§ 20-11. Permit requirements.

(a)

Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, dig for, erect, install, replace, or disconnect or connect to or from a utility line along, under, across, or over any public right-of-way which is a part of the parish road system without complying with this division, obtaining a permit from the parish police jury to do so, and paying the required fee therefor, and giving bond as required herein to guarantee the repair and restoration of any damages which the parish road system may sustain.

(b)

Conditions on issuance of permit. No permit shall be issued except upon the following conditions:

(1)

Traffic on the road shall not be unduly interfered with during the period of construction;

(2)

Upon completion of such construction, the road or highway shall be promptly restored to its former condition of usefulness at the expense of the applicant for the permit, the restoration to be subject to the supervision and approval of the department of public works (director, foreman, and/or engineer) of the parish police jury;

(3)

In the laying of utility lines, all requirements of the department of highways of the State of Louisiana for the laying of similar lines across state highways including requirements as to depth, height, character and quality of conduit and manner of construction, shall apply; provided however, that a utility line running parallel to a road or highway shall be laid in or on the outer edge of the ditch line of the road or highway farthest removed from the edge of the road surface; and provided further that all underground utility lines shall be laid to a minimum depth of thirty (30) inches below the bottom of the original/existing ditch surface;

(4)

The applicant shall compensate the parish for all damages resulting to any parish road in the laying, maintaining, erecting or installation of any utility line not corrected or restored by the applicant;

(5)

Applicant shall protect and hold harmless the parish police jury, its agents and employees against any claims, damages, or loss for personal injury or property damage sustained by third parties by reason of the exercise of the permit.

(c)

Survey, fee, bond. Any person desiring to obtain a permit for any construction herein provided shall:

(1)

Submit a written application therefor and shall file therewith a survey showing the location of the proposed construction;

(2)

Pay unto the police jury a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which fee shall be used by the police jury to pay the charges of an inspector to inspect the work to be done by the applicant;

(3)

Give a bond in such amount as the public works department, (director, foreman, and/or engineer), of the parish police jury shall require. The minimum standard bond will be set at seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) per road bore, not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per linear foot for the proposed work applicant desires to be done. The bond shall be subject to being approved by the public works department (director, foreman, and/or engineer) of the parish police jury and shall be conditioned upon the applicant's complyng with all conditions of the permit. Said bond shall continue in full force until the applicant has fully complied with all conditions of the permit. In lieu of a separate bond for each application for a permit the applicant may give a bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to cover all work done or to be done during the calendar year.

(d)

Noninterference with other utilities. No permit shall be granted that will interfere with any other utility line.

(e)

Emergency repairs. In the event emergency repairs are necessary to maintain service in or through the utility line, the person making the emergency repairs shall comply with the provisions of subsection (c) within ten (10) days from the date the emergency repairs are completed.

(Ord. No. 701, § 3, 2-5-74; Ord. No. 701(Amend.), § 3, 3-6-2001)

Cross reference

Conditions of utilization for roads and bridges, § 15-20.