HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD06920 SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall Luke effect And be in force from aid
.fter its passage and approval.
assed: 5/2/1960 Approved: 5/4/1960
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C. F. Whaley Isl C. F. WWhaley /s/
'resident of the Council Mayor
. K.
City Treasurer
ORDINANCE NO. 6920
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1960
E IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, AS FOLLOWS:
ECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Cit
reasury not otherwise appropriated, the following:
REVENUE FUND
or the purpose of paying the salaries of elective and
appointive officers, the sum of-------------------------$20600.00
or the purpose of paying City Engineer, for use of
car, the sum of-----------------------------------------$--------
or the purpose of paying City Marshal, for use of
car, the sum of-----------------------------------------$--------
dvance Collectors commissions----------------------------$ 500.00
dvance Assessors commissions-----------------------------$ 200.00
VEHICLE FUND
or the purpose of paying weekly wages of laborers,
freight and incidentals under the Street Commissioner
thesum of-----------------------------------------------$ 6000.00
TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE FUND
or the purpose of paying the salary of Street
Commissioner and Traffic Officers, the sum of-----------$ 6570.00
or the purpose of paying weekly wages of laborers,
freight and incidentals under the Street
Commissioner, the sum of--------------------------------$ 6000.00
ECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from an
fter its passage and approval.
assed: 5/2/1960 Approved: 5/4/1960
C. F. Whaley Isl C. F. Whale /s
resident of the Council Mayor
.K..
City Treasurer
RDINANCE NO. 6921
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 6896 REGULATING THE EXCAVATI09S
F CITY STREETS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE
ERTAINING TO THE SAME SUBJECT AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOUR
S FOLLOWS:
ECTION 1. Repeal Provision. Ordinance Number 6896 of the City of
efferson, Missouri, regulating the excavations of city streets and
alleys and providing an penalty be, and the same is hereby, repeals .
SECTION 2. Street excavations, permits. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation, or any officer or 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 havinll
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 oe 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 to 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 njmber of square feet of the improved or unimproved surfa e
area to be excavated, and the amount of cash or the amount of the
certified check required to make such excavation, and such other
data and information as the Sewer Commissioner may deem necessary
and pertinent.
Upon receipt of the permit issued by the Sewer Commissioner, the
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 the surface to 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
restoring the street or alley surface in as good a condition as
existed before the excavation or digging.
The Sewer Commissioner shall estimate the number of square fee
of street or alley to be excavated at the time the permit issued an
the cost of the permit shall be as follows:
On unimproved dirt Streets or Alleys, $3.50 for any
excavation up to 100 square .feet and $ .03 per square
foot for each square foot of excavation in excess of
100 square feet.
On unimproved loose gravel or crushed stone Streets or
Alleys, $2.00 for any excavation up to 20 square
feet and $1.50 per 20 square feet for each 20 square
feet or Part thereof of excavation in excess of 20
square feet.
On Bituminous Streets or Alleys, $10.00 for any ex-
cavation up to 20 square feet (as aknimum basic
fee) and $.45 per square foot for each square foot
of excavation in excess of twenty (20) square feet .
On Cement Streets or Alleys, $10.00 for any excavation
up to ten (10) square feet (as a minimum basic fee) ,
and $0.85 per square foot for each square foot of
excavation in excess of ten (10) square feet.
SECTION 4. Excavations and backfilling. All excavations within th
streets and alleys of this city shall be made in the following mann r.
A. All cement, concrete, asphaltic concrete, sheet
asphalt, rock asphalt and bituminous surfacing shall
be removed by band and without the use of a
trenching machine.
B. The street surface removed by hand shall extend at
least six 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 re-
moved 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 im-
proved portion thereof, the excavation work shall be
performed in sections so that no more than one half
of said street or alley shall be trenched and excavated
at one time so that motor vehicle and pededtrian
traffic might pass over the unexcavated half of said
street. The half of the street excavated first shall be
backfilled in compliance with the next paragraph
prior to the trenching or excavation of the other
half of the street.
Removal of excavated materials. Any person who
shall excavate in the paved portion of any public I
street, roadway, alley or sidewalk pursuant to a
permit obtained from the Sewer Commissioner, as
provided for by ordinance, shall remove all. materials
excavated and shall dispose of the same prior to
placing any backfill material into such excavations .
Backfilling Paved Streets. Any person who shall
excavate in the paved portion of any public street,
roadway, alley or sidewalk shall backfill such ex-
cavation with a fine stone aggregate material con-
forming to the following gradation; Not more than
15% of the aggregate shall be of organic material;
not more than 10% of the aggregate shall be retained
on a 1" square mesh screen and not less than 20%
of the aggregate shall pass a 14 mesh screen.
