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• AN ORDINANCE <br />TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-29.1, 25-30.1, 25-30.2, 25-31 AND 25-32.1 <br />OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE <br />OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, <br />RELATING TO EXCAVATIONS IN PUBLIC WAYS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottes- <br />ville, Virginia that Sections 25-29.1, 25-30.1, 25-30.2, 25-31 <br />and 25-32.1 of Article II of chapter 25 of the Code of the City <br />of Charlottesville, 1976, as amended, is hereby amended and <br />reordained as follows: <br />ARTICLE II. EXCAVATIONS IN PUBLIC WAYS <br />Section 25-29.1. Permit required. <br />(a) No person shall dig up, break, excavate, tunnel, under- <br />mine or open the surface or subsurface of any sidewalk. curb. <br />gutter or street, as defined in section 25-1 of this Chapter, <br />without first obtaining a permit to do so from the director of <br />public works; nor shall such work be performed after such permit <br />shall have been revoked or shall have become ineffective. <br />(b) If an excavation is required in order to make emergency <br />repairs, and the existing emergency requires that excavation <br />operations commence within seventy-two (72) hours from the <br />discovery of said emergency, a permit shall not be required to <br />commence the excavation. Any person commencing an emergency <br />excavation without a permit must: <br />1) Give notice of the nature of the emergency and the <br />need for an excavation by telephone or other means to the <br />director of public works immediately following discovery of the <br />emergency; and, <br />2) File an application, permit fee and bond, as <br />required by this article, as soon as practicable following <br />commencement of the excavation. <br />Any person commencing an emergency excavation without a <br />permit as allowed herein thereby implies acceptance of all <br />requirements and conditions as set forth in this article. <br />Section 25-30.1 Application and permit fee; <br />indemnification <br />(a) Application for permit under this article shall be <br />made on a form prescribed by the director of public works. The <br />• application shall state the place where the work is to be per - <br />1 <br />