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HomeMy WebLinkAbout023 - 04/06/1976 - RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION OF UTILITY LINES IN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND REQUIRING A LICENSE TO INS r ORDINANCE NO 23 1976 BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION OF UTILITY LINES IN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND REQUIRING A LICENSE TO INSTALL OR CONTRACT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SUCH LINES +I I BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 License required No person shall install or contract to install in any public right of way in the city utility lines which will connect to and become a part of any city utility without first obtaining from the city a license to perform such work Section 2 Application for license A Applications for a license under this ordinance shall be made to the Director of Engineering Services The Director of Engineering Services is hereby authorized to estab- lish forms for application and to require such information from applicants as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this ordinance B Any license application shall be accompanied by a bond executed by a reliable surety company in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10 000 00) which bond shall be condi- tioned upon compliance with all of the provisions of this ordinance and the ordinances of the City of Fort Collins relating to installation of utility lines in public rights of way C Any license application shall also be accompanied by a license fee which is hereby established in the amount of Twenty Five Dollars ($25 00) Section 3 Issuance of license The Director of Engineering Services shall consider all license applications filed hereunder and shall determine whether the applicant is qualified to per- form such work If he determines that the applicant is so qualified, he shall approve the issuance of the license and shall forward the license application with his approval endorsed thereon and all supporting papers to the Director of Finance, who shall issue the license Section 4 Guarantee of work A Any person licensed hereunder shall guarantee the =provements installed by him for a period of one (I)-year after r 1 the completion of such improvements and acceptance thereof by the city The licensee shall be required to maintain and make all necessary repairs to utility lines installed by him during such one-year period without additional charge or cost to the City of Fort Collins or to the person for whom the improvements were installed This guarantee shall include all repairs required because of imperfections in materials used or unsuitability of materials used and all repairs required because of defects of workmanship It shall also include defects consisting of settling of trenches or other fills or excavations The determination of the necessity for repairs shall be exclusively in the City Director of Engineering Services and his decision upon such matters shall be final and binding upon any contractor licensed hereunder B If at any time within the period of the guarantee required under this ordinance the Contractor shall fail or refuse to make the repairs required by the guarantee, then the city may r proceed to cause the repairs to be made and to recover the cost {t of the same by action against the bond of the contractor Section 5 Suspension and revocation of license The City Director of Engineering Services may suspend or revoke any i license issued under this ordinance upon determining that the licensee has failed to abide by the requirements of the ordi- nances of the City of Fort Collins , including this ordinance, relating to work done under the license Upon taking action to suspend or revoke a license the City Director of Engineering Services shall give written notice to the licensee of such action The licensee may appeal the decision of the Director of Engineering Services to the City Council by filing a notice of such appeal with the City Clerk within ten (10) days after the notice is mailed to the licensee In the event of such appeal, the City Council shall schedule a hearing on the question and the action taken by the City Council at the hearing shall be final Section 6 Exception The requirements of this ordinance shall not apply to any party contracting with the City of Fort Collins for the installation of utility lines t Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and r ordered published this 17th day of March, A D 1976, and to be f presented for final passage on the 6th day of April, A D 1976 r ATTEST Mayor ' i ity er -2- Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of April A D 1976 ATTEST Mayor ty clerk -3-