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

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(2) Said application shall contain an adequate description of the use to be made of the occupied portion of City right-of-way including the size, location, purpose and type of structure to be located thereupon. (3) The Applicant shall pay fees for use of any right-of-way as established in Sec. 18-61(d) below whenever temporary obstructions to the right-of-way exceed typical obstruction allowances that are inherent with construction activities for which permit fees were previously paid for excavation permits and/or access permits. For purposes of this Section "typical obstruction allowances" shall mean be five (5) days or less for the obstruction of a non-traffic lane or right-of-way; two (2) hours or less where traffic lanes are obstructed and traffic is maintained on a collector roadway; and one(1) hour or less where traffic lanes are obstructed and traffic is maintained on an arterial roadway. No consideration of previously paid permit fees will occur for road closures. (4) City-funded or City Utilities-funded public improvement construction projects shall not be subject to City barricade fees; however, the contractor or City department doing any such construction work must apply and receive approval for barricade permits as described in subpart "1"of this Section. (b) Departmental Approvals Required (1) Approval of any barricade or temporary occupancy permit under this Section is contingent upon the applicant securing any other permit(s) applicable by City ordinance, including but not limited to excavation permit, access permit over- size/overweight permit,public assembly permit, parade permit, and/or block party permits. (2) Before any barricade or temporary occupancy permit shall be granted, the same shall be reviewed by City Police and the Department of Public Works, and approved by the City Engineer. Right-of-way use requested by the applicant is subject to change as a result of this review. (3) Once an applicant's right-of-way use is established and approved, it shall not be subject to change or modification by the applicant except with additional reviewing-agency approval. The City reserves the right to cause a change in location or date for reasons of public safety. Sec. 18-61. Conditions of any barricade permit (a) Indemnity: No permit shall be granted unless the applicant shall have undertaken to indemnify and save harmless the City of South Bend of and from any and all losses or claims which may be asserted by anyone by reason of the granting of such permit and the occupancy of the right-of-way by the applicant. (b) Restoration: The applicant shall covenant to restore the right-of-way to a like or better condition than existed prior to the permitted use upon conclusion of the approved occupancy. (c) Barricades and Signs: All barricades and signs shall conform to the latest revision of the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as well as any additional 7