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12.56.050 Application for permit - Inspection and supervision expenses. <br />1. Before any work is done by the grantee under such franchise, it/he shall first file with the <br />director of public works an application for permit to do such work accompanied by such <br />supporting documents and/or field information as the director of public works may <br />require. The grantee shall specify the class and type of material to be used and provide <br />sufficiently detailed plans so as to adequately show the type and extent of work to be <br />performed upon the rights -of -way. All material and equipment shall conform to or <br />exceed the standards of the industry. When requested by the director of public works, <br />the manner of excavation, construction installation, backfill and the type and size of <br />temporary structures, including traffic turnouts, road obstructions, etc., shall be <br />submitted for approval. <br />2. The grantee shall pay to the county the actual cost and expenses incurred in the <br />examination, necessary inspection and supervision of such work granted by the permit <br />and done by the grantee or by an independent contractor under the franchise of the <br />grantee. (Ord. 82-7 § 7, 1982). <br />3. <br />12.56.060 Commencement of work. <br />The grantee, its/his successors or assigns, shall commence construction under such permit granted <br />by the director of public works within the time period stated in such permit and shall have <br />completed and have in operation such portion of the system of improvements as may be specified in <br />such permit or the rights therein conferred upon the grantee shall cease and terminate insofar as <br />unoccupied streets, roads, etc., are concerned. (Ord. 82-7 § 8, 1982). <br />12.56.070 Quality of work - Safety precautions. <br />All work done under the franchise shall be done in a thorough and workmanlike manner. In the <br />laying of underground pipelines and cables and the construction of other facilities and the opening <br />of trenches, the tunneling under county roads, rights -of -way or other county properties, the grantee <br />shall leave such trenches, ditches and tunnels in such a way as to interfere as little as possible with <br />public travel and shall take all due and necessary precautions to guard the same so that damage or <br />injury shall not occur or arise by reason of such work; and where any of such trenches, ditches or <br />tunnels are left open at night, the grantee shall place warning lights and barricades at such a position <br />as to give adequate warning of such work. (Ord. 82-7 § 2, 1982). <br />12.56.080 Restoration. <br />1. The grantee shall leave all streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, rights -of -way and <br />other county properties, after laying and installing mains and doing construction work, <br />making repairs to equipment, etc., in as good and safe condition in all respects as they <br />were before the commencement of such work by the grantee, its/his agents or <br />contractors, and all recorded monuments which have been disturbed or displaced by <br />the work shall be reset to the specifications and approval of the director of public works. <br />2. In case of any damage to the streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, rights -of -way or <br />other county properties, or to paved or surfaced roadways, turnouts, gutters, ditches, <br />wood or concrete walls, drain pipes, hand or embankment rails, bridges, trestles, <br />wharves, landings or monuments by the grantee, the grantee agrees to immediately <br />repair the damage at its/his own sole cost and expense. <br />