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(1) The permit shall be issued in duplicate, and the City Engineer shall notify the Fire Department, Police Department, the City Clerk, the Public Works Director, and the Building Official that such permit is on file in the City Engineer’s office.

(2) The permittee shall file 24 hours’ written notice to the City Engineer before it makes any opening in public properties for installation in excess of 100 feet and two hours’ notice of any other openings in public property. Before it commences to backfill any opening of public properties, it shall give two hours’ notice to the City Engineer and obtain his approval.

(3) The permittee shall give written notice of the opening and backfilling of public properties to any corporation whose pipes, poles, mains or conduits are laid in the street or alley, if it knows of their existence, and that they will be disturbed by such excavation at least 24 hours before commencing the same, and shall at his expense replace and compact the earth wherever the same shall have been removed, loosened or disturbed under or around them, so that they will be well and substantially supported.

(4) When any work done under a permit issued by the City Engineer is completed and ready for inspection, the person to whom the permit has been issued shall, within 24 hours after completion of the work, notify the City Engineer in writing that the same has been completed and is ready for inspection, and the City Engineer shall cause the work to be inspected within a reasonable time thereafter. Any delay in giving written notice to the officials as required herein shall render the permittee liable to a penalty of $25.00 for each day of such delay, and he shall also be liable for all damages done or suffered by the City or any person, firm or corporation caused by such delay, and the bond provided for herein shall stand as security for such penalty and damages. [Ord. 1021 § 9, 1961; Code 1970 § 12.24.120; Code 1954 § 4-5.48.]