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Permit fees, in the amounts set by the City Manager, shall be charged for all permits issued <br />for work within the public way unless otherwise noted herein. The amount of the fee shall <br />be sufficient to recover the City's costs related to processing the permit and inspection <br />activities during and after the work. EC 7.300 <br />2.A.1 Approval and Issuance of Permit <br />Upon completion of review and determination that the proposed work is appropriate, the <br />City Engineer or designee shall approve the permit application. After approval, and upon <br />receipt of the required fee, deposit, performance bond, and proof of contractor's license <br />and bond, the permit shall be issued. EC 7.295(4) <br />2.A.2 Notification Required by the City, <br />The permittee shall notify the City Utility Inspector at least two (2) business days prior to <br />commencement of work within the public way. "Business day" means any 24-hour day <br />other than a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. <br />Placement of the notification through use of the Oregon Utility Notification Center will be <br />acceptable if the notice. is for the actual commencement of work,. not a notification <br />requesting design information, and includes the proposed work location, type of proposed <br />work, starting date, time, and the permittee's contact person's name and phone number. <br />Franchised utilities, EWEB, and City-licensed facility operators planning to install a new <br />' facility, or perform a major facility upgrade within the public way, greater than 400 linear <br />feet, shall provide notice to the City and all other utilities and license holders who are <br />licensed or franchised to provide services within the project area. The purpose of this <br />notification is to encourage collocation of facilities and minimize impacts on the public way <br />by providing other utilities and license holders an opportunity to install facilities in a joint <br />trench or to coordinate work along the same street segment. Notification timing and format <br />will be determined by the initiating utility or licensee so long as the notification purpose and <br />documentation requirements are met. <br />2.B ANNUAL PERMITS. FOR MINOR RECURRING ACTIVITIES <br />Franchised utilities, EWEB, and City-licensed facility operators have the option of <br />requesting an annual "blanket" facilities permit for individual service line installations, minor <br />repairs to existing facilities, routine maintenance functions and similar recurring activities. <br />The written request for an annual permit shall be made to the Maintenance Planning <br />Manager and shall contain the following information and stipulations: <br />1. Agreement that 2-business-day advance notice shall be provided to the City for al! <br />work to be performed under the blanket permit (notification may be provided through <br />use of the Oregon Utility Notification Center). <br />Utility & ft/W Permit Policy 7 02/09/98 <br />