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RESTORATION OF EXCAVATION SITE.

Austin City Code § 14-11-183
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§ 14-11-183 - RESTORATION OF EXCAVATION SITE. (A) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person who excavates a street, sidewalk or driveway shall pay the City's cost to inspect and restore the pavement. (1) On completion of a permitted activity, a permit holder shall restore and maintain the right-of-way to its original condition in accordance with the procedures and time period prescribed in the Utility Criteria Manual, the Standards Criteria Manual, or the Transportation Criteria Manual, as determined by the director. (2) The director shall inspect the excavation and may finish the excavation and bill the owner or the permit holder, or apply the security, for the entire cost, if the permit holder does not finish the excavation within four weeks after the director makes a final inspection. (B) If the director revokes a permit under Section 14-11-201 (Permit Required), the permit holder shall immediately restore the affected areas to their original condition. The permit holder must complete the restoration within 24 hours after the revocation and shall remove equipment, persons, materials, and debris from the right-of-way. The permit holder shall restore the area in compliance with the procedures contained in the Transportation Criteria Manual or the Utility Criteria Manual. (C) If the director determines that the owner has not restored the right-of-way as required by this division or that the restoration is not complete, the director may restore the area to the condition that existed before the permitted activity. The City may recover from the permit holder and the owner, jointly and severally, the actual expenses incurred in the restoration including, the cost of labor, materials, overhead, rental of equipment used in restoring the site, and attorney's fees. The City may institute procedures to forfeit bonds or other security furnished in connection with the permit. Source: Ord. No. 20170817-045, Pt. 2, 8-17-17.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14USSTPUPR_CH14-11USRI-W_ART2USRI-WCOEXFAINTEUS_SPBEXFAINPE_S14-11-183REEXSIFetched: 10/27/2026

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