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3.J.1 Damage to City Facilities. <br />If a permittee's failure to comply with OAR 952-001-0010 through 952-001-0090 or failure to use <br />reasonable care to protect City facilities causes damage to a City facility, the permittee shall be <br />responsible for all costs of repair or restoration of the facility. When a City facility is damaged the <br />permittee shall immediately notify the Inspector. The Inspector shall submit a damage report and <br />a subsequent repair inspection report to the Utility Permit and Inspections Supervisor. To aid in the <br />updating of the infrastructure condition records, the damage repair report shall include a measured <br />location and description of the damage and repair. <br />If a permittee contests responsibility for the damage to a City facility discovered within the <br />pernuttee's work zone, the permittee shall still be held responsible for effecting immediate repairs <br />to the damaged facility. The permittee should then be directed to submit a billing to the Utility <br />Permit and Inspections Supervisor showing the exact time and materials expended to effect the <br />repairs. Also, the permittee should include, in narrative form, an explanation as to the cause of the <br />damage, the 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 />by City crews at the expense of the pernuttee responsible for the damage. The Inspector shall <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 pennittee. <br />Catch basins, inlets, culverts, roadside ditches and drainage channels damaged by the work <br />of the pernuttee shall be restored to as good a condition as existed prior to permit work. <br />Utility & It/W Permit Manual <br />Exhibit A - 40 <br />C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\OLKB202\03rowrlexa.wpd -Manual (03ROWR--1).WPD(11/07/03) <br />