Backfilling Unpaved Streets. Any person who shall
excavate in any unpaved portion of any public street
roadway, alley or sidewalk shall backfill such ex-
cavation as is provided for backfilling excavations
in paved public streets, alleys and sidewalks, or
upon the approval of the Sewer Commissioner, �the
material removed from such excavation may be used
for backfill, provided, such material is placed in the
excavation in lifts not exceeding twelve (12) inches
and each lift being compacted to a relative density
of 95%; such backfill shall be inspected by the De-
partment of the Sewer Commissioner to determine
whether the requirements of this Section have been
fulfilled.
E. All excavations shall be filled in the following manner:
No more than twelve (12) inches of earth, rock or fill
shall be replaced within said trench prior to the com-
pact tamping thereof. This process shall be repeated
until all earth work has been firmly and securely com-
pacted 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 corpor-
ation, 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 back-
�I fl.11.ing and the time when the Street Commissioner is
able to resurface the excavated area.
G. Any person who shall. excavate in the paved portion
of any public street, roadway, alley or sidewalk
shall obtain the approval of the Sewer Commissioner
that the backfill meets the requirements of this section.
SECTION 5. Resurfacing; Bituminous or Paved Streets. All resurfacin
ork on bituminous or paved streets shall be performed by the holder)
f the permit, or his contractor, unless the Street Commissioner,
it the request of the the holder of the permit, agrees to do so. Al .
esurfacing work shall be performed with materials identical or
imilar to those removed. All resurfacing work performed by the
older of the permit, or his contractor, shall be subject to the
nspection of and must be approved by the Street Commissioner.
Where the resurfacing work on bituminous or paved streets is
erformed by the holder of the permit, or his contractor, and the
itten approval of the Street Commissioner or City Engineer is
btained, said approval shall be presented to the City Clerk by the
older of the permit and the City Clerk shall refund to the holder
he amount deposited after first deducting the minimum basic fee
hich is not returnable.
When the holder of the permit, or his contractor, shall undert ke
o perform the resurfacing work on bituminous or paved streets and
ail to obtain the approval of the Street Commissioner because all,
r any portion, of said resurfacing work is defective or improperly
erformed, the Street Commissioner shall properly resurface said
xcavated area as necessary, keeping an accurate record of the cost
hereof to which the Street Commissioner shall add a sum of money
qual to Fifty (50%) per cent of the cost of said work, and this
mount, together with the minimum basic fee shall be presented by
statement of the Street Commissioner to the City Clerk, who shall
educt said amount from the sum deposited with the City Clerk,
eturning the balance of said deposit to the holder of the permit.
All monies collected by the City Clerk as the minimum basic fe
or excavations within the streets, roadways, alleys or sidewalks in
he city and all monies retained by the City Clerk in instances wher
he Street Commissioner performs said resurfacing work at the request
f the holder of the permit or because the holder of the permit, or
is contractor, have failed to properly resurface said excavated are ,
hall be placed to the credit of the vehicle fund to defray the
xpense of resurfacing the excavated areas.
Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this
ection, any person, firm or corporation, or officer or employee
hereof, or any abutting property owner desiring to dig or excavate
ithin any street, roadway, alley or sidewalk may deposit with the
ity Clerk of the City the sum of One Hundred ($100 .00) Dollars in
ash and then pay for any permit (s) on the first day of each month
ollowing completion of the work, provided that, the permit for each
eparate excavation must be obtained before any excavation is made
n the streets, roadways, alleys or sidewalks of this city.
ECTION 6. Police to investigate excavations. It is hereby made the
uty of every police officer of the City of Jefferson to ascertain
hether or not any person, firm or corporation, or any officer or
mployee thereof, or any abutting property owner digging or
xcavating within any public street or alley within this city, has
ecured a permit to do so. Any failure to do so shall be reported
o the City Attorney. Any person shall have the right to see such
ermit upon deman d and all permits must be kept in the possession
of some one present at the excavation.
SECTION 7, Street Commissioner to be notified when excavation is
Commenced. All persons, firms or corporations or abutting property owners
to whom permits shall have been issued shall notify the city street
commissioner when such work is to commence and also of completion
of said work. Permits shall be issued for a period of thirty (30)
days, but said period of time may be extended by the City Sewer
Commissioner for a reasonable period of time, provided good cause i
shown.
SECTION 8, Penalty. Any person or persons, firm, copartnership or
corporation, or officer or employee thereof, or any abutting properly
owner, violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fine
not less than Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars.
SECTION 9. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and
after its passage and approval..
Passed: 5/2,(1960 Approved: 5/4/60
C. F. Whaley /s/ C. F. Whaley /s/
President of the Council _._.. Mayor
Attest:
Henry W. Ells /s/
City Clerk