filed, and
kept on file, with the City Clerk for a period of not less than five (5) years after its
issue."
SECTION II: That sub- section B of Section I, Ordinance No. 530, be amended by
adding thereto Section B(a) as follows:
"B(a). No permit shall be issued for any excavation unlessi.the applicant shall
present with the application, or file with the City Clerk, a bond in an amount sufficient
to reconstruct said street, alley or easement as hereinafter provided. The amount of
said bond shall be fixed and determined by the Street Department Superintendent who
shall make an estimate of the cost of such reconstruction of the street, alley or easement.
In the event the applicant fails to reconstruct the street, alley or easement
as hereinafter set forth, the City of Rexburg may proceed to do so and the _cost thereof
shall be paid from the bond filed by the applicant.
SECTION III: That sub - section C of Section I, Ordinance No. 530, be amended to
read as follows:
"C. Application for Permit and Notice of Excavation.. Applications for permit
may be made in person, or by telephone, or by other medium of communication, but if the
application is not made in person then the permittee or his /its qualified agent shall
appear at the office of the City Clerk to execute the permit papers and file the necessary
bond required in Section B(a).of this Ordinance not later than noon of the first working
day following the application and before any excavation shall commence. Regardless of
when any permit to excavate be issued, the permittee shall give notice to the City
Clerk not more than twenty -four (24) hours of the time when the excavation is to commence.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and due publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 3rd day of September, 1975.
Mayor, John C. Porter
ATTEST:
Afton Anderson, City Clerk