§ 24-152 — Permit application

Sec. 24-152. - Permit application.

(1) No permit shall be issued without a completed application on the form approved by the city engineer. The application shall be submitted to the city engineering department, and shall minimally include: (a) A detailed description of the size, type, nature, and extent of the work or construction to be done; (b) The exact location and approximate area where the anticipated work or construction is expected to occur, including the approximate length and width and, if the cut, trench, bore, tunnel, undermine or digging is in a street or alley, whether it is parallel or transverse to the direction of the travel lanes; (c) The name and residential or business address and telephone number for the permittee; (d) The name and residential or business address and telephone number for the project manager or person to oversee and/or manage the anticipated work or construction; (e) The dates of commencement and completion of the work; and (f) The purpose of the work or construction. No application authorized or imposed by this article shall be construed to affect or alter in any way any obligation of public and private utilities with facilities installed in any city right-of-way to relocate the facilities at no cost to the city, in the event that relocation is required by the city to accommodate the relocation or repair of a city street, sidewalk, utility, line, cable, facility or structure. (2) Along with the application for a permit, an applicant must submit evidence acceptable to the city that the applicant or person to perform the work or construction has sufficient expertise and ability to timely repair the street, road, or right-of-way and shall execute an indemnification and hold harmless agreement to the city which indemnifies, protects, and holds harmless the city from the actions of the applicant or permittee and their agents and representatives in any way arising out of or stemming from their construction or work. (3) For new construction, an applicant must submit three (3) sets of project construction plans at the time of filing an application for a permit. Plans are not required for routine maintenance and service installations. Such plans shall include the location(s), width, and arrangement of the proposed work or construction; the distance between any existing entrances within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; distance(s) from the centerline of the traveled way to any structures, gasoline pumps, or other obstructions within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; property lines and easements within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; the length, size and location of existing pipes, culverts, catch basins or manholes, conduit, curbing, curb and gutter, and/or sidewalks, and above ground utilities within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; and the proposed location of new pipes, conduit, culverts, catch basins or manholes, curbing, work or construction sought to be completed. The construction plans will be promptly reviewed and a permit will be issued or denied within thirty (30) working days after the application has been properly submitted along with the plans. The applicant is responsible for the engineering and design of its project and construction and the integration of its maintenance and construction responsibilities. (4) No permit shall be issued where the plans submitted in sub-paragraph (3) above propose to locate any proposed work, utility, line, cable, facility or structure within two (2) feet of a city utility, line, cable, facility or structure. (5) No permit shall be issued until the applicant has presented a utility location request number from the Mississippi One-Call Program (811) which meets requirements of notification, except in case of emergencies as defined above. The applicant is responsible for locating all utilities within the area of the proposed work or construction and any damage to other utilities shall be at the sole cost and expense of the applicant or permittee, as the case may be. (6) In order to expedite the issuance of a permit, a permit may be issued with conditions on construction and work hours. (7) No permit shall be transferable. (8) Except for requirements subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another regulatory agency or governing state or federal body or any valid agreement or franchise, the location, depth and other physical characteristics of any facilities or construction for which a permit is issued hereunder shall be subject to approval of the city engineer or his designee, such approval not to be reasonably withheld and to be based on, but not limited to, maintenance, operation, and oversight of the affected streets, alleys, sidewalks, rights-of-way and construction areas.

(Ord. of 10-21-14(1); Ord. of 10-1-2019(1), § 3)