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Home My WebLink About62 of 1921 - Amending Section 637, relating to street excavations ROLL CALL — - VOTING AYE NAY Salt Lake City, Utah, au,_;.;.5 t 9, , 192...L. Barnes Burton -- Crabbe I move that the ordinance be passed. Green Mr. Chairman Result AN ORDINANCE I — .dN Oi3DI1JANCE R:.2:clilLiL;C Section 637, Revised Ordinances of Dalt Lake City, 1920, and amending Section 1785, 'Revised Ordinances of Salt Bake City, 1920, relating to street excavations. BE IT ORDAINED by the Boar:. of Commissionors of Salt Lake Clap, Utah. SECTION I. That Section 637, Revised Ordinances o-f Salt -Lake City, Utah, 1920, be, and the came is, hereby repealed. SECTI0N II. That .-section 1785, revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1920, relating to street excavation; bc, and the same is, hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1785. Permits, Applications. Bonds. Bees. No Permit "or any street excavation shall be issued until written application therefor has been made to the supervisor of streets and irrigation, si nef by the party making the excavation or by the party at whose instance it is to be made; nor until the applicant has filed with the supervisor of streets and irrigation a bond of indemnity to the city, with sureties to be approved by the board of commissioners, conditioned that the jxrson caking the excavation will erect an r.:aintain about said excavatio_1,and until the street is restored to its normal condition, sn ficiert -tuacds, sif'nals, barricades and light , to prevent accident, and will, as soon as map be after ties completion_ said work, restore said street to the wine condition in which it existed prior to said excavation, end 'sill rer::ove rocks, dirt and rubbish SI from the street, and will save the city harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, demands or damages, for any and all injuries to person or property arising in my manner out o,: or by reason of any such. excavation. Such bond shall be in the sum of five tho s- 1 and dollars, for excavations in all streets; provided however, I 1 teat whenever paving or macadam, dirt or rock is removed in the ' process of any street excavation, such paving or macadam, dirt or rock Must be replaced under t]s direction and to the satisfaction, of the supervisor of street:; and irrisation, art at the ;ease of the party making the excavation; and, provided further, that any person operating in or using any ofthe streets under a fran- I cbise, or any person who in the pursuit of his regular calling, has frequent occasion to open or make excavation: in the public streets, may file a bond with corporate surety in the nun of I ten thousand dollars, conditioned as above, to cover all excavation made for a period of two years from the date of filing, but permits I 1 for all excavations, except for the replacement of street railway rails and ties in unpaved streets, must be applied for and issued i before it shall be lawful to make any such excavations; provided jfurther, that in excavating through asphalt or cement, or beneath I stone blocks, the excavatio_: ahsll. ba out perpendicularly at the sides and ends from the surface, the full length and width of all excavations to the necessary depth; on top of the back- filling there shall be placedu base of stone or concrete, as the case soap be, uniform in. construction and in depth with the base 1 of said pavement, and on to thereof shall be ,laced a sand joint one-half inch in thick-ess, and the balance of said excavation filled with cement mortar in tl e proportion of one part cement to t vo parts sand, flush with the pavement, all of such. construction con- forming in character of materials and workmanship with the city'; specifications for street paving, and in all cases, whether the ( excavation is made through asphalt or otherwise, in hack-filling th, material used for that purpose shall he thoroughly sprinkled clad I , Ii11 • tamped, or a sufficient quantity of water used to properly settle the material so used; a:ect after completing an excavation and back- filling, all dirt, rocks ana rubbish shall be removed from the street; provided further, that failure on the part of any person to comply with any of the Ierovisions of this chapter, shall be a sufficient reason fo2 the supervisor of streets ana irrigation refusing a permit to excavate in the streets of this city; provided further, that no excavation shall 1).e permitted to-remain open in any , reet, _ of, the city l,o_ ' ,mi a longer period than t'en days. If this provision is violated the supervisor of streets and irrigation may , , fill any ouch excavation at the expense of the p.erso makirig the . ! . _ 1 seine; provided further, ±tImt- the,..survisor of otreesa24:,11,- rigation shall charge and collect, upon issuing any permdt4 the - 1 following fees and charges, to-wit: for excavating in any cement sidewalk, for the ftrst square foot, 02 lrjrt tl-o-,'oo-r 2.00 for each additional square foot, or part thereof .25 for excavatim in a paved or macadamized street or port thereof.for.echsquare.foot n ny .95 1 For inspecting work when there is no asphalt or macadam raV11JOnt, for each one hundred lin- i ear feet or portion thereof 2.00 SECTION III. in IL; opinion of the board of Com- ! miss:tonere, it is necessary to the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of Salt Late City that this ordinance become effective immediately. SECTION IV. This ordnance shall take effect upon publication. 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