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ORDINANCE No. 268.
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An Ordinance r: ]la.ting to excav tions in or -aider the paved portions of the Street, -
of Pasco, JiaslLinaton.
The City Council of the City of Pasco, l+ashington, do ordain as follows:
SECT. 1. That any person, firm or corporation desiring to lay any water, gas,
I sewer, or other pipes or do ::lay other work beneath the surface of the pavement in any
of the streets of Pasco, shall before in any way disturbing such pvement file with
the City Engineer and application for a permit so to do, in which application he shall
idescribe the place where such work is to be done, the nature and extent thereof, and
an estimU�e of the number of square feet of
� q laving which he desires to remove or
undermine.
■ SECT. 2. The City Engineer shall examine ,uch application and determine the
prob,^ble cost of repairing the street and pavement after such vork shall have been
completed, and if he shall approve such application he shall require from the appli-
cant a cash deposit of not less than the entire estim--ted cost of so repairing the
street and pavement, together -r; ith the cost of supervising such repairs, -,nd in no
case shall such deposit be les:: than ;"315.00.
Sect. 3. Permission to cut into or excavate under the pavement in the Streets
of Pasco shall not be given except the applicant for such permis,-ion shall first file °lith
the City Clerk a bond to be approved by him conditioned as follows: that the applicant
will save the city h-rmless from any liability arisigg from or groiinfz OIlt of the said
cutting or excavating beneath the pavement and from any damage done to persons or to
property by reason of such cutting or excavating or by reason of clay negligence on the
part of the applicant, Such bond shall be in the sum of •x;150.00.
SECT. 4. If the CITY Engineer shall approve such application and the bond
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aforesaid shall have been filed and approved the said Engineer :.hall issue to the said
applicant a permit which shall be in the following form, to -wit:
"Permit to Excavate under Pavement".
(• having filed an application for permi.asion to excavate under
and to cut the pavement at the following place
and having deposited with the City Enr-ineer the sum afN... and filed Stith the
City Clerk 9 bond as required by Ordinance, and said anplic^tion and bond having
been approved, permission is hereby granted to cut and excavate in said streets
as follows
Such permission is granted upon the following conditions, that the :.aid
will take all proper care to protect with lights at night and with ropes
n.nd barriers in the day time any excavation in the street made hereunder, will not
unnecessarily obstruct traffic on such streets, and save the city harmless from
damages occassioned by such excavation.
CITY OF PASCO
By
ENGINEER
SECT. 5. I:amrdiately upon the c ompletion of the cork for which such permission
was granted, the person obtaining mich permission shall notify the City Engineer, and
shall proceed under the direction and supervision of the City Engineer to replace and
repair any such pavement, and shall place it in all respects in as good condition as
it was prior to the excavation and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Upon the
City Engineer being satisfied with the -;ork of rep iring such street he shall return
to the person depositing the same, the deposit specified in Section two hereof, less
cost of supervision of -ach repair work. Should the person obtaining such permit
fail or refuse to I ve said street rep:ired as herein provided, then the City Engineer
shall proceed to have the same done in the best and most economical manner according
to his judrmant, and shall pay for such work out of such deposit. If any surplus
rem=in it shall then be turned over to the City Clerk and be deemed forfeited to the
City as stipulated dam^ges.
SECT. 6.. Ordinance number 156 and all ordinances and p its of ordinances
in conflict herewith is hereby repealed.
SECT. 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five day, after
its passage and publication as required by I.aw.
Pas eed this 4th day of A, ri 1, 1916.
1 ATTE"T: C. A. Dolan,
City Ole rk .
( s ign ed ) EDWARD A. DAVIS
May or
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