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When a City facility is damaged, the permittee shall immediately notify the Inspector. The Inspector <br />- shall submit a damage report and a subsequent repair inspection report to the Utility Permit and <br />Inspections Supervisor. To aid in the updating of the infrastructure condition records, the damage <br />repair report shall include a measured location and description of the damage and repair. <br />In the event the permittee contests responsibility for the damage to a City facility discovered within <br />the permittee's work zone, the permittee shall still be held responsible for effecting immediate <br />repairs. The permittee should then be directed to submit a billing to the Utility Permit and <br />Inspections Supervisor showing the exact time and materials expended to effect the repairs. Also, <br />the permittee should include, in narrative form, an. explanation as to the cause of the damage, the <br />reasons the permittee should not be held responsible, and justification for the billing. <br />Damage to Wastewater Collection System - If the damaged facility is a privately owned <br />building wastewater line, the repairs shall be performed by a contractor, plumber, utility <br />crew, or others qualified to perform such work. The work shall be performed in accordance <br />with the State of Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code (UPC) and inspected by the Wastewater <br />Inspector prior to backfill. <br />All "taps" into City Wastewater Collection System mains shall be performed by the City. <br />When the damaged facility is a publicly owned wastewater line; the Wastewater Collections <br />Crew Supervisor shall be immediately notified. The Crew Supervisor shall have the option <br />of providing repairs consultation to the permittee responsible for the damage, directing the <br />- repair performed by the person(s) responsible for the damage, or having the repair performed <br />b Ci crews at the ex ense of the ermittee res onsible for the dama e. The Ins ector shall <br />y t3' P p p g p <br />submit a damage and inspection report to the Utility Permit and Inspections Supervisor who <br />shall review and approve a billing submittal to the permittee responsible for repair costs <br />incurred by the City. <br />Damage to Stormwater System Components - If the damaged facility is a Stormwater <br />pipe, the repairs shall be performed by a contractor, plumber, utility crew, or others qualified <br />to perform such work. The work shall be performed in accordance with City standards and <br />inspected by the Inspector prior to backfill. Repairs involving taps to a Stormwater pipe may <br />be performed by qualified contractors or personnel working for the permittee. <br />Catch basins, inlets, culverts, roadside ditches, and drainage channels damaged by the work <br />of the permittee shall be restored to as good a condition as existed prior to permit work. <br />Catch basins shall be cleaned of material or debris resulting from the work. Ditches and <br />channels shall be restored to original shape with banks left in stable condition. Rock used <br />to restore ditch or channel slopes shall be a minimum 3" and compacted, or as otherwise <br />specified by the Inspector. Damaged culverts shall be repaired and cleaned of construction <br />debris. <br />Utility & R/W Permit Policy <br />E?Clllbit A - 3S r:\adminord\rules\OOrowrlexa.wpd(09/13/00) <br />