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Home My Public Portal AboutORD06804 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOUL19 AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 17 of Ordinance Number 6760 be and the awe is hereby amended by adding the following paragrpph thereto: "Any dog, or group of dogs, entering into and within any public park or any swimming pool area within this city, unless said I dog or group of dogs is restrained by a competent person, shall be a public nuisance. SECTION 2. Section 17 of Ordinance Number 6760 as amended shall read as follows: "Section 17. Dogs --- School, Public Park and Public Swimming Pool Activities. Any dog or group of dogs entering upon the grounds or within the buildings used and occupied by any public, parochial or private school within this city and interfering in any respect with the normal, usual and orderly activites of the teachers and students attending said school, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Any dog, or group of .dogs, entering into and within any public park or public swimming pool area within this city, unless said dog or group of dogs is restrained by a competent person, shall be a public nuisance." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and approval. Passed: 9/21/59 Approved: 9/22/59 C. F. Whaley /s/ C. F. .Whaley /s/ President of the Council Mayor Attest: Henry W. Ells /s/ City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 6804 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCES NUMBERED 3229, 5044 and 6666 OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI REGULATING THE EXCAVATIONS OF CITY STREETS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE SAME SUBJECT AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Repeal Provision. Ordinances Numbered 3229, 5044 and 6666 of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, regulating the excavations of city streets and alleys and providing a penalty be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SECTION 2. Street excavations, permits. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or any officer of employee thereof or any abutting property owner, to dig and excavate in any manner within any public street or alley in this city, Without first havin obtained a permit to do so as specified in the following section. SECTION 3. Issuance of Permit. Every person, firm or corporation, or any officer or employee thereof, or abutting property owner desiring to dig or excavate into any public street or alley within this city shall apply to the City Sewer Commissioner for a permit authorizing him or dig and excavate. The permit shall be on a blank form, to be prepared by the Sewer Commissioner, which form shall set forth the name and location of the portion of the street or alley to be excavated, the type of construction of said street or alley, the estimated number of square feet to be excavated, and the amount of cash or the amount of the certified check required to make such excavation, and such other date and information as the Sewer Commissioner may deem necessary and pertinent. Upon receipt of the permit issued by the Sewer Commissioner, th applicant shall present same to the City Clerk, who shall endorse upon said permit the fact that the applicant has deposited with him cash or a certified check of some banking institution within the city, for the use and benefit of the city for the proper replacement of said street or alley in an amount as called for in such permit. The amount of cash or the amount of the certified check shall be in an amount large enough to cover the cost of replacing or restoritig the street or alley in as good a condition as existed before the excavation or digging. The Sewer Commissioner shall estimate the number of square feet of street or alley to be excavated at the time the permit is issued and the cost of the permit shall be as follows; On Unimproved STreets of alleys, $1.00 On Bituminous Streets or alleys, $5.00 for any excavation up to twenty (20) square feet, and $0.304- per square foot for each square foot of excavation- in excess of- twenty (20) square feet. On cement, concrete, asphaltic concrete, sheet asphalt or rock asphalt streets or alleys, $10.00 for any excavation up to ten (10) square feet, and $0.504- per square foot for each square foot of excavation in excess of eight (8) feet. All money collected for the issuance of such permits as herein above provided shall be retained by the City and placed to the credit of the vehicle fund to defray the expense of replacing the surface of the street where excavations shall have been made. Any person, firm, corpartnership or corporation, or officer or employee thereof, or any abutting property owner desiring to dig or excavate within any street or alley may deposit with the City Clerk of the City $100.00 in cash and then pay for any permit or permits on the first day of each month following completion of the work, provided that, the permit for each separate excavation must be obtained before any excavation is made in the streets or alleys of this city. SECTION 4. Excavations and backfilling. All excavations within th streets and alleys of this city shall be made in the following manner: A. All cement, concrete, asphaltic concrete, sheet asphalt, rock asphalt and bituminous surfacing shall be removed by hand and without the use of a trenching machine. B. The street surface removed by hand shall extend at least si inches on each side of the width of the sides of excavated trench. C. If a trenching machine is to be used to remove and excavate earth, dirt, rock or other materials below the street surface, the street surface shall be removed for a distance of twelve inches to both sides of the back hoe or scoop of the machine to be used. D. In the event it is intended to excavate across the entire width of any street or alley within the improved portion thereof, the excavation work shall be performed in section so that no more than one half of said street or alley shal be trenched and excavated at one time so that motor vehicl and pedestrian traffic might pass over the unexcavated half of said street. The half of the street excavated first hhall be backfilled in compliance with the next paragraph prior to the trenching or excavation of the othe half of the street. E. All excavations shall be tilled in the following manned: No more than twelve (12) inches of earth, rock or fill shall be replaced within said trench prior to the compact tamping thereof. This process shall be repeated. until all earthwork has been firmly and securely compacted and the surface of the trench is brought to the level of the surrounding street surface. F. No backfilling work shall be initiated until the City Street Commissioner shall first be notified. The person, firm or corporation, or officer of said corporation, shall keep the excavation so refilled at a level with the surrounding street surface so as to make the surface of the excavation safe and convenient for motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic during the period which ensues between the time of the initial backfilling and the time when the Street Commissioner is able to resurface the excavated are . ECTION 5. Police to investigate excavations. It is hereby made th Duty of every police officer of the City of Jefferson to ascertain Nether or not any person, firm or corporation, or any officer of mployee thereof, or any abutting property owner digging or excavating ithin any public street or alley within this city, has secured a ermit to do so. Any failure to do so shall be reported to the city ttorney. Any person shall have the right to see such permit upon errand and all permits must be kept in the possession of some one resent at the excavation. ECTION 6. Street Commissioner to be notified when excavation is ommenced. All person, firms or corporations or abutting property wners to whom permits shall have been issued shall notify the city treet commissioner when such work is to commence and also of i ompletion of said work. Permits shall be issued for a period of hirty (30) days, but said period of time may be extended by the ity Sewer Commissioner for a reasonable period of time, provided ood cause is whown. ECTION 7. Penalty. Any person or persons, firm co-partnership or orporation, or officer or employee thereof, or any abutting propert wner, violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed ilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined of less than Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred $100.00) Dollar$. ECTION 8. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and fter its passage and approval. ASSED: 9/21/59 APPROVED: 9/22/59 C. F. Whaley /s/ C. F. Whaley /s President of the Council Mayor ttest: Henry W. Ells /s/ City Clerk