§ 34-24. Same—Fees and charges.

(a)

Fee for permits under this article shall be as follows:

(1)

Paved streets. Two dollars ($2.00) per linear foot of paving cut for a standard trench, with a minimum charge of five dollars ($5.00) per trench.

(2)

Dirt or gravel streets. Seventy cents ($0.70) per linear foot of street cut, measured from the outside edge of the shoulder, for a standard trench, with a minimum charge of five dollars ($5.00) per trench.

(b)

If the excavation involves both paving and a dirt or gravel shoulder, the total cost of the permit shall be figured by adding the cost of cutting the pavement and the cost of cutting the dirt or gravel shoulder.

(c)

The payment of such surfacing cost, computed as set out above, shall be made to the city simultaneously with the filing of the application for cutting street and prior to cutting the street. A standard trench shall be interpreted as one whose excavation width does not exceed thirty (30) inches. Further, and at the same time each such applicant shall be required to pay any extra cost, as estimated by the plumbing inspector, of repairing street surfaces where the width of trench exceeds that of the standard.

(d)

The charges set out herein shall not be collected by the city if the proposed excavation is to be made in a street which is neither in use by the public nor cut to grade for such use; likewise, such charges shall not be collected if the proposed excavation is to be made in a street located in a subdivision then in process of development if all street improvements are being made by the developer at his expense and the excavation is made before such streets are accepted by the city.

(Ord. No. 188, § 5)