Same—Bond prerequisite to issuance.
Meridian Code of Ordinances § 20-9
in effectSec. 20-9. - Same—Bond prerequisite to issuance.
(a) Every person obtaining a permit, as provided for in section 20-8, shall at the time of receiving the same make, execute and deliver to the director of public works a good and sufficient bond, payable to the city with a surety company doing business in the state as surety thereon, in such amount as the director of public works may require, not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). Such bond shall be conditioned to save the city harmless on account of all injury or damages which it may suffer by reason of injury to persons or property, or injuries to any pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter occasioned by the making of any excavation, the doing of any work or the piling of any building material or the erecting of any structure in the streets, alleys or avenues, as provided in the preceding section.
(b) Any regular contractor or public utility using the streets, or any part thereof, may execute a like bond, general in its terms, to cover any and all work that may be done by such contractor or public utility in the streets for such sum as may be fixed by the city council, not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). Such bond when executed and delivered shall be in lieu of the bond hereinabove required in each case.
(Code 1962, § 20-7)
Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH20STSI_ARTIINGE_S20-9SAONPRISFetched: 11/1/2026