§ 2:132. Procedure for repairing.

(a)

Any cut on any street, sidewalk, curb or neutral ground made by any person under the provisions of this section shall be made promptly after the permit is taken out and shall be backfilled without any delay as soon as the work is completed, a maximum period of ninety (90) days being allowed for the performance of such work subsequent to the issuance of the permit. All cuts shall be made in such a manner that the pavement repair will have a neat square or rectangular outline, and wherever possible the street shall be bored instead of cut. All trenches shall be backfilled with sand, or a mixture of sand, clay and gravel, placed in layers not over six (6) inches thick, thoroughly compacted by tamping. If more than one man is engaged in this operation, there shall not be less than one man tamping to each shoveling earth backfill in the trench, and the person shall protect the cut while making same and doing the work thereon, and all liability for any damages occurring from the cut and while the work and refilling is being done, shall be on the responsibility of the person obtaining the permit and doing the work, and as a condition of the issuance of a permit hereunder, the permittee shall agree to hold the city free and harmless of and from any and all claims arising out of any work undertaken pursuant to the permit. In the enforcement of the provisions of this section, the director of public works is authorized to establish and promulgate such additional regulations as he may deem necessary or appropriate to protect the public interest and safety, including a requirement for the furnishing of public liability insurance as follows:

(1)

Blanket permits:

a.

For each accident causing bodily injury, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for each person so injured and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for each accident; and

b.

One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for property damage sustained in any one accident.

The policy shall remain in full force and effect so long as the permit holder is doing work in the city and parish servitudes and rights-of-way.

(2)

Individual permits:

a.

For each accident causing bodily injury, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for each person so injured and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for each accident; and

b.

Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for property damage sustained in any one accident.

(b)

From the commencement of any cut made pursuant to the provisions hereof, and at all times during the maintenance of the cut by the permittee, the permittee shall maintain such barricades and warning devices as may be necessary to adequately warn members of the traveling public and to safeguard against accidents.

(c)

It shall be the duty of the person obtaining the permit and doing the work to notify the department of public works when ready to begin backfilling so that inspection can be called for, and it shall be the duty of the person to keep and maintain daily the trench and backfill to grade and in good condition and shape in order to afford the least possible obstruction to traffic, for a period of thirty (30) days, or until the cut has been repaved by the department of public works, whichever is sooner, after the backfill has been completed.

(City Code 1951, Title 2, § 102; Parish Code 1962, Title 2, § 102)