11-23-15 Agenda, Packet & Committee Meeting Notice

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(b) Any person who fails to obtain the necessary construction permit shall be shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) per day, until such time as an approved permit is obtained, in addition to being liable for the appropriate fee from the date said construction began. Enforcement proceedings may be initiated upon complaint by the Department of Public Works or by any affected individual. The annual license fee for a sidewalk contractor shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). (c) All work performed by a sidewalk contractor shall be done according to plans, specifications and the provisions of this Code and ordinances of the City. Sec. 18-44. Same-Bond required; amount; conditions;, indemnification; insurance. (a) At the time of making the request under section 18-35 the person desiring to obtain a construction permit shall file a bond payable to the City in such sum as the Board of Public Works may designate. The bond shall be filed with the Board of Public Works and shall be conditioned to save the City harmless from any loss, cost or damage by reason of such proposed work, and that the same shall be done in all respects in conformity with the requirements of this Code and all other ordinances of the City regulating the same; provided, that a single or continuing bond may be given to embrace all work of the petitioner for a period of time between the date of the execution of the same and such date as set forth by the City Engineer not to exceed three years. Any single or continuing bond issued hereunder may be renewed on an annual basis,upon approval of the Board of Public Works. All applicants for such licence shall file with the Board of Public Works and Safety surety approved by such Board and conditioned that the work and materials shall be according to plans and specifications and all requirements of this Code and ordinances of the City. The bond shall insure to the benefit of both the City and the person for whom the arising out of the work. (b) All such applicants shall also carry insurance against all personal injury and property damage claims which may arise from the performance of such work in such amounts as may be established by the Board of Public Works-and-Safety, and shall maintain on file in the office of the Board evidence of the continuation in force of such insurance throughout the term for which any Guch license single or continuing bond is issued. (c) Any public utility operating under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission of the State may give an indemnifying agreement in lieu of such bond. Section IX. Chapter 18, of the South Bend Municipal Code, shall be amended to add a new Article 7 governing the use of City of South Bend right-of-ways by those persons or organizations seeking a permit to do so. The following new Article 7 which contains three new Sections --18-60, 18-61, and 18-62-- shall read in its entirety as follows: 7