§ 721-39. Notices to Property Owners.

Prior to the paving, repair or resurfacing of any street, the director shall, under the direction of the city manager, cause notices to be sent to all abutting property owners requiring them to install any needed water or sewer service branches. Notice shall also be sent to all public utility corporations and city departments to install all necessary mains, conduits, service branches and structures. Property owners, public utility corporations and city departments shall be allowed the necessary and legal time required for the aforesaid installations before the new pavement is laid. Thereafter, during the period of three years from the final completion and acceptance of the new pavement, no permit for making an opening in such pavement shall be issued by the department except by express authority in each case from the city manager, and the city manager shall exercise this special authority only for reasons of public necessity or of undue private hardship where the necessity for the opening rises from causes over which the applicant has no control. Lack of foresight in not installing service connections prior to the laying of a new pavement shall not be considered an adequate reason for abrogation of the three year restriction. In all cases where a street opening permit shall be issued during the restriction period, an additional suitable charge in excess of the schedule rate shall be imposed on the basis of 2 percent per month of the unelapsed period, in no event less than 10 percent.

(C.O. 701-25; renumbered to C.M.C. 721-39, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